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Old 17-04-2006, 10:17 AM
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Two lenses in the portrait range are
1. Canon 85mm F1.8 bang for buck as good as an L. Razor sharp no chromatic aberration. About $600+

2. Tamron 90mm F2.8 Macro. As sharp if not sharper than the Canon Macro. Again razor sharp and no chromatic aberration. Has the added feature of focusing in close for macro. About $600+

Both of these take almost perfect star fields as well.

If you want to take wide landscapes you cant beat for value
Zenitar 16mm F2.8. About $180+. This lens is manual focus but for landscapes would not be a problem. Any distortion can be eliminated with PTlens. This also takes very good starfield pictures.


Of course the one lens that you should not pass up is the Canon 50mm F1.8. About $130+.

Bert
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