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Re: Sunday, May 28, 2006
The spending is insidious, and it only gets worse. :) I LOVE LOVE LOVE my 100mm f2.8 macro lens. Yes, hard to be sneaky. The best approximation is the 50mm 1.8 lens. It's tiny by comparison to the other lenses. I think your assertion about the sensors is correct, but I don't have any backup for that. Personally - I'd stay away from short backfocus lenses (EF-S on the Canon line, and that Tamron) unless you're convinced that you're not going to move to a full frame sensor in the near future. They'll only work with 1.6 crop sensors. I figure bodies are basically a 1.5-2.5 year investment before the desire to trade up kicks in, so the best money is spent on outstanding lenses that will carry forward with you. The exception might be the 10-22 EF-S if you want a superwide. I think the I-C3 batteries (the 15-minute ones) are 1.2 volts, but I've never noticed a problem in the flash packs. They also recycle noticeably faster than alkalines. I think they're also supposed to be a more constant voltage across the life of the charge, rather than 1.5 at the outset and a drop as they deplete. I could be remembering wrong though.
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