Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/11

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Subject: [Leica] not entirely OT: the recurrent dilemma
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sun Feb 11 09:45:41 2007
References: <200702102349.l1ANmRGN070516@server1.waverley.reid.org> <45CE63C2.40105@concentric.net>

Thanks for the feedback, Bob.
As I expected: so many opinions as people on this list :-)
But I still prefer this kind of feedback above the kind I find on  
fredmiranda: who are all these people, and what/how do they shoot?
Cheers,
Philippe



Op 11-feb-07, om 01:30 heeft Robert D. Baron het volgende geschreven:

> Brian Reid wrote:
>
>>> What are your impressions of the following lenses?
>>>> Canon EF 24-70mm L f2.8 USM
>>>> Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS USM
>>>> Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8L USM
>> I have all of those lenses. I'm not much of an ultrawide guy, so I
>> use the 16-35 only for architectural interior shots, and I get it off
>> the camera as fast as I can. The 70-200 is a great lens, but it's
>> tremendously heavy and increases the weight of an already heavy
>> camera. The IS works, but you wouldn't need it if the camera weighed
>> less.
>> If I'm shooting people with the Canon, I put the 85/1.2L on it and
>> stop thinking about the lens. It's a lens of the same quality as a
>> Summilux 75 ASPH but it requires that I lug around a giant Canon
>> DSLR. If I'm shooting anything else, or if I'm just carrying the
>> camera around in case I need to shoot something, I put the 24-70/2.8L
>> on it.
>
>
> These are all good points.  I've got all 3 lenses and I probably  
> use the 16-35 a bit more just because I do like the occasional wide  
> point of view or I need it in close quarters; the 70-200 is  
> wonderful but very heavy and not in the least bit inconspicuous  
> (its probably drawn more comments from bystanders than any lens  
> I've owned); and the 24-70 is a very nice medium zoom which I use  
> for general purpose shooting and in particular snaps of the dogs  
> and the dog people in the house.
>
> I do however wish you people would quit saying all these nice  
> things about the 85 1.2. I don't have that one yet...
>
> ;-)
>
> --Bob
>
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