"Deputy Dog" > wrote in message
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> "dwight" > wrote in message
> . ..
>
>> kit lens is all that I have for wide angle, and it's not wide enough or
>> sharp enough. The 17-40mm may be my next lens.
>>
>> dwight
>
> I find it "ok" when stopped down to F8-22 by ok I mean I can live with
> it,
> but yet I know there is better out there that I want. I've got my eye on
> the same replacement you do(17-40L F4) or the17-85 EFS-IS. At this point I
> feel that it my be a very long while before I again have the money for a
> new
> body so I just may grab it while the grabbing is good. If not it will be
> the
> glass. A win-win situation either way :-)
>
> Dave

Sorry, but the gettin' is good right now - there's a $50 instant rebate on
that lens only until the 17th. (I just ordered one.)

dwight