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- From: acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih)
- Subject: Re: Canon 10s Vs Nikon N90, Which one?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.131003.28563@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- References: <1992Dec18.031906.10270@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> <1992Dec28.161527.12775@eua.ericsson.se> <BzzBo5.3r9@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 18:10:03 GMT
- Lines: 48
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- In <BzzBo5.3r9@ra.nrl.navy.mil> tse@ra.nrl.navy.mil (Anthony Tse) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Dec28.161527.12775@eua.ericsson.se> Harald.Brandt@eua.ericsson.se (Harald Brandt) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec18.031906.10270@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
- >>kram@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (kameswar.r.ati) writes:
- >>release downward. (If you are interested, I bought: 28-105/3.5-4.5 USM,
- >>24-35/2.8L, 200/2.8L, Extender X1.4. Well it WAS expensive!! I bought it
- >>in the UK and got the sales tax back (17.5%)).
-
- > You are one of the few people who actually bought good lens with
- >a fancy body. Most people seems to buy a fancy body so they talk about
- >all the creature features and slap on the cheapest zoom they can find.
- >On rare occasion, they may actually find time to take a few pictures :)
-
- Nah. Don't be silly. Why own the good glass when you can rent it?
- (At least that's my excuse! :-)
-
- >Now what I want to know is, is it really a 24-35L or is it a 20-35L or
- >are there actually 2 different lens? I know Canon used to make a
- >24-35L for the FD mount and I have seen ads for a 20-35L for FD and EF
- >mount, but I don't think the FD 20-35L nor the EF 24-35L actually exist.
-
- I've never heard of an EF 24-35L, and I wouldn't see the point of it
- either. Like you say, there is an EF 20-35/2.8L.
-
- >Reason I ask is I was thinking about getting the FD 20-35L when I saw
- >the ad, but the only wide L zooms I've seen in real life are 24-35, since
- >I already have the 24L, I can't justify spending $1000 on a lens unless
- >it goes down to 20mm.
-
- Well, looking at my F1N brochure, I see an FD 20-35/3.5L and an FD
- 28-55/3.5-4.5. I don't see anything like an FD 24-35. So go for it! :-)
-
- >-Anthony
-
- >PS When are you getting the 85L to complete you lens inventory :)
-
- From the looks of what he bought, he's not doing portraiture.
- Besides, his credit card needs a vacation. (Mine is groaning in
- agony just thinking about it... :-)
-
- ACS
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