marde's reviews

  • Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

    8 out of 10 points and recommended
    A nice lens for portrait, good shots even with CANON 500D E58 and ASP-C for macro
    Dry weather use only. See review

    Excellent ratio performance /price until weather condition becomes adverse rendering the lens useless due to fog deposit on glass inside the lens.
    It seems that USM auto focus is acting as a pump.
    That did not happen to my "L" lenses; still working all day long in the windy fog of Asir Mountain last month.

    reviewed March 16th, 2010 (purchased for $464)

  • Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L

    10 out of 10 points and recommended
    The best wide angle lens ever?
    ????

    Still on discovering phase (Three month use).

    The full manual operation is part of the "personality" you have to deal with.

    Shift option makes easy panoramas.

    The quality of the picture is the reward of time spent for composition and setup.

    reviewed March 16th, 2010 (purchased for $3,004)

  • Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM

    9 out of 10 points and recommended
    Excellent
    Nothing

    My bag is already above 10kg.
    Will I add 750 more grammes to gain one stop less ?
    The former 70-200 has to be closed to F/4 to match it at the same aperture.
    May be the new 2.8 L II IS said excellent since 2.8...

    reviewed March 16th, 2010 (purchased for $1,510)