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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. | Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS USM Pros: Overall quality in line with expectations Cons: "Price" - overall dimensions Opinion: I have owned this lens for a few months and, in general, it is an excellent tool. Both in the photo and video environment he has been able to meet the work needs very well. Of course, the cost is felt, and the slightly larger size of the EF precursors is noticeable, but the stabilization works properly as well as the focus. I don't even discuss the optical quality since it is a reference point. There is little to do, 24-70 covers 90% of the work. I have not encountered the problems mentioned by others regarding selectors; on the contrary, I find materials and assembly truly remarkable. Overall, I find it a very nice lens to use, it can return remarkable shots and, as mentioned before, it must exist in the kit of a professional to cover a myriad of jobs. Highly recommended. sent on January 03, 2025 |
 | Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L IS II USM Pros: Sharpness, micro-contrast, three-dimensionality, stabilization, blur Cons: Weight and cost Opinion: I have recently finally managed to get hold of my specimen but for a long time I have been occasionally using that of a friend. I waited to write the review because I considered his specimen a "champion of sharpness", a quality that I considered confined to that specific lens but, now that I have my personal one in hand and I can verify the differences, I can say with confidence that the optical quality is characteristic of the lens model, finding in my specimen the same characteristics as the one used previously. As mentioned we are talking about a sharp and performing lens in all its parts, AF lightning pushed well by the various 1DX bodies and, currently, by R5. The stabilizer works really well giving the possibility of sometimes unthinkable shots, I myself have seen a photo taken of a lynx, at dusk, at 1\\25 of a second, with 20 thousand ISO, out of any context of photographic safety, yet it is clean and sharp (the animal was still motionless). The weight is certainly felt and the cost is prohibitive, but if you can accept these peculiarities, you find yourself in your hands with a perspective that knows how to restore magic. Those who say that with the f4 or 5.6 of other lenses you do the same things have little to say, the truth is that it is not so since the design of the photo changes, and changes a lot. Taking such a lens and using it at f4 would be like going in a Ferrari up to third gear. Currently, among the various PRO lenses I've been lucky enough to try, only the 600 f4 comes close in terms of photo design, for the others there's no story. Good light to all sent on November 20, 2024 |
 | Canon EOS R5 Pros: PRO Background Camera - Cons: Photo-video switch Opinion: I have been using this camera for some time now and I have been lucky enough to use it in the most diverse contexts. As for the photographic compartment, the consideration I can make is that it is 100% performing in all contexts. The professional who equips himself with this tool finds in his hands a series of functions that leave no misunderstandings, It is a PRO camera and it does it very well. If you want, the only exception lies in the "nature \\ sports photography" environment where, to date, we have undoubtedly more specialized and adapted cameras such as 1DXmk3 (in the Olympus of cameras) and R3-R1 (the latter, never personally tested), but we are still talking about cameras ultra devoted to operational speed in all its forms and therefore it is normal that they are more performing in this sense, But I can assure you that we are talking about a complete and high-performance tool in all its parts. As for the video compartment, I can say that, in addition to the huge number of possible settings, it knows how to return wonderful files. 4K 120 fps is something fantastic, 8K I have never even tried it so as not to put PC, HD and the whole file management system in crisis. I encountered the problem of overheating on one occasion, in Spain, in July it was 40 degrees outside, in the sealed shed almost 50, after a few minutes of video it began to report overheating and shortly after it went into lockdown. We are talking about a critical condition for a human being, let alone for the camera. Common only negative note, but just to point out something, in switching from video to photo you have to do a combination of 3 buttons (mode-info-select) instead of operating the classic mechanical video-photo selector. It seems like an idiot but in an excited context it annoys a lot. I think it's something solved with the MK2 As a final consideration I would say that it is a 100% PRO camera intended for an audience decidedly beyond the amateur; I certainly don't deserve it! sent on September 24, 2024 |
 | Canon EF 200-400 f/4L IS 1.4x Pros: Versatility, Construction, Sharpness, Value, Stabilization, Tropicalization Cons: The cost, unfortunately, is exorbitant. Opinion: I recently got this lens but you immediately realize the importance that Canon has given to this project. We're talking about the ultimate expression in terms of high-profile zoom. If I could attempt a comparison, I would venture to say that Canon has invested the same care it does into the 70-200, which is saying something. As for its versatility, the advantage of having a zoom with an attached multiplier is undeniable. The possibilities of composition and "reaching" the "target" is much greater than with a fixed one. It's a bit odd to put on and take off the 1.4X multiplier with the ease of a snap of your fingers, one moment you're at 200 and BAAM the next you're at almost 600mm. Everything is normal if you think about the various 200-600 zooms made by the various manufacturers, BUT it doesn't take a degree to understand that the difference is there, and it shows. The sharpness is a reference, you can notice small smudges only if you