pookzoon

OK, so a month or two became a year, but I finally went out and got the Canon 17-55mm f2.8 IS USM lens :) I will be taking a 3-week vacation to Barcelona, Spain in August and hope to be making lots of use of my new lens there! To accompany the lens, I got a B+W F-PRO circular polarisation filter (which, at 77mm, is a pricey piece of glass!) and a Hoya HMC UV filter (mostly for protection). I also picked up a remote shutter so I can try night shots some time.

My first journal entry, yay! :D It could be my copy, but the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 II kit lens sucks so much I'm thinking about the Canon EF-S 17-55mm f2.8 IS USM as a replacement. But since that's a pricey bit of kit, I'll have to wait a month or two. According to reviews http://photo.net/equipment/canon/efs_17-55/ http://www.the-digital-picture.com/reviews/Canon-EF-S-17-55mm-f-2.8-IS-USM-Lens-Review.aspx http://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/frary/canon_efs17-55.htm it has equal or better image quality to the Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM plus it's more flexible (f2.8 instead of f4) AND it has the fabulous IS. So what's wrong with the 18-55m