----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Huber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 4:14 PM Subject: Re: EOS Start a Rumor or Dialog
> Skip, > > Wouldn't you though? Is my 70-200 still the great portrait lens that it was > when I bought it? Is my 50 still a great normal lens anymore? No they > aren't. 80mm is not normal and 112-320mm is not full portrait range > anymore. I spent $1700 for a portrait lens, not a midrange telephoto lens! > My 24-70 (brand new!) is now a 38.4-112?! How is that a wide to short > telephoto anymore? > > Sure, it's great that the telephotos get a boost, but at 1.6x my equipment > no longer works the way it used to. My specialty wide angle 20mm lens that > I like so much is now a 32mm? I don't want a 32mm, I want a 20 when I > reach for a 20 and I don't want to have 2 of the same lens in my bag (one > 20mm for film one 20mm for digital) just because my backup body is > different from my working camera. My 15mm fisheye is now a 24mm > fisheye? How lame is that? Why should I do calculations in the field (um, > ok my 200 is now a 320, my 24mm TS is, uh, 38.4mm?!) when I shouldn't have > to? Who is going to convince Canon to redesign a 24mm tilt and shift for > digital so I didn't waste money on that one too? > > It seems like the quick fix would be to just recreate the wider lenses, but > it isn't. I like my lenses as they are and the way they show the world to > my camera. Going with a 1.6x multiplier would force me to have to think > about what lens I was using, on which format it was in, and how much if any > multiplier I had to apply because I switched from my EOS3 to a digital. It > would still require me to buy even more glass than I have now. I have > plenty and my pocket is dry at this time. > > Sorry, I'll wait for a full frame sensor camera I can afford, or just save > for a 1Ds. > > Rick H. > > > > Actually so will I. But the 50mm would nicely take the place of my 100mm which would behave like a 160mm, etc. But I really have very little use for a 160-640 L IS USM. And I like my 100mm f2. If they'd just hurry up with that sub $2000 digital SLR with a full frame sensor... Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
