The new 16-35 mod II will do you nicely and for $70 less than the ZD
7-14. As far as I know this is the same site that started all the
hullabaloo about Canon wides not being up to the task. The author now
likes the 16-35 II and rates it above the Zuiko 18. But it's still not
perfect.
<http://www.16-9.net/lens_tests/canon1635ii_a/c1635ii_a1.html>
Chuck Norcutt
Bill Pearce wrote:
>> Sony has a lot of technology patents on small pixel ccd imager chips where
>> it dominates. CMOS may
>> be a different story though.
>>
> Don't count them out. I got the late, lamented R1 to dip my toes in digital,
> and it has a CMOS chip roughly equivelent in size to their CCD in the D200.
> I've got no complaints about the image quality.
>
> I understand that they use a lot of CMOS in camcorders.
>
> I find the full frame "pro" camera to be interesting. I will probably get a
> DSLR sometime in the next year, and the Zeiss lens option looks interesting.
>
> By the way, when I mention that I'm good with 5D except for the wides,
> people come back with, "Look! they are coming out with a 14!!!!!!!" Great.
> How useful. What I want is a good 20/21 and 28, f2 or 2.8.
>
> But those wouldn't get the press, would they.
>
> Bill Pearce
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