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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / February 2007New Year New Lenses
After much research and questions I finally bought some new lenses: I needed a good wide angle, and a macro and it would be good to have a medium length lens. In the end for the wide angle I bought the Canon EFS 10-22mm F3.5/4.5 USM which is just excellent even at its widest (see sample image) http://www.nigelcampbell.net/index.php?showimage=64 For the macro and medium length I got the best of both in the Canon EF100mm f2.8 Macro USM. I can't say enough good things about this lens (see sample image) http://www.nigelcampbell.net/index.php?showimage=66 I looked at sigma, and tamron but in the end I'm glad that I spent that little extra on the Canon lenses as the quality really shows. If we ever get any decent light here in Norther England I'll get to really try them out! Nigel -- http://www.nigelcampbell.net > After much research and questions I finally bought some new lenses: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > USM which is just excellent even at its widest (see sample image) > http://www.nigelcampbell.net/index.php?showimage=64 I have this lens - love it. You will find some CA at the widest focal lengths (~10-12mm), especially with partial or semi-backlit subjects/scenes, so be aware of that.  SignatureYou need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. -- Charles A. Beard > After much research and questions I finally bought some new lenses: > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > -- > http://www.nigelcampbell.net And we care because???? The lenses you bought may well be great but unless you also have the Tamron and Sigma lenses you talk about you should not denigrate those lnses like you have because you have not tested them using the same conditions as the Canon lens. WHat you should have said is that the lenses you decided to buy are very good and you like them and that they cost more than the ones you did not buy any more will simply be conjecture and guessing on your part because the data that I have seen shows the Sigma 70mm macro to be at least the equal of just about any macro lens on the planet. >> After much research and questions I finally bought some new lenses: >> [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > shows the Sigma 70mm macro to be at least the equal of just about any > macro lens on the planet. Very well said. I had the Sigma 18-125 for Christmas and very pleased with it (please see http://djmp.co.uk/slr%201/prague.htm ) without trying other lens I can not comment if it is better or not. I just know that I am happy with it DAVE Bristol Uk >>> After much research and questions I finally bought some new lenses: >>> [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > DAVE > Bristol Uk Apparently it is a pretty nice lens for the price, sorry you are paying UK prices though, they suck big time. > Apparently it is a pretty nice lens for the price, sorry you are paying UK > prices though, they suck big time. Thanks to the internet it's far easier to buy brand new glass online from outside the UK, as UK prices are a joke to be honest. OK you don't get a "UK warranty" but I have not yet needed a lens warranty repair. >> Apparently it is a pretty nice lens for the price, sorry you are paying >> UK prices though, they suck big time. > > Thanks to the internet it's far easier to buy brand new glass online from > outside the UK, as UK prices are a joke to be honest. OK you don't get a > "UK warranty" but I have not yet needed a lens warranty repair. Prices here in Australia are not to bad but availability is the killer, I have bought through B&H and Cameta and only have good things to say about them, Cameta sent the wrong lens once and paid the cost of sending it back no problems. >>>Apparently it is a pretty nice lens for the price, sorry you are paying >>>UK prices though, they suck big time. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > them, Cameta sent the wrong lens once and paid the cost of sending it back > no problems. Oh man, I've got an online buddy in South Africa... well nearby... and the prices are 3x what I'd pay at B&H. > After much research and questions I finally bought some new lenses: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > lens (see sample image) > http://www.nigelcampbell.net/index.php?showimage=66 Congrats, nice stuff! I really like the wide angle shot, wow, what fun. |
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