Digital BW, The Print

Hi Sam,

If you're into architecture then you'll want one or more of the shift lenses.
A friend of mine is an established architectural photographer in the UK and
purchased a 1Ds to replace his MF gear a few months ago. He seems happy with
the quality of the shift lenses.

Wide lenses for general photography are a tougher matter. The 35/1.4L has a
very good reputation, although I've never shot with it. The 24/1.4L is a good
solid performer (I do have one of these) but any wider than that and the
options get much less attractive. I have an adapter that allows me to mount my
Contax Distagon 21mm on my Canon digital body, and the results are streets
ahead of the rather so-so Canon 20/2.8 EF prime. I've seen comparison shots
from the two short L zooms and they look fairly indifferent IMO. If you can
stand using a prime with manual focus and stop-down metering, then this might
be a good way to go. If you absolutely require a zoom, then take a look at the
20-35/2.8L. It's no longer in production but it's very sharp for a zoom and
you can pick them up nice and cheap if you're patient.

HTH

-= mike =-

-----Original Message-----
From: Sam McCandless [mailto:samcc@...] 
Sent: 18 November 2004 15:39
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Canon 1Ds MK II


At 3:28 AM +0000 11/18/04, Tony Bonanno wrote:
>[snip]
>The images looked excellent.  All that resolution and low noise. 
>You definitely are going to want the best glass for this camera. 
>[snip]  My main application for the 1DsMKII will be architectural, 
>landscape, and large group shoots.
>[snip]

But what _is_ the best wide-angle Canon glass for those applications (which
are also mine)?

It's easy for me to choose among Canon's longer and normal lenses because the
image stabilization feature on some of their lenses is so important, and
getting more important, to me.

But I'm agonizing between Canon's two "ultra-wide" 16-35mm f/2.8 and 17-40mm
f/4.0 L zooms. Because all I've heard is that one is better at the lower end
while the other is better at the higher end. If not, I think I'd prefer the
faster 16-35mm despite the price difference.

And I'm also wondering whether it might not be better to give up the benefit
of zooming and get the 24mm and 35mm f/1.4 L prime lenses. I have the 35mm
f/2.0 prime and the 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom and think I see a big difference
between them - even with (film) cameras nowhere near as good as the 1Ds MK II.
So if the f/1.4 L primes yield better images than the f/2.8 & f/4.0 L zooms,
then by using the primes I'd get the better-image benefit plus at least two
stops of speed.

Or at least so it seems to me. I'd appreciate any advice about all this.
--
Sam




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