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Would anyone have any interest in the following lenses?

Started Jun 7, 2017 | Polls thread
drh681
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Re: Would anyone have any interest in the following lenses?

Tannin wrote:

Yes to the 70/1.8. though I'd perhaps prefer a 60 or a 65. F/2.8 would be fine for me so long as it was sharp at f/2.8. Never any harm in being a bit faster though.

I've also often wished for a 45mm prime. I make do without by putting a 35/1.4 on APS-H, which works out to about the 45mm angle of view on FF. Oddly enough, now that there suddenly is one, I've gone a bit cold on the idea and haven't rushed out to buy it after all.

Canon makes a 40 mm f 2.8 which I recent used almost exclusively for a photo raid on the Eastern Sierra, it's excellent for making panoramas and all around shooting.

But most of all I would love a mid-range zoom starting a bit wider than 70mm and going to wherever is practical: 50-250 maybe. high quality but doesn't need to be fast. The closest thing to it at present is the 70-300/4-5.6L.

Canon also makes a 55-250 for APSc cameras. I have one in the EF mount made for the old APS film camera.

The brother lens is a 22-55 which is remarkably sharp but vignettes like crazy on a larger format.

Canon EF 40 mm f 2.8 Manzanar National Historic Site, Near Lone Pine, California

Stitched in MS ICE five frames from EOS 6D

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