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- From: blue@sequent.com (Gil Delavous)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Canon EF28-70/f3.5-? II vs. EF28-105/f3.5-? USM
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.081858.3216@sequent.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 08:18:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec20.230735.16650@walter.bellcore.com> hsong@ardour.bellcore.com (G. Hugh Song) writes:
- >It is pretty well-known that EF28-70mm/f3.5-4.5 II is an excellent
- >piece of glass. I have also been told all the good things about the new
- >EF28-105mm/f3.5-? USM. Several questions for you:
- >
- >1. Is the front element of EF28-70mm/f3.5-4.5 II nonrotating?
- >2. Just from a glance, it looks like that it can
- > accommodate a filter with no problem. Is there any problem with filters?
- >3. Is it worth $260.00?
- >
- >I know that it had been around $175.00, and that it was discontinued.
- >I found a store which has one. But their price is just too high.
- >And the store is not a reputable one, either. Additional $120 will let
- >me buy the new EF28-105mm/f3.5-? USM. However, there has been no
- >lens test for this yet by lens testers in the net or in the magazine
- >publishing houses.
- >So the final question is:
- >
- >4. Which is the better buy between the two?
- >
- >Thanks a lot.
- >
- > Hugh
-
- I own the 28-105 and the pictures I got are nice. The only problem I've seen
- so far (and that Chasseur d'Images confirmed) is vignetting at 28mm (around
- 0.7EV).
-
- Gil.
-