Pallke
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Hi Marianne,
what's the reason for staying with the AF 35-135mm? Optics or focal range?
btw: Is there really a "D" version of this lens?
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What are some reasons to keep two lenses of the same focal length?
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what's the reason for staying with the AF 35-135mm? Optics or focal range?
btw: Is there really a "D" version of this lens?
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Seriously, if it's your hobby why not? Hell, even if it's not you hobby. 
Lots of us simply enjoy mucking about with finely crafted bits.
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Lots of us simply enjoy mucking about with finely crafted bits.
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"Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named...but a dying culture invariable exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners is more significant than a riot."
This symptom is especially serious in that an individual displaying it never thinks of it as a sign of ill health but as proof of his/her strength. ...Friday, it is too late to save this culture--this worldwide culture... Therefore we must now prepare the monasteries for the coming Dark Age. Electronic records are too fragile..."
--Robert A. Heinlein in "Friday"
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Marianne Oelund
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The 24-120/4 VR replaced it. It is one of my lenses that I haven't sold because it wouldn't fetch enough money to bother doing so. It is a push-pull zoom, which I don't care for as the zoom action tends to jump.
No, sorry. I often make the mistake of thinking all of my old AF lenses are 'D' type. It is a visual twin to the 35-70/2.8D; you have to look closely at the numbers on the barrel to tell them apart, but for some reason they never put the 'D' feature into the 35-135.
Rexgig0
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The Sigma Art lenses have no sealing. I have considered adding a Nikkor 35/1.4G for inclement weather, as I live in the wet, green corner of Texas, and like to occasionally visit the dusty parts of Texas. I shoot with both Canon and Nikon SLRs, and own an EF 35/1.4L, which is not weather-sealed, so a sealed Nikkor 35mm would have a purpose.
I also have a Nikkor 35/2D, so adding yet another 35mm lens might seem a bit much, but the 35/2D has its own advantages, such as very compact dimensions, and a very short minimum focusing distance.
I also have a Nikkor 35/2D, so adding yet another 35mm lens might seem a bit much, but the 35/2D has its own advantages, such as very compact dimensions, and a very short minimum focusing distance.
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Rexgig0
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Quite true!
At work, my EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS is used for my most important images. I also bring a 24-105/4L, on a second body, that can focus quite closely, and act as a decent stand-in for the 100mm macro lens, but a single accident or incident could affect both of these lenses, so I have kept my Tokina 100mm 2.8 AT-X Macro, with which I started close-range shooting with my first DSLR.
One of the factors in my acquisitions of a Micro-Nikkor 60mm 2.8G and Nikkor 28-105D was so I could use a D700 at work, if an accident or incident claimed my Canon bodies.
I do not claim to be a "professional" photographer, though I do shoot some important forensic/evidentiary images as part of my larger duties.
At work, my EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS is used for my most important images. I also bring a 24-105/4L, on a second body, that can focus quite closely, and act as a decent stand-in for the 100mm macro lens, but a single accident or incident could affect both of these lenses, so I have kept my Tokina 100mm 2.8 AT-X Macro, with which I started close-range shooting with my first DSLR.
One of the factors in my acquisitions of a Micro-Nikkor 60mm 2.8G and Nikkor 28-105D was so I could use a D700 at work, if an accident or incident claimed my Canon bodies.
I do not claim to be a "professional" photographer, though I do shoot some important forensic/evidentiary images as part of my larger duties.
PHXAZCRAIG
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Reasons? Backup I suppose. For me it's just that I enjoy owning them, and occasionally using them. I don't mind sometimes using an older lens, as long as it's not one that always seems to disappoint me (like my 24f2.8.)
I've hardly ever sold any of my photo equipment. And I still have my grandfather's Contax and my father's stereo Realist.
I've hardly ever sold any of my photo equipment. And I still have my grandfather's Contax and my father's stereo Realist.
Kitacanon
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Aside from the emotional attachment already addressed and differences in nature of the image quality....
A lens with a longer focusing rotational "throw" (e.g. AI lens) would be more suited to video tracking shots than one with a short throw (AIS).
One may wish to adapt/declick the aperture ring for video use again.
The physical size of some lenses of the same FL, particularly zooms, may be different yet both may be desirable.
A lens with a longer focusing rotational "throw" (e.g. AI lens) would be more suited to video tracking shots than one with a short throw (AIS).
One may wish to adapt/declick the aperture ring for video use again.
The physical size of some lenses of the same FL, particularly zooms, may be different yet both may be desirable.
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