70-200mm IS markII

[padey]

I picked up this yesterday;


I'll give it a bit of a workout over the weekend and let you know how it compares. Initial impressions is that the AF is faster then the mkI and the IS is improved.

Cheers,

[surenj]

Can't get a better lens than this Andrew. You will have some fun with it. Also it will help tone and strengthen your arms.

[padey]

Well i'm enjoying the new glass. Sharper then my old 70-200mm f2.8 IS, no surprise really. But it is also sharper then my 200mm f2.8 II wide open, with as creamy bokeh. I'd comfortably run it head to head against a 135mm f2 @ f2.8.

I'd say this is my first zoom that outperforms the primes that i own in the same range. Accept for the 85mm f1.2, but that is purely down to DOF advantage. The AF is lightning fast and the IS is class leading for any Canon lens i've used. I guess it should be, because it's the latest generation.

5D II, f2.8, out of the cam, no sharpening. Not an exciting shot, but a reference shot to show the IS advantage.


200mm, 1/25th sec IS on 100% crop, no sharpening


Same settings but no IS


I would never of got the same results out of the mkI. I never handheld that below 1/100th at 200mm.

[natskis]

Very very nice!

[gstark]

Andrew,

Same settings but no IS

Clearly the meds are not working as well as they used to.

Congrats on the new acquisition. I'm waiting on a review unit from Canon. Hopefully soon.

[padey]

Here is a 200mm shot at 2.8 no sharpening.



100% crop



with a 2x extender





100%

[padey]

Took some photos of my car tonight. Probably should have washed it first but, meh...

200mm f2.8


100% no sharpening