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Old lens found new life with the affordable full frame DSLR

Started Jun 19, 2013 | User reviews thread
OP jlchen New Member • Posts: 13
Re: This lens can't get no respect...

rsn48 wrote:

The 28 - 135 IS lens is a great kick around lens, its one of my go to lenses when travelling and shooting around the neighbourhood. If I were grading this lens I'd give it a B+ which is all you really need most of the time.

I own 9 lens, some for "serious" and others for travel companions and mucking about, but my 28 - 135 gets the most use of all my other lenses.

My cruise pics using the 28 - 135, many of my day pics, and my Canon 35mm f2 for my low light, inside the ship and town night pics:

https://picasaweb.google.com/rsn4807/BaltimoreCarribbeanCruise2013?authkey=Gv1sRgCJmeiO-V-9-NowE#slideshow/5852797033622816258

4 months after I wrote the original post, I acquired / upgraded a few more EF lenses to my gear box:

16-35 2.8 II, 70-200 2.8 IS II, 100 2.8 IS macro and the 85 1.2 II. I still use the 28-135 as my standard zoom lens. I gave the thoughts of buying the 24-70 2.8 but rejected the idea due to no IS and too small of the zoom range. For the 24-105 4 IS, I think the strength of it vs. the 28-135 is better IS and better optical especially at the wide end. However, as I already have the 16-35 to cover the wide range, I still can't find much motivation to get the 24-105.

Julian

 jlchen's gear list:jlchen's gear list
Canon EOS 6D Canon EF 85mm F1.2L II USM Canon EF 16-35mm F2.8L II USM Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM Canon PowerShot G12 +15 more
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