--- "Aaron Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I really don't get what's being said here -- old, > film optimized lenses perform well on the full frame > Canons, as evidenced by the L series?
Define "well" ;-). Even the best film-optimized Canon glass cannot take advantage of the full-frame sensors. In particular, edge performance on wide-angle lenses tends not to be very good. > Am I missing something? Has the L series been > around for a long, long time, or are we just talking > about how well NEW lenses perform? "L" has been Canon's designation for their "pro" lenses for a very long time indeed, at least since the late FD-mount era. Today's current-production L lenses are of course totally different from the ones made 10, 20 or 30 years ago. Canon lens designs are continually renewed and rarely is a lens design in production for more than a decade or so (and that was in the film era). My 17-40mm f/4L gives great performance on my 20D (APS-C sized sensor) but obviously it would not do as well on a 1Ds Mk II... Doug __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
