Canon EF 28/1.8 [Archive] - Canon Digital Photography Forums

RonSmith

3rd of September 2005 (Sat), 18:05

After weeks of reading many decidedly mixed opinions and debating whether to place an order, yesterday I received from B&H a Canon EF 28/1.8. My son and I went to Royal Oak (a nearby suburb north of Detroit) today to walk around and take some pictures, and I got a chance to try out the lens. So far, I think I like it. I need to do more testing under low light conditions, which is mostly what I got it for.

Here are a few samples, which are at http://www.pbase.com/rs2/miscellaneous. Let me know what you think.

1/160 f8.0 @ 100ISO (no post-processing)
http://i.pbase.com/v3/12/464812/2/48656865.20050903006.jpg

1/400 f8.0 @ 100ISO (no post-processing)
http://i.pbase.com/v3/12/464812/2/48657970.20050903012.jpg

1/60 f1.8 @ 400ISO (no post-processing)
http://i.pbase.com/v3/12/464812/2/48656867.20050903023.jpg

1/60 f1.8 @ 400ISO (PSE3 levels and USM)
http://i.pbase.com/v3/12/464812/2/48657131.20050903023a.jpg

scr7b

3rd of September 2005 (Sat), 19:50

I find my 28 f/1.8 is a bit soft up to f/2.8, but not so soft as to make it useless at those apertures, I just try to stay away from bright highlights. It's a great low light lens.

See the example 100% crops. One at f/1.8 and one at f/2.8. No sharpening applied to either of them.

RonSmith

3rd of September 2005 (Sat), 19:59

scr7b

Thanks for the examples. Your 2.8 shot is clearly sharper than the one at 1.8. I will keep that in mind.

BTW, what part of Scotland are you from? My second-great-grandparents Smith came to Glasgow from Odessa around 1900, lived out their lives there and are buried there. My great-grandfather moved to Toronto, and then Detroit (my luck).

scr7b

3rd of September 2005 (Sat), 20:08

Thanks for the examples. Your 2.8 shot is clearly sharper than the one at 1.8. I will keep that in mind.
It would be interesting to see if your copy is similar to mine... I've seen others report good and bad copies of this lens. I took these shots deliberately to illustrate the softness using some harsh reflected light.
BTW, what part of Scotland are you from? My second-great-grandparents Smith came to Glasgow from Odessa around 1900, lived out their lives there and are buried there. My great-grandfather moved to Toronto, and then Detroit (my luck).
Well, I consider myself to be from Glasgow, but I'm maybe 10 miles out from the city centre, so I'm a country bumpkin really! :)