The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: Canon 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 EF

On my way to the Chemists. Canon EOS 30D and Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens.

On my way to the Polling Station. Canon EOS 30D and Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens.

On my way to the Chemists. Canon EOS 30D and Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens.

On my way past a building site. Canon EOS 30D and Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens. ISO 500. 1/125th at f/8. Lens at 35mm (about 55mm in 35mm film terms).

On my way to the Polling Station. Canon EOS 30D + Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens. Aperture-priority set to f/4. ISO 400. 1/250th, Lens at 35mm equivalent to a field of view of 56mm in full frame.

On my way back from the supermarket. Canon EOS 30D + Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens. Aperture-priority set to f/8. ISO 500. 1/200th, Lens at 70mm equivalent to a field of view of 112mm in full frame.

The autumn is closing in. Yesterday I composted the dying petunia which had given so much pleasure all through summer, and I was reminded that this was one of the last photographs I got from the sickly Canon EF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 lens before it threw in the towel and refused all offers of further gaffer tape medicine. Attempts to replace it have proven fruitless. The early AF motors don't go on for ever. Hence my strong affection for manual focus lenses: less to go wrong.

Photographed with a Canon EOS 40D + Canon 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 EF lens. This is a very good lens, although sadly my copy is temperamental and won't function at all in manual focus mode. It has had a long and hard life, yet can still turn in a virtuoso performance. Sadly the number of missed opportunities, where it seizes up, have led to it being designated a paperweight.