As mentioned a few days ago, 28/6/05, I've recently bought a s/h EOS30V complete with its kit lens, the non-USM 28-105 f4-5.6. Have now received my first set of slides using it and my trusty EF50 f1.4, and the exposures all seem to be on the button. Wow! That's better than I got a few years ago with my brand new EOS3, which suffered from sufficient underexposure in out and about snapping to require me to be always on the alert for "subject failure". And, evaluative metering now seems to be delivering what was promised very many bodies ago. (After being serviced by Canon UK for high battery consumption, my EOS3 is no longer eating batteries, and is performing as I think it should have done when I purchased it.)
Curious about this very lightweight kit lens, I checked it out in Lens Work III, and noted that Canon were claiming it had a circular aperture when stopped down. It does, certainly compared to my EF50 f1.4, at around f5.6 & f8, the aperture is much closer to a circle, and the cusps, clearly visible on the 50 f1.4 are very much smoother on the 28-105. Some other recent lenses are also claiming circular apertures, so may be worth seeking out for those keen on out-of-focus shapes. Malcolm Milton Keynes, UK http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
