Hi, this is in reply to my earlier question of which lens to buy. i was advised to buy canon f 4 70-210. i found a match on ebay, the link of which is given below. can anyone of u just let me know if this is the lens that i have been suggested. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1334051187 Thanks vishwanath

-- Vishwanath Somashekar (dagarshali@yahoo.com), February 21, 2002

Answers

No, this is absolutely NOT the lens in question.

The lens you have linked is not made by canon, but is in fact a Vivitar. The lens you want will match this description: Canon EF 70- 210 F3.5-4.5 USM.

http://www.canon.com/camera- museum/camera/lens/ef/data/ef_70~210_35~45_usm.html will give you some information on the lens that people recommend.

-- Isaac Sibson (isibson@hotmail.com), February 21, 2002.

Vishwa,

This is a link to the lens I recommended, http://www.photo.net/photo/canon/70-210. I have this lens myself, bought it a copule of years ago. It makes a real good portrait lens at aprox. 100-150 mm, just leaves the background blurred and enough contrast and sharpness to render the model without blemishes. (not too sharp). It cannot rival the EF85/1.8 in sharpness, but it has of course a better reach for candid shots. The 85 is outstanding for portraits, especially as F2.8.

I just browsed EBay and found the following link http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1334028623

The lens has been discontinued since early 90-ties. I bought my 70-210 used for 1500.- SEK (swedish kronor) which translates to approx. 150 $US Hope You can find a lens, because it is truly a "big bang for the buck", at least in my opininon. I used to own a 28-80/3.5-5.6MKII, which I sold shortly after aquiring a 50/1.8, extremely big difference in picture quality even at 4x6. The 70-210 is something in between those two lenses, but closer to the 50 than the 28-80, and it is mush better built then bothe of them.

// Patrik

-- Patrik Kall (patrik.kall@rolls-royce.com), February 25, 2002.