Ross Burtonhttp://www.burtonini.com/blogA potted account of Ross' lifeen60Ross BurtonNew Lenslife/lens-2005-02-21-18-30http://www.burtonini.com/blog/life/lens-2005-02-21-18-30Last week Hubert mentioned the new EOS-350D (very interesting improvement to the 300D) which I knew about already, and the ... Last week Hubert mentioned the new EOS-350D (very interesting improvement to the 300D) which I knew about already, and the new EF-S 60mm f/2.8 macro lens which I missed. Nice lens, I'm sure it will be way out of my budget but I want one anyway: sticking two close-up filters on a 50mm isn't quite the right way to do good macro work. Nice to see Canon introduce more EF-S lenses, EF lenses work fine but thanks to the 1.6x multiplier they sometimes just feel wrong. The competition is also hotting up, with Sigma producing a 30mm f/1.4 (price TBD) and a 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 (~£230). The 30mm would become a nice replacement for my 50mm f/1.8 which became an 80mm with DSLR, and the 18-125mm seems like a good compact general purpose to tele lens.

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