Just like the 24L II isn't just a $600 lens coat vs the 24L. The 24L II improve a lot of things showing up on the 24L with the newer sensors. I expect the same with the new TSE L's.
With Architects closing their doors on a daily basis and Real Estate agents and Interior Designers cutting back I see no reason to upgrade either my TS-E24L or 5D while sitting with unpaid invoices from that segment of the economy.
I have been shooting AIA functions for 5 years and the last 6 months has caused dues paying members to withdraw.
Psychic1 wrote:
With Architects closing their doors on a daily basis and Real Estate agents and Interior Designers cutting back I see no reason to upgrade either my TS-E24L or 5D while sitting with unpaid invoices from that segment of the economy.
I have been shooting AIA functions for 5 years and the last 6 months has caused dues paying members to withdraw.
They seem like overkill to me.
I've noticed this as well in my neck of the woods. Not so many archtiects shutting their doors, but cancelling their advertising budgets.
both of these look fantastic. the 17 especially - now crop users with 1.6x and 1.3x bodies can have wide angles with TSE. The optical quality of both is quite an achievement - too bad I can't afford them! Oh well, maybe some day...
on the plus side - with an achievement like that with these two fairly wide lenses - I can't wait to see what they can do when the re-vamp the 35L or the 24-70L
again: €2500. insane. i suppose these lenses were already designed before the worldwide economic collapse, so i'm not blaming canon for their timing, but i can't expect that there will be too many sales of these things for a few years.
Probably true, but the first people to have the 17mm when the advertising budgets thaw out will be in a killer position to offer something few other photographers would be able to produce . . .
abam wrote:
again: €2500. insane. i suppose these lenses were already designed before the worldwide economic collapse, so i'm not blaming canon for their timing, but i can't expect that there will be too many sales of these things for a few years.
In the Fall of 2006 I met Chuck Westfall at an EP convention in Atlanta. He had a table full of lenses and was showing me a 14mm L. I looked at him and said "You know, what you guys REALLY need now that so many architectural shooters are moving to Canon 1 series full frame cameras is an 18mm TS-E". He said "Do you have any idea how much that would cost?". I replied "No. But I would pay 3500.00 for one".
So, we get a 17mm TS-E and I get to save a grand.
This is a true story. Not sure if this conversation had anything to do with the development of the lens but I for sure took the info to him that there were a ton of shooters who could use it.
The Canon USA MTFs are a little less detailed, (but seem similar), they leave out half the data of the Japanese ones it looks like. When in doubt, go with the Japanese version.
abam wrote:
again: €2500. insane. i suppose these lenses were already designed before the worldwide economic collapse, so i'm not blaming canon for their timing, but i can't expect that there will be too many sales of these things for a few years.
in. sane.As a pro architectural shooter I couldn't disagree more . If you don't shoot architecture you don't need to buy it but if you do and want performance that betters the existing 24mm TS-E ( and it's insane that you wouldn't) it's not a lot of money as long as it delivers the goods.
