Digital BW, The Print

Don't forget the following available Canon lenses: 50/1.4, 50/1.0L, 
85/1.2L, 85/1.8, 100/2

SG


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Austin Franklin" 
<darkroom@i...> wrote:
> Shaun,
> 
> Yes, I do know the Canon D30 uses Canon EF lenses...and there are 
only the
> 24 and 35 1.4 lenses available, the rest are slower, so the lenses 
available
> do not match the lenses I prefer to use.  For my Contax film 
cameras, I
> primarily use the 85/1.4 and the 100/2, though I do use the 35/1.4 
a lot
> too...but one out of three doesn't do it for me.  Also, unless the 
sensor is
> full size, the lenses don't match up between film and digital.  I 
would also
> believe that the 24 would have some falloff with a digital imaging 
sensor
> due to well depth...but none the less, the focal lengths I prefer 
are not
> available.  Perhaps when the lense line increases, and the digital 
sensor is
> the same size, I might reconsider.
> 
> Contax only has two slow zooms and one 50 available at this point 
in time.
> I have no interest in Canon at this point in time...as I prefer 
Zeiss glass
> (or even Leica) to Canon glass.  I've used both, and Canon does 
have some
> nice glass, just not my preference.
>