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New Canon EF 70-200mm II

Tom Lowe

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I just got the Canon EF 70-200 and used it for the first time today. I don't know what the reviewers and test charts say, but this is the sharpest lens I have ever used.

I think this lens will become incredibly popular on the Epic X.

This was shot at f/4. The full-size image is HERE if you want to pixel-peep it.
 
That's nice. I bet you wish you had it earlier. What's your rough shoot / release schedule looking like (if you're cutting your first trailer already)? You half done with shooting? 3/4?
 
Well I had the EF 70-200mm Mark I, and I thought it was pretty good, but this new Mark II blows it out of the f#cking water!

I should have the film cut for film festival submissions by the end of next September.
 
Oooooh... Looks like the Nikon 70-200mm F2.8 VR2 has some serious competition. ;)

beautiful shot, Tom!
 
great shot.. love this lens ( its what we used for the tiger shot on EPIC with Greg Williams )
 
Yeah I have to say that the new 70-200 IS 2.8L is a great improvement over the original which was an already extraordinary lens, but the Optical quality on the newer edition and the added IS improvements are surely a great plus, build quality and Weather sealing also have been worked on and it shows as son as you take in your hands, I also have sen a much better improvement both int The AF as much as in the smoothness of the MF.

This is one of those lenses that I look forward to use with the Epic-X and the Red/Epic/Scarlet Canon Electronic Mount.
 
I can't say how it is sharp, have to get a test that has MTF...and now I've got two: review 1>>> and review 2>>>

...but if I start to pixel peep from the original image size then it shows a slight CA @ f/4.0.

Also read more about chromatic aberrations >>>

So when you project that image at 4K than you can probably see all those aberrations.

If you compare Canon 70-200mm F2.8 II with Olympus Zuiko Digital 35-100 mm f/2.0 (equivalent to 70-200mm @ FF35)

than Olympus Zuiko is still better performer and also faster (f/2.0) that is very important for any available light timelapse shooting.

Have a look at the attached the crop detail blown up more than 100% and dpreview.com studio test report:
 

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Yeah, I went back and looked at the RAW CR2 file. There is some CA there. Once I applied the Adobe Camera RAW lens profile in ACR, the CA disappeared.

Also, keep in mind that this frame was part of a 350-frame timelapse sequence, which I started nearly one full stop overexposed. This was frame 90, I think. When I jumped ahead to frame 190, the shot was in better balance and exposure, and the CA was all but gone.
 
Sanjin,

Although the Zuiko is a really good lense too, it also have CA :)

...look at the outdoors stills in the review :)

Antoine
 
Antoine Fabi said:
Sanjin,

Although the Zuiko is a really good lense too, it also have CA :)

...look at the stills in the second review :)

Antoine
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Also I wanted to say that there is no perfect zoom in this range from any vendor, Canon, Nikon, Sigma, Olympus.

Primes are still better optical solution from 70mm to 300mm and more +...
 
Sanjin Jukic said:
Also I wanted to say that there is no perfect zoom in this range from any vendor, Canon, Nikon, Sigma, Olympus.

Primes are still better optical solution from 70mm to 300mm and more +...
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Which prime in the 70mm range do you think will beat this? Maybe we can arrange a test?

I would need two Reds with an EF mount, or a Canon with a PL mount, I guess.
 
Tom Lowe said:
Yeah, I went back and looked at the RAW CR2 file. There is some CA there. Once I applied the Adobe Camera RAW lens profile in ACR, the CA disappeared.

Also, keep in mind that this frame was part of a 350-frame timelapse sequence, which I started nearly one full stop overexposed. This was frame 90, I think. When I jumped ahead to frame 190, the shot was in better balance and exposure, and the CA was all but gone.
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Tom I'm glad that you are still excited to shoot on Canon DSLR cameras.

Canon DSLRs are nice and very fine but things are changing at the moment.

Panasonic GH2 is going to take many of DSLR HD shooters because it's the best small DSLR HD video

and timelapse camera on the market for sure in next year and maybe even longer...

Also with Panasonic GH2 you will be able to shoot extraordinary time-lapse in RAW

{16:9 Aspect Ratio (Still Image)[16:9] 4976x2800(L) & 1920x1080 (When attaching 3D lens in Micro Four Third standard)}

with the widest range of lenses from any DSLR on the planet.

Start with PL, PV, new fast Leica M primes , new fast Voigtländer primes, Fast Olympus Zuiko 4/3 zooms and primes, many of Carl Zeiss glass in different mounts,

new fast Nikon G and older AF, Ais lenses, fast Canon FD primes, also many of B4 broadcast zooms, etc,... even you get 3D lens!!!!

We just reaching a time of video/timelapse DSLR leader changes.

Panasonic announced their best camera in the history and takes lead right now.

Maybe it's a right time to change gear...

What are the main points of Panasonic leadership towards other DSLR video brands?

1. Jan Crittenden Livingston: "Panasonic engineering ingenuity has resolved the aliasing and moiré that has haunted the DSLR shooter."

2. Digital interchangeable lens system camera. You can finally be able to choose a right lens for your application!!!!!

3. High ISO with a low NOISE floor in still and video mode!!!!

4. Small lightweight camera ready for many affordable DSLR accessories, stabilizer systems and more...
 
Sanjin, I have no interest in tiny 4/3 sensors. :hand:

How could we test the Leica APO-SUMMICRON-M 75mm f/2.0 against a Canon lens? Are there adapters that put both these lenses on a decent sensor?
 
Tom Lowe said:
Sanjin, I have no interest in tiny 4/3 sensors. :hand:
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Tom,

my question is: Are you interested in making extraordinary images or you are somehow "hooked" in a sort of sensor size "ideology"?

Anyway you can deliver your movie in HD that means you can crop 16:9 size from Canon 5DMK2 RAW: (RAW) 5616x3744 or your resize from Panasonic DMC-GH2 RAW [16:9] 4976x2800.

The difference in wide size of the image is just 640px (5616 - 4976 = 640).

Do you think that 640 px would give you a better image.

Images are made at first by lenses and with Panasonic you have a wider range of lens choice for any application.

Just leave that hardcore Canon Lens Kingdom and join an interchangeable lens world and freedom by Panasonic.

Tom Lowe said:
How could we test the Leica APO-SUMMICRON-M 75mm f/2.0 against a Canon lens? Are there adapters that put both these lenses on a decent sensor?
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Please you could understand that I don't discuss any more the use of IMS for a certain reason here...
 
Sanjin Jukic said:
Panasonic ... because it's the best ...timelapse camera on the market ...
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Huh? In my humble opinion nothing comes close to Canon 5D II and 1D IV. I shoot with both and find them by far most suitable for time lapse, which requires long exposures, and therefore high sensitivity and low noise.


Back to the subject, yes it is a very nice and sharp shot, Tom. Nothing wrong with it other than I want that lens in my bag too :ihih:
 
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