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Subject: [Leica] IMG: 747, Make it happen
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Tue Dec 16 11:56:01 2008
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the 16-35 was the first lens I purchased
when I moved into the Canon digital world.
it lasted through two weeks testing.
gone.

on the smaller sensors
the 10-22 proved superb (but slow).

Fond regards,
George

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On Dec 16, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 Tina Manley <images@comporium.net>wrote:
>
>> ...Also, some Canon lenses are worse than others.  The 16-35 zoom is
>> absolutely awful.  The 24/1.4 L is pretty bad.  Wides are much worse
> than longer lenses.
> ============================================================
> Tell me about it!  I hate that 16-35, but it's the widest lens the  
> office has,
> so I grit my teeth when I have to use it, even stopped down.  I  
> miss using fast
> prime lenses on film where I could shoot even at f/2 and have good  
> results.
> We still have some fast Nikkor manual lenses and a Nikkor-EOS  
> adapter, but
> the Canon screen is so hard to use with them I can't get consistent  
> focus.(except for my
> 35mm f/3.5 PC Nikkor, which seems to snap into focus easier, and is  
> very sharp).
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> UPAA POY 1978
> University Information Technology Services
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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>
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