Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe Orlent wrote: > Funny. Are you pleased with the lens? Reviews are a bit ambiguous > about it. "Ambiguous" is a nice, polite term. The lens is junk! Well, perhaps that's too strong a word. It's sharp enough and does cover some useful focal lengths, with the 20D. It's also fast to focus, and convenient to use for snapshots. However, it has a tendency to flare like crazy... even with the lens hood on! And the barrel distortion at the wide end is absolutely intolerable. Fortunately, since I'm stuck with it for now, PT Lens is able to fix the distortion quite nicely. At anything over 25mm, this is no longer a serious problem. Suffice it to say that it has put me off the idea of ever buying another Canon lens! Pity, actually, because the 20D body - while no Leica - is very nice and quite workable with the 80~200/f4 Vario. We're heading to Costa Rica for 3 weeks at Christmas. I'm going to take the Canon 17~85, the 80~200 Vario and my old 2x extender for the SL. Small kit, 17 to 400mm covered! Nothing super speed, but with the 20D's very workable ISO 800 & 1600, I figure to get clean shots, even in the darkest parts of the jungle. We'll see! Cheers! -- David Young, Logan Lake, BC CANADA. Personal Web-site at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt Leica Reflex Forum web-page: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm