On Tue, Apr 10, 2012, at 08:44 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 4/10/2012 5:51 PM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> > ... By now it will be clear that I am looking for an AF 28-105 just so the
> > 5D doesn't forget how to do AF.
>
> That is quite a different lens from the 35-105/2.8.
>
> > My local camera store has a couple Tammy 28-75/2.8, which would be OK, but
> > those are selling for about $350 and the
> > 28-105 for EOS usually goes for about the same. The disadvantage is that
> > the 28-105 is a much heavier lens, huge front
> > element.
>
> Yup, much bigger and heavier than the 35-105. I believe Walt had a fair
> bit to say about his, should you care to dip
> into the archives. Too big and heavy for what it does for my taste.
Speed for the buck is the attraction. If I could snipe one for about
$200, I'd like to try it out.
> In MF
> days, I went to slower for longer zoom range,
> Tokina AT-X 35-200/3.5-4.5 and Kiron 28-210/4-5.6, 1:4, among some others
> that didn't work as well as those for me.
Definitely good value. I actually think the Zuiko 85-250/5 is a very
cool lens, but when I got an SP 80-200/2.8, it was hard to go back,
despite the weight of that thing. Everything I shoot on the 5D is
pretty fast. I have a little cheapie Tamron 28-80/3.5-5.6. It's
terrific for what it cost, but I never use it. Constant f2.8 in 28-105
would be ideal.
I should probably just get a cheap but good 70-200/3.5 of some kind and
call it good. But ... yawn ... I'm in Ken-mode: What is the best
thing for me to use that I will never actually buy?
> The Tammy 28-300/3.5-6.3 takes care of the whole range. Sounds a bit slow
> at the long end, but I've taken hundreds,
> likely thousands, of at least technically successful shots at 300 mm, and
> it's as fast or faster at 200 than the 28-200.
> Exceptional C-U performance at the long end. The ordinary version is
> amazingly small and light. My copy of the VC
> version is slightly sharper at the long end, but the AF may be slightly
> less reliable at the long end than my non-VC one.
>
> Focus speed/noise has been fine with me for well over 10,000 shots, but
> not a patch on Canon's own Ultrasonic focus
> lenses, most of which have full time MF availability without switching.
This is too rational. I'm seriously disturbed. Stop it.
Joel W.
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