Tag: Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS II
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Just the MTF Charts: 70-200mm f/4 Zoom Lenses
We did the 70-200mm f/2.8 lens MTF charts last week, so let’s do the f/4 versions of the same range now. Sports shooters and portrait photographers need that f/2.8 aperture, but many of us, most of the time, are willing to trade that off for smaller-lighter-less expensive f/4 models. ### So, About…
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Nearly Complete Teardown of The Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS II
So, some things happened recently. We got stock on Canon EF 70-200 f/4L IS II lenses, and even though they go out on rental the day we get them in stock, we were able to do MTF testing on them. The very low sample variation we saw made us want to take one apart and see how Canon did that. And…
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MTF Tests for the Canon 70-200mm f/4 IS II Lens
Back in the day, and it was way back, my first “L” lens was the Canon 70-200mm f/4L, which I chose primarily because it was a bit sharper and a lot cheaper than the 70-200mm f/4L IS. I moved on years ago. Those lenses were good back then, and perhaps adequate for quite a while, but didn’t have a…
