Re: Avoiding EF-S Lenses... Smart or Dumb?
- From: "Mark²" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net>
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:54:41 -0700
Ståle Sannerud wrote:
The other alternative is the EF 17-40L. It's a bit cheaper, but all
the other issues still apply. No Image stabilization,
Really, how important is the IS feature in a wide angle zoom?
I have no use for it at all. I know some people rave about it, and
there are uses for it, but it's not essential. I don't mind IS in a
telephoto for handholding but I could care less about it in a short
lense.
Oh, for indoors photo, in a museum for example, when you didn't
bring/cannot use a tripod. You need wide angle due to lack of space,
and I have found that two-three stops' worth of IS would have helped
a LOT on a 2.8 lens in those circumstances. Something like a 24mm
f/1.4 or 20 f/1.8 prime would have been bright enough and perhaps
wide enough, but are inflexible and leave you without any DOF to
speak of at all. So yeah, I'd like an IS wide-angle zoom for that use.
Here's a good example of that:
Shot at 24mm on a full frame 5D, hand-held at 1/10th second.
This was a VERY dimly lit room... -darker than what I was able to brightly
expose for here:
http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/66057618/original
This shot would be a real mess without IS.
BTW--This is where I'm sitting as I type this... :)
-Mark²
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Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by Mark² at:
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