1999-07-23 09:00:00+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
After printing for the exhibit at City Cafe I realized that there was more detail in 35mm film than my optics were getting me, so I just splurged on two sweet new lenses (or at least sweet mechanically, I actually haven't made any images with them yet) for my Canon EOS bag, the 17-35/2.8L, which I need to drag down to the Golden Gate bridge for a few glorious wide sunrises, especially while there's some morning cloud cover, and the 70-200/2.8L which should be a really nice portraiture lens (as long as I tone down contrast a bit when I print). Even through the viewfinder the difference between these lenses and consumer lenses is clear, auto-focus is amazingly fast and the image is nice and bright. Of course they're bloody huge, next purchase will probably need to be a beefier tripod and a bigger ball head.