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Archive 2006 · Rumour?! - EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

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Tomash wrote:"APS-C" and "pro" are mututally exclusive terms.

Now go say that on the Nikon forum!

Feb 09, 2006 at 11:33 PM

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bkriete wrote:
Tomash wrote:"APS-C" and "pro" are mututally exclusive terms.

Now go say that on the Nikon forum!

Feb 09, 2006 at 11:45 PM

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make a wide-zoom that is superior to the 16-35 and 17-40Ls, but mount it only on consumer grade bodies, thus cannibalising both L glass sales and pro-body sales?

Not really. Full frame is still full-frame. I doubt that anyone spending 3,000-8,000 dollars on a pro body would suddenly buy a 1.6x camera instead, just so they could save a couple hundred bucks on the lens. Actually, now that I'm typing that idea out, it seems even more ridiculous.

What they might cannibalize is the excellent Sigma 18-50/2.8. This lens is faster than the 17-40, and lighter to boot (because it doesn't have a wastefully large FF image circle).

Image stabilization on a fast 17-55 lens makes no sense though.

Feb 09, 2006 at 11:46 PM

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darylc wrote:
Image stabilization on a fast 17-55 lens makes no sense though.

That's silly, have you ever used a short focal length IS lens? Fantastic. A fast one would be even better.

Feb 10, 2006 at 12:43 AM

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bkriete wrote:
Tomash wrote:"APS-C" and "pro" are mututally exclusive terms.

Now go say that on the Nikon forum!

lol

Feb 10, 2006 at 12:44 AM

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Tomash wrote:"APS-C" and "pro" are mututally exclusive terms.

bkriete wrote:
Now go say that on the Nikon forum!

hehehe. Thanks for brightening my day!

Feb 10, 2006 at 12:50 AM

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coffeeshakes wrote:
darylc wrote:
Image stabilization on a fast 17-55 lens makes no sense though.

That's silly, have you ever used a short focal length IS lens? Fantastic. A fast one would be even better.

Totally agree with coffeshakes. The assumption that fast lenses are only used wide open flies in the face of actual use. I can think of many situations where I would want to shoot at F16 for DOF but the resulting slow shutter speed mandates either a tripod or IS. Being able to open the lens up to keep the shutter speed up to stop action on the same lens would be a marvelous plus. Just look at how many people are wishing that the new 24-105 F4 IS were a 2.8.

Feb 10, 2006 at 02:15 AM

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bkriete wrote:
Tomash wrote:"APS-C" and "pro" are mututally exclusive terms.

Now go say that on the Nikon forum!

Haha!

Are you a bad enough dude to troll the Nikon forum?

Feb 10, 2006 at 02:38 AM

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The discussion on that site involves a site admin asserting that he's got inside information on this lens and everybody else saying "Good enough for me." Maybe he's got some credentials we don't know of, but it seems pretty speculative.

Feb 10, 2006 at 03:49 AM

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dan wrote:
Saw this posted on the Photozone.de forums.

More infos:
http://www.eos-numerique.com/forums/showthread.php?p=116688#post116688

Don't shoot the messenger!

Only 2-3 more weeks until Canon lets us know.

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dan

This is exactly the lens I've been waiting for.. please let it be true!!

Feb 10, 2006 at 11:48 AM

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