Re: EOS wide angle lens Choice help

2005-10-05 Thread Bob
Cjr wrote: Hello all. Lurker here. I have an Eos Elan & a D60. I am considering adding a wide angle lens to my modest collection, primarily for use with the D60--I think the reasons are obvious, the. 1.6 factor. I have read through the archives and t:he debate on Canon vs. Sigma etc. le

RE: [inbox] EOS wide angle lens Choice help

2005-10-05 Thread Henning Wulff
> -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cjr Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 5:02 PM To: eos@a1.nl Subject: [inbox] EOS wide angle lens Choice help Hello all. Lurker here. I have an Eos Elan & a D60. I am considering adding a wid

RE: [inbox] EOS wide angle lens Choice help

2005-10-05 Thread Willem-Jan Markerink
On 5 Oct 2005 at 9:53, Chip Louie wrote: > Hi Carla, > > How wide do you need to go? The lens with the absolute widest coverage with > excellent sharpness that can be had on your 1.6 factor body (or any other > EOS digital for that matter), is the EF 15 2.8 full frame fisheye. I'm a > professio

RE: [inbox] EOS wide angle lens Choice help

2005-10-05 Thread Chip Louie
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cjr > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 5:02 PM > To: eos@a1.nl > Subject: [inbox] EOS wide angle lens Choice help > > > Hello all. Lurker here. I have an Eos Elan & a D60.

Re: EOS wide angle lens Choice help

2005-10-05 Thread Ken Durling
I can attest to that. VERY sharp, good color and minimal distortion for a zoom. I heard that some medical testing company bought large numbers of them for some sort of calibration machinery. Doesn't surprise me, the detail in the chromes I got back was eye-popping. I don't recall any corner

Re: EOS wide angle lens Choice help

2005-10-05 Thread Lars Michael
I've been told that the Tamron 20-40 is a good performer, but wouldn't know first hand as I have a 17-35L. Lars -- .~. Lars Michael /V\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /(_)\ http://www.larsmichael.com/ ^^ ^^ * *** *** * For list instruct

Re: EOS wide angle lens Choice help

2005-10-04 Thread Stefan Gerris
Hi Carla, On Wed, October 5, 2005 2:02, Cjr said: > I am considering adding a wide angle lens to my modest > collection, primarily for use with the D60--I think > the reasons are obvious, the. 1.6 factor. I have > read through the archives and t:he debate on Canon > vs. Sigma etc. leaves me not

EOS wide angle lens Choice help

2005-10-04 Thread Cjr
Hello all. Lurker here. I have an Eos Elan & a D60. I am considering adding a wide angle lens to my modest collection, primarily for use with the D60--I think the reasons are obvious, the. 1.6 factor. I have read through the archives and t:he debate on Canon vs. Sigma etc. leaves me not mu