Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave, Is this what you're looking for? http://luminous-landscape.com/reviews/lenses/canon-17-40.shtml Best regards, David W. Almy Annapolis - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Olson" <ckrosebud@hotmail.com> To: <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 1:35 PM Subject: [Leica] Non Leica Topic..New Canon 'L' series lens > This is not about Leica but about Canon, and I know there are a number of > photographers who enjoy both Leica and Canon for their respective > capabilities. Anyway, browsing the Canon lens list on the B&H website I > noticed a new (to me) zoom. It's an EOS 17-40 f4L. Canon must have been > reading my mind when their R&D people dreamed up this one. The information > is that is excellent with analog cameras (film) and excellent with digital. > It is designed to allow for the smaller chip that digital cameras have > compared to film. It takes a 77mm filter and is a 2 stage operation, one to > adjust focal lenght, the other for focus (manual mode). How good is it, I > don't know, I just ordered it for my EOS system but being an 'L' series I > anticipate excellent results. With the top end at 40, that puts it in the > 'normal' range. We'll see. > > Dave Olson > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html