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The weather finally broke here in Italy and I had a chance to get out and practice with the 28-135 IS USM. Here are a couple of samples :)



On the left hand side of the peninsula there is a women’s prison, and here is a close-up of it:

 
Those were nice shots. I also love taking pictures of sunsets cause the colors are so beautiful. Did you take both hand held with the IS? I just got mine and haven't had the chance to play around with it that much. I'm still trying to decide wheather to stick with this lens or go with the tamron 28-75mm Di lens.

Anton
John K said:
The weather finally broke here in Italy and I had a chance to get
out and practice with the 28-135 IS USM. Here are a couple of
samples :)



On the left hand side of the peninsula there is a women’s prison,
and here is a close-up of it:

Click to expand...
 
very nice pics ..thx for sharing and if u have more of these taken with this lens it's my pleasure to see them . ;)
 
I couldn't afford 24-70L so I went for the 28-135 to replace my Sigma 28-108.

All I can say is that for $500, this lens is beautifull. IS does work.

If I had the oney my next lens wuld be the 70-200/2.8IS, but I'll have to earn to live with the 70-200/4 whohc is not as god, but not bad. :)

Let's have a small 28-135 sample, just for pleasure. :)



Stephan

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Stephan F. - Brussels, Belgium
http://www.forseilles.net/gallery/
'Resistance is futile (if less than one Ohm.)'
 
I made the mistake of trying a 24-70/2.8 and a 70-200/2.8IS yesterday. The 28-135IS, which I have always loved, has already been replaced as my always-on-the-camera lens, and I bet the 70-200/4 will be relegated to backup status soon....

The clarity of the 2.8 zooms is staggering. Don't try one!

here are some recent 28-135IS pics...

http://www.pbase.com/image/23108588/large

http://www.pbase.com/image/23108567/large

Cheers,

Matt
Stephan Fo. said:
I couldn't afford 24-70L so I went for the 28-135 to replace my
Sigma 28-108.

All I can say is that for $500, this lens is beautifull. IS does
work.

If I had the oney my next lens wuld be the 70-200/2.8IS, but I'll
have to earn to live with the 70-200/4 whohc is not as god, but not
bad. :)

Let's have a small 28-135 sample, just for pleasure. :)



Stephan

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Stephan F. - Brussels, Belgium
http://www.forseilles.net/gallery/
'Resistance is futile (if less than one Ohm.)'
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Matt:

Besides the 2.8 issue, have you seen a noticable difference in the optical quality of the 24-70 vs the 28-135? If so can you post examples?

Geoff
MGrayson said:
The clarity of the 2.8 zooms is staggering. Don't try one!

here are some recent 28-135IS pics...

http://www.pbase.com/image/23108588/large

http://www.pbase.com/image/23108567/large

Cheers,

Matt
Stephan Fo. said:
I couldn't afford 24-70L so I went for the 28-135 to replace my
Sigma 28-108.

All I can say is that for $500, this lens is beautifull. IS does
work.

If I had the oney my next lens wuld be the 70-200/2.8IS, but I'll
have to earn to live with the 70-200/4 whohc is not as god, but not
bad. :)

Let's have a small 28-135 sample, just for pleasure. :)



Stephan

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Stephan F. - Brussels, Belgium
http://www.forseilles.net/gallery/
'Resistance is futile (if less than one Ohm.)'
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Click to expand...
 
Geoff,

Here are 100% crops from the pictures that convinced me. In the day of shooting since, I am amazed at the clarity when I shoot at a fast enough shutter speed. IS is a good thing!

http://www.pbase.com/image/23110311

Cheers,

matt
Geoffrey Gurock said:
Besides the 2.8 issue, have you seen a noticable difference in the
optical quality of the 24-70 vs the 28-135? If so can you post
examples?

Geoff
MGrayson said:
The clarity of the 2.8 zooms is staggering. Don't try one!

here are some recent 28-135IS pics...

http://www.pbase.com/image/23108588/large

http://www.pbase.com/image/23108567/large

Cheers,

Matt
Stephan Fo. said:
I couldn't afford 24-70L so I went for the 28-135 to replace my
Sigma 28-108.

All I can say is that for $500, this lens is beautifull. IS does
work.

If I had the oney my next lens wuld be the 70-200/2.8IS, but I'll
have to earn to live with the 70-200/4 whohc is not as god, but not
bad. :)

Let's have a small 28-135 sample, just for pleasure. :)



Stephan

--
------------------------
Stephan F. - Brussels, Belgium
http://www.forseilles.net/gallery/
'Resistance is futile (if less than one Ohm.)'
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Here is another 100% crop from the upper right hand corner (ignore the picture caption - temporary dyslexia) of a casual and undistinguished street scene.

http://www.pbase.com/image/23110449

A bit more noise at ISO 200 than I would have hoped, though that may be because I had to increase the contrast with levels. There's no other processing done.

Cheers,

Matt
 
Matt:

Thank you for the examples

Geoff
MGrayson said:
Here is another 100% crop from the upper right hand corner (ignore
the picture caption - temporary dyslexia) of a casual and
undistinguished street scene.

http://www.pbase.com/image/23110449

A bit more noise at ISO 200 than I would have hoped, though that
may be because I had to increase the contrast with levels. There's
no other processing done.

Cheers,

Matt
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Matt,

I agree, the 24-70L is definitely way better than the 28-135. But is s also 3 times more expensive. :)

For us living in the "non-L world" (aka. those who did not sacrify their mariage yet) the 28-135 is probably, along with the 50/1.8 the best you can have. It's definitely a step above the usual 28-105 and other entry-level stuff.

Stephan

PS: Yes, I am jealous. :)
PS2: another 28-135 sample: :)



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Stephan F. - Brussels, Belgium
http://www.forseilles.net/gallery/
'Resistance is futile (if less than one Ohm.)'
 
matchstick500 said:
Those were nice shots. I also love taking pictures of sunsets cause
the colors are so beautiful. Did you take both hand held with the
IS? I just got mine and haven't had the chance to play around with
it that much. I'm still trying to decide wheather to stick with
this lens or go with the tamron 28-75mm Di lens.
Click to expand...
All were taken hand held, IS on if the shutter speed was less than 1/F, no post processing.
 
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