Re: Seriously OT - So Michael... and Dave...

"Deputy Dog" <dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "dwight" <dwight@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Deputy Dog" <dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > "dwight" <dwight@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> kit lens is all that I have for wide angle, and it's not wide enough

>> >> or
>> >> sharp enough. The 17-40mm may be my next lens.
>> >>
>> >> dwight
>> >
>> > I find it "ok" when stopped down to F8-22 by ok  I mean I can live
with
>> > it,
>> > but yet I know there is better out there that I want. I've got my eye

>> > on
>> > the same replacement you do(17-40L F4) or the17-85 EFS-IS. At this 
>> > point
> I
>> > feel that it my be a very long while before I again have the money
for 
>> > a
>> > new
>> > body so I just may grab it while the grabbing is good. If not it will

>> > be
>> > the
>> > glass. A win-win situation either way :-)
>> >
>> > Dave
>>
>> Sorry, but the gettin' is good right now - there's a $50 instant rebate

>> on
>> that lens only until the 17th. (I just ordered one.)
>>
>> dwight
>>
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> Brat!   :-)

http://www.motleypixel.com/reviews/index.htm?openfolder=Canon%20Zooms/Canon%20EF%2017-40mm%20f4%20L/

This is what sold me. This will be my new walkabout lens.

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