On Tuesday August 10 2004 6:37 pm, Cotty wrote: > On 10/8/04, EOS-Digest, discombobulated, offered: > >Hang onto the 85mm, Scott, as you may in the future need to or want to do > >high > >quality portraits. Even thought the 100mm macro is great for that, and so > > is the 24-70L, the 85mm IS THE portrait lens!! The BEST 3 made are: > > Canon, Nikon, and Minolta. > > > >Fred > > Fred, you have never met the Pentax SMC A* 85mm f/1.4 ? When I get a > 1DmII, I will be adapting one to fit EOS as my portrait lens par > excellence. > > I had the EF 85 1.8, but sold it. I use the 24-70 meanwhile.
The Pentax was a good lens, to be sure, but not as good as the 3 I noted. Fred -- "Running Windows on a Pentium is like getting a Porsche but only being able to drive it in reverse with the handbrake on." * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
