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Canon should discontinue this

Started Sep 22, 2014 | User reviews thread
FBoneOne Contributing Member • Posts: 597
Re: Canon should discontinue this

I have owned 3 different copies of this lens. They varied dramatically in quality. One was excellent, two quite poor.

As somebody else stated, when it came out the lens was a revolution. A stabilized midrange zoom was nowhere else to be found and it would be years before Nikon would catch up. On my Eos 3 it was ok to great depending in the copy but it seriously did not cut it on digital.

When I switched to the 24/70 f:2.8 I never looked back. I missed the stabilization but colours and sharpness were so much greater on the fuji velvia I shot at the time, there was no going back. When I got my Eos 20D it was all over for the 28-135. Even the best copy which I had retained could not hold a candle to the 24-70...

it just shows how much more demanding on lenses digital sensors have become. What used to be an ok lens on film just cannot do digital justice. It also shows that some of the old days lenses that still cut it today were truly amazing...

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