Fred Miranda wrote:
I was cleaning my closet this past weekend and found a hidden and heavy backpack. I knew I had it but completely forgot about it.
There were 7 Canon lenses and 2 cameras. All in mint condition, not used for a long time.
Cameras:
Canon EOS 7D
Canon EOS Rebel
Lenses:
Canon EF 17-35/2.8L
Canon EF 24-70/2.8L
Canon EF 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS
Canon EF 70-300/4-4.5 IS
Canon EF 50/1.8
Canon EFS 24/2.8
Canon EFS 18-55/3.5-5.6 IS
All original versions.
Should I sell it or adapt it to my current system? Or should I just use it on the Canon EOS 7D/Rebel bodies? Do these lenses even work well with AF adapters? If so, which one? I don't own any modern Canon but have a Sony A7R3.
Suggestions? TIA
Congrats, that is quite a haul! I haven't read the other responses but I'll just do a list I guess.
7D: I still consider 18mp to not be obsolete, myself. Not much difference in high iso and resolution 18mp vs 24mp anyway imo and 24mp still produced. Have been posting on seasonal thread using 18mp.
Rebel: is this the 6mp model, someone actually posted WTB on B&S IIRC for one. A bit long in the tooth to actually use, I suppose you could argue that 50% crop on 24mp ff only 6mp. I have prints from 8mp . Still look great
17-35: curious how this compares to the 16-35's & 17-40. I liked my 17-35 Sigma a lot on aps, the corners at some settings not too great on ff seemed excellent 20mm though. If the lenses are comparable. I liked f/8 on the sigma
24-70/2.8: optical limits had a hard time finding a centered copy. You might look at their review of this lens and others you have that they tested. Not supposed to be as good as v2 might be OK if a well centered copy though. Especially on crop, although 24mm isn't really too wide on crop so 18-55 might be better, believe it or not.
100-400 v1: liked it on 8mp. have considered getting it recently, IS probably isn't as good but useful and v2 apparently has a focus shift up close. Light compared to the recent 3+lb ones
70-300 IS v1: returned one but possibly shouldn't have. Not as good as I wanted at 300mm but good. Had AF problems probably more user error. IS not too good. These type of lenses tend to be excellent up to 200mm or so. Even 300mm not too bad, though. Nice lens.
50/1.8: is this the metal mount? I've used v2 and like it. I feel like pretty much any 50mm is good by 5.6-8.
18-55 IS: optical limits has a pretty good review on this lens. Might not hurt to try a few, may be copy variation. I've used 18-55 IS II, STM, and non-IS v2. Liked them all. Pretty good imo. Very light on a rebel for landscapes if you have decent copy. Harder to do better than you'd think, I tried one sigma having better construction, not as good imo. Surprised DLO lens corrections in DPP really cleaned up the corners and edges on one I posted recently, STM version
So anyway hope that helps you decide, might be some fun shooting
Sep 28, 2022 at 09:11 PM
AmbientMike Offline [X]
Re: Classic Canon gear treasure found! :-)
Fred Miranda wrote:
I was cleaning my closet this past weekend and found a hidden and heavy backpack. I knew I had it but completely forgot about it.
There were 7 Canon lenses and 2 cameras. All in mint condition, not used for a long time.
Cameras:
Canon EOS 7D
Canon EOS Rebel
Lenses:
Canon EF 17-35/2.8L
Canon EF 24-70/2.8L
Canon EF 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS
Canon EF 70-300/4-4.5 IS
Canon EF 50/1.8
Canon EFS 24/2.8
Canon EFS 18-55/3.5-5.6 IS
All original versions.
Should I sell it or adapt it to my current system? Or should I just use it on the Canon EOS 7D/Rebel bodies? Do these lenses even work well with AF adapters? If so, which one? I don't own any modern Canon but have a Sony A7R3.
Suggestions? TIA
Congrats, that is quite a haul! I haven't read the other responses but I'll just do a list I guess.
7D: I still consider 18mp to not be obsolete, myself. Not much difference in high iso and resolution 18mp vs 24mp anyway imo. Have been posting on seasonal thread using 18mp.
Rebel: is this the 6mp model, someone actually posted WTB on B&S IIRC for one. A bit long in the tooth to actually use, I suppose you could argue that 50% crop on 24mp ff only 6mp.
17-35: curious how this compares to the 16-35's & 17-40. I liked my 17-35 Sigma a lot on aps, the corners at some settings not too great on ff seemed excellent 20mm though. If the lenses are comparable. I liked f/8 on the sigma
24-70/2.8: optical limits had a hard time finding a centered copy. You might look at their review of this lens and others you have that they tested. Not supposed to be as good as v2 might be OK if a well centered copy though. Especially on crop, although 24mm isn't really too wide on crop so 18-55 might be better, believe it or not.
100-400 v1: liked it on 8mp. have considered getting it recently, IS probably isn't as good but useful and v2 apparently has a focus shift up close. Light compared to the recent 3+lb ones
70-300 IS v1: returned one but possibly shouldn't have. Not as good as I wanted at 300mm but good. Had AF problems probably more user error. IS not too good. These type of lenses tend to be excellent up to 200mm or so. Even 300mm not too bad, though. Nice lens.
50/1.8: is this the metal mount? I've used v2 and like it. I feel like pretty much any 50mm is good by 5.6-8.
18-55 IS: optical limits has a pretty good review on this lens. Might not hurt to try a few, may be copy variation. I've used 18-55 IS II, STM, and non-IS v2. Liked them all. Pretty good imo. Very light on a rebel for landscapes if you have decent copy. Harder to do better than you'd think, I tried one sigma having better construction, not as good imo. Surprised DLO lens corrections in DPP really cleaned up the corners and edges on one I posted recently, STM version
So anyway hope that helps you decide, might be some fun shooting
