Question about EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Nikolai

I'm still at the very early stages of building up my glass collection. And with each L lens being thus far far beyond my financial reach:dunno I'm looking at something I can afford now and what would be a nice walk-around lens.
I'm thinking of the getting EF 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS USM. It seems to be within my $ cap, focal range looks very close to the one of 828, which I love (even though it would be a bit on a tele side due to the 20D's FOV 1.6 crop factor).

Can somebody please provide some hands-on feedback about this particular piece of equipment?

Thanks a lot!:thumb

Andy

Nikolai wrote:

I'm still at the very early stages of building up my glass collection. And with each L lens being thus far far beyond my financial reach I'm looking at something I can afford now and what would be a nice walk-around lens.
I'm thinking of the getting EF 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS USM. It seems to be within my $ cap, focal range looks very close to the one of 828, which I love (even though it would be a bit on a tele side due to the 20D's FOV 1.6 crop factor).

Can somebody please provide some hands-on feedback about this particular piece of equipment?

Thanks a lot!

i had nothing but great results with this lens on my 10d, and 20d. i found it to be really sharp, and the i.s. is wonderful. wonderful!

i can personally recommend it, becuase i used it - don't anymore, but i did use it a lot. then i sold it to doctorit...

hth

Nikolai

Andy,

andy wrote:

i had nothing but great results with this lens on my 10d, and 20d. i found it to be really sharp, and the i.s. is wonderful. wonderful!

i can personally recommend it, becuase i used it - don't anymore, but i did use it a lot. then i sold it to doctorit...

hth

Thank you very much, you've made my day!
Onto WTB:-)
Cheers!

pathfinder

Nik - I bought one for Nightingale and she never lets me borrow it - She gets great results with it too. So that is a second very positive note! I think it is agreat walk -around lens - not so large, or so white, as to be as off-putting for casual candids either!!

Nikolai

Thanks!

pathfinder wrote:

Nik - I bought one for Nightingale and she never lets me borrow it - She gets great results with it too. So that is a second very positive note! I think it is agreat walk -around lens - not so large, or so white, as to be as off-putting for casual candids either!!

Appreciate the feedback! Now I need to find one for myself:-)

DavidTO

Nikolai wrote:

Appreciate the feedback! Now I need to find one for myself:-)

Maybe you could borrow Nightingales?

Nikolai

I want to BUY one:-)

DavidTO wrote:

Maybe you could borrow Nightingales?

If NG does not let even PF (who happened to be her hubby) use it, how could it possibly work across a couple ot the time zones with a total stranger:-)?

DavidTO

Nikolai wrote:

If NG does not let even PF (who happened to be her hubby) use it, how could it possibly work across a couple ot the time zones with a total stranger:-)?

irony 1 |??r?n?; ?i?rn?| noun ( pl. -nies) the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect : “Don't go overboard with the gratitude,” he rejoined with heavy irony. See note at wit . • a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result : [with clause ] the irony is that I thought he could help me. • (also dramatic or tragic irony) a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.




Cheer up, Nik, I almost put the definition for gullible!

Nikolai

I thought I put enough smilies in my reply
But I guess my command of English language was severely affected by a very late night (was processing the pikchas from TOHS hosted band competition), so *my* irony went unnoticed:-)
Cheers, mate!