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Subject: Re: [Leica] Further digital exploration - OOT
From: Steve LeHuray <steve@streetphoto.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:26:14 -0400

HEY!!! Would you guys please take this off-list or move it over to the Canon
list. Please!

Thanks,

sl


>> Phong
>> 
>> Buy the EOS 1Ds and keep "all" the Canon L lenses, zooms or not.
> 
> I wish I could.  Unfortunately, I have to face the practical
> limitations of my bank account.  :-)
> 
> - Phong
> 
> NO ARCHIVE
> 
> Felix Lopez de Maturana wrote:
>> Phong wrote:
>>> Oh, I zoom when I have too.  I've been using the Canon EOS
>>> system for more than 10 years now, and throughout the years
>>> have gotten 3 2.8 zooms covering from 20mm to 200mm, plus a f4
>>> zoom for when I walk around a lot and want to bring a zoom.
>>> But 2.8 is very limiting.  I've been thinking of selling all my
>>> zooms and throw in a bit of money and buy that 11 megapixel
>>> Canon, then use only prime lenses (24mm 1.4, 35mm f1.4, 50mm 1.4,
>>> 85 1.8, 132 2.0, 200 2.0) and just crop to zoom.
>>> It's almost a 2x zoom factor from the 3 megapixels to 11
>>> megapixels.  I then can pretend I have a set of super fast
>>> (1.4 to 2.0), high quality, light weight zooms  :-).
>> 
>> Phong
>> 
>> Buy the EOS 1Ds and keep "all" the Canon L lenses, zooms or not.
>> 
>> Felix
> 
> 
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