New Lens…
Now I’m wanting to sell my Canon EF-S 17-85 f4-5.6 IS lens and get this one instead. 28-80 f2.8 all the way across…
Only problems I can see is that it lacks IS, but it’s a lot faster. And a bit narrower range zoom-wise… I’d probably need something wide angle. And IS works all the time. With this lens I’d just have to open it up a bit, decreasing DOF….etc.
Hrm, decisions… decisions…
Cost is pretty much not an issue since I could sell one to pay for the other. But I did just get a circular polarizing filter for the Canon lens. I wouldn’t be able to re-use it, as the new lens would be 1cm larger. Hrm.
Oh, also, do any of you know a place where I could get some velvet? I could use white, black, and maybe red. Maybe… 4′ square pieces. I want something for the background when photographing things, but I want it to be non-reflective and not especially well defined.
Most fabric stores sell different kinds of velvet. Try the Hancock Fabrics on the southwest corner of Hall and Hayes. They should have crushed velvet as well and the stiffer kind that won’t reflect much.
From me!
I’ve got a bunch of leftover stretchy black velvet from when I took slides for my senior capstone course a few years ago. If you want it, you are more than welcome to it.
Heh. I don’t really believe in a need for IS under 100mm, unless you are doing really crazy photojournalism stuff (which I do sometimes, but it’s still usualy not worth it for me).