Canon 24-70mm F2.8 L II USM arived

[tx8koibito]

Arrived early Sept

 

[OLaA]

Awesome! I debated on the 24-70 before I purchased my 24-105. Decided against it because the extra focal length ended up being more important than wider aperture. But you can't go wrong with both!

I've read dozens of reviews.. How would you compare sharpness and all around usability personally?

 

[tx8koibito]

to be honest I like the 24-105 better, feel a lot more solid and more smoother when zooming, the new lens felt a bit too plasticky for my liking, definitely a tab heavier tho.

not sure about head to head comparison yet as I have yet to mount it on a camera.

reason I went for it was the 82mm filter size.......however at that size the B+W Cir Pola put a massive dent in my wallet

 

[OLaA]

Haha I see. I'm sure it's going to make a great carry lens. I usually carry my 50 around when I don't have any lighting . I often find myself wishing I had more focal range to play with.

Give an update once you've had some behind the camera experience with it!

 

[tx8koibito]

Mounted.....!!!

Ready for a sunny day test run tomorrow....

But here a sample in low light....!!! NO FLASH

Straight off camera..... no PP, RAW converted to Jpeg and resized to 2MB for uploading

ISO 6400 F2.8 1/30 via 1DX

 

[OLaA]

Nice! What body are you using? Noise level looks great!

 

[2WheelPhoto]

Congrats!

 

[willis_927]

Mounted.....!!!

Extremely jealous of that set up

 

[OLaA]

Extremely jealous of that set up

Just looked closer at the pics... Also jealous!

 

[3bayjunkie]

Mounted.....!!!

Ready for a sunny day test run tomorrow....

But here a sample in low light....!!! NO FLASH

Straight off camera..... no PP, RAW converted to Jpeg and resized to 2MB for uploading

ISO 6400 F2.8 1/30 via 1DX

Wow 6400 iso! Very not grainy. Cant say its going to convince me to switch to digital, but i am impressed. I use the EOS 1V your digital cameras film brother

 

[Big Mike]

Congrats on the new lens...but I'm more jealous of the body. Is the 1Dx even in full release yet?

 

[TheBiles]

WANT!

Though I really wish a reviewer could get their hands on one of these bad boys so I can compare it to The Brick.

Congrats on the new lens...but I'm more jealous of the body. Is the 1Dx even in full release yet?

Yeah, you can order one from B&H or Amazon right now.

 

[Big Mike]

Yeah, you can order one from B&H or Amazon right now.

It's in back order on B&H....and I was going to buy one right now...

 

[TheBiles]

Yeah, you can order one from B&H or Amazon right now.

It's in back order on B&H....and I was going to buy one right now...

You can get it by tomorrow if you order within 5 hours!

 

[tx8koibito]

Ok after handling this lens for the last fews day I decided to give everyone a quick review from my experience.

The box came with no cd just an instruction booklet and the pouch + hood. Lens are wrap in the same way all other l lens are being wrap.

Upon holding the lens next to the 24-105 you immediately felt the different in quality, the new lens felt much more plasticky compare to the 24-105 the same feeling you get from the 100 macro in which I think it is a draw back. Weight wise they are very identical only a tab heavier with the new lens due to its front element.

The Zooming felt much tighter than the 24-105 but are smooth no complaint there
However the locking switch make a loud click noise one switched.
Hood are exactly the same feel with the 70-200ii which resist well to small scratches same size as the 24-105 but are more stiffer
Mounting the lens onto the body is quite stable as there is no play between the two which is better than the 85 1.2
In term of image quality I have only taken low light image (as posted) contrast is superb and focus are sharp and accurate felt it is faster than the 70-200ii Even with cir pola filters

Image quality is as expected for that price a sharp and well contrast image straigh off camera

Mounted on the 1dx it is a beast of a combo as it's release the full potential of auto focus very well predicted focus and are extremely accurate. Had no trouble focusing in low light with moving object

Overall so far without a flash photshoot I am extremely happy with the new lens however is it worth the upgrade Yes if you are using higher end cameras to take advantage of focus speed and noise definitely if you just wanting a walk around lens the 24-105 definitely out perform in term of usabilty due to it's focal and built quality, I was about to sell my 24-105 but now i decided to Hang on to it...

More better review once I set out on my first photoshoot with flash

Thank you