> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Karen > Nakamura > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 4:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS Test are not flawed, they are accurate. > > > > > >I have used L lenses, Nikkor, Leica, etc. This is not true in all cases > >and I speak from experience. I wrote the equipment review column in > >Professional Photographer Magazine from 1994 to 2002 so I can tell you > >about nearly every lens made. > >Take a look at the alleged flawed Photodo tests. Compare the 35mm F1.4L > >to the cheap 35mm F2. At F8 they yield identical resolution. The reason > >you buy a fast lens is for the wide aperture, that is why you pay the > >price for L glass as it provides a better image at a faster aperture > >that does not always translate to better at every aperture. > > I agree! The wider-aperture lenses are usually designed for maximum > performance wide open. However, the consumer lenses are usually > designed to be best stopped two stops down. That's one of the biggest > differences. > > At f/8, the difference narrows tremendously to the point where you > can pretty much use anything. However, the consumer zoom often cannot > "catch up". This is the case between the IS and L lens in question. > > Besides, if the OP wants absolute sharpness as their prime criteria, > they should be using a prime. Nothing beats a contemporary prime. > Sharpness isn't everything. You use a lot of sharpness and a lot of > light with a zoom. That's why I've tended to avoid them like the > plague. > > KN > -- > Karen Nakamura >
Hi Karen, You lose something using zooms but that something is almost undetectable when using Canon's EF mount "L" class zooms. This minor difference is more than made up for if you shoot chrome films and compose using the full frame (unless the AD or editor says otherwise). That's why I only use "L" class zooms (okay I do have an EF 28-105USM to use casually on an old EOS 1 body), they are for most uses as good or better than Canon's primes due to the zoom capability. The "L" zooms also tend to be better wide open than the comparable F/L primes used wide open. Granted the primes stopped down to f/2.8 are pretty sharp generally but they cannot match the "L" zooms when compared wide open vs. wide open. Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
