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Does anyone have a canon 70-200 2.8 II?

  • 12-06-2011 6:49pm
    #1
    squareballoon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 716 ✭✭✭


    i would like to upgrade my Canon 70-200 2.8L non IS lens for the mark II but i was wondering if anyone had done the same and noticed a marked difference between the two.


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  • #2
    oshead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭oshead


    I've been saving as best is can to get that lens. I'll be upgrading from the f4 IS version so it'd be a bigger jump for me. The main reason I'm going for the mkII over the first mkI is IQ at 2.8. Apparently the MkII is very sharp at all apertures. The first resource I look at for sussing out a lens is on fredmiranda.com. Here are end user reviews of the MKII.


  • #3
    Borderfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    Its all splitting hairs, my Mk1 is superb wide open (which is where is spends most of its life)


  • #4
    ThOnda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,699 ✭✭✭ThOnda


    I have only the Mk.II, so I cannot say. However images are sharper than my cruel sarcastic comments here.


  • #5
    squareballoon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 716 ✭✭✭squareballoon


    I really love this lens for outdoor shots but the images I've seen from others with the Mark II definitely seem sharper. So good reviews so far. I will save for a bit longer. I'm hoping to get around 700 for my old lens which will help.


  • #6
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Well see for yourselves, the Mk II is indeed sharper wide open.
    http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/widget/Fullscreen.ashx?reviews=84,14&fullscreen=true&av=4,4&fl=70,70&vis=VisualiserSharpnessMTF,VisualiserSharpnessMTF&stack=horizontal&&config=LensReviewConfiguration.xml%3F2

    It costs a hell of a lot more tho.

    I paid £999 for my Mk I with a €100 rebate on top of that, the Mk II is £1700.
    Of course that was a couple of years ago.


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  • #7
    squareballoon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 716 ✭✭✭squareballoon


    5uspect- are you a boy? I looked at that link and all I saw was a computer game from the 80's. We must be wired differently :D I'll take your word for it that it's sharper though and thank you for the reply


  • #8
    pixbyjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭pixbyjohn


    squareballoon wrote: »
    i would like to upgrade my Canon 70-200 2.8L non IS lens for the mark II but i was wondering if anyone had done the same and noticed a marked difference between the two.

    Are you going for the Mark 2 with IS, or do all the MK2s have IS ?


  • #9
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    squareballoon wrote: »
    5uspect- are you a boy? I looked at that link and all I saw was a computer game from the 80's. We must be wired differently :D I'll take your word for it that it's sharper though and thank you for the reply

    I'm an Engineer, so numbers and graphs FTW!


  • #10
    oshead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭oshead


    pixbyjohn wrote: »
    Are you going for the Mark 2 with IS, or do all the MK2s have IS ?

    Yup... all of em'


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