compare it to a fixed super telephoto such as the 300 f2.8 or the 400 f2.8 which, as we know, are simpler projects and devoted to "optical purity"; This is a zoom, with an insertable multiplier, and despite everything it beats it well. In my opinion, Canon has done a GREAT job... And in fact we are talking about almost 13 thousand euros of lens, not really within everyone's reach. The AF module is lightning fast and precise in full mode, it becomes instantaneous with the limiter engaged (as long as you use a real camera with a real battery to push all the motors without hesitation), the stabilizer works well and is silent to the point of not being perceived by the microphone in the video phase. Tried with the 2Xiii and it works well. Tried it with the 2Xii plus its LiveView extender and it becomes a 1,120mm f11... What can I say, it's better to photograph closer, but it's okay to know that you have that possibility too. One of the greatest satisfactions is the handle! yes the handle, I came from the 300 f2.8 IS first version I used with the 2X and it had a RIDICULOUS handle, practically impossible to carry around. I would recommend the purchase to people who know what they are holding. It is an important lens and consequently requires the awareness of "insiders". I reserve the possibility to modify the post with further considerations once it has been better tested, perhaps even with a mirrorless body such as R5. sent on January 05, 2024 |
 | Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II USM Pros: Sharpness, micro-contrast, stabilizer, AF, tropicalization, internal zoom, AF limiter, paraliue with "Clik" Cons: Ridiculous kickstand bracket Opinion: Several months ago I gave away the first IS version, also f2.8, to get this second version. The difference between the two is noticeable, of course, the file is more defined, better contrasted, you perceive it immediately, and already the previous version was in itself an excellent optics. The stabilizer works significantly better even if, personally, shooting sports photography always has a very short time. FINALLY Canon has equipped this lens devoted to the dynamic scene with a lens hood that engages with a nice "click" and that can be removed by physically pressing a button, the previous version did not have it and, after a few years of wear, you found yourself with the lens hood rolling in the middle of the football field. I found myself shooting in the rain, the previous version had no problems and neither does this version two. The limiter is very useful in dynamic scenes from the sidelines, I use it almost all the time and it makes the AF from "lightning" to "instantaneous". The only negative note I have to this lens is not the weight, it is not the cost, but it is the bracket for attaching it to the tripod. Ridiculous, if by chance you have to make a small move I can't use it as a "handle" since there are almost no fingers between the bracket and the body of the lens and, in any case, it is so short that it fits a finger and a half.. What can I say, a few more centimeters were enough. BUT that said, it's a great lens that I would re-buy 100 more times. Last note: excellent use with 2X (third series) sent on January 05, 2024 |
 | Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM Pros: Professional optics, not a toy slide, that says it all. Cons: Hood clutch Opinion: Optics that still knows how to return a lot of satisfaction, my copy is about 20 years old and still works very well (of course, things must be maintained with care and "love" if we want to carry them forward over time). At an optical level it has no problem solving the 20 Mpix of the 1DX2 with which I shoot but I'm sure that putting on a denser sensor would still have character to sell (obviously, we are not talking about a 100 L 2.8 Macro). The stabilizer is heard on video, but with an external directional microphone also attached above the camera, it is no longer heard. Stabilizer that allows you to use this lens outside of sports situations, for example you can take a portrait, or try a landscape a little more closed freehand. We are still talking about an old instrument, but professional, and it makes me laugh when I hear criticism from people who shoot with standard kit optics with outputs like "and but that lens you have is unusable" then inevitably you meet in the field and the difference you see, and how. As mentioned before, old but professional, consequently it brings with it characteristics that most do not even know how to evaluate because, in fact, they do not even know what we are talking about. That said, the great CON that I move is the lens hood graft, dancer because of the "screw" graft that wears over the years, problem solved with version 2. sent on January 04, 2023 |
 | Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM Pros: Sharpness to sell, very light, excellent stabilization, variety of use. Cons: If I have to be honest, not even the price becomes a counter to the "value" that it possesses Opinion: Taken more on a whim than out of necessity, I found a good dealer offer (No RCE, fortunately) and I brought it together. What can I say, I mounted it, I tried it, I put the files to PC and I was really surprised. Needless to talk about the sharpness, which for this kind of Macro lenses is expected to be remarkable, I was most surprised by the paste of colors and the gradualness with which it fades into the blurred, what to say, beautiful. Since as an optics it is born with autofocus and stabilized (which for a pure Macro lens would be totally useless since the use of the tripod is a must) it makes it clear that it can be used in other contexts such as, for example, the portrait ... To put it under test I mounted it on the camera (1dx mk 2) and I kept it as the ONLY optics during the holiday in Sardinia this summer where, 90% of the shots, were made from the beach to the children who dived from the rocks. I knew that the situation would be that so 100mm of draft were fine to "reach" them but what I did not expect is the incredible quality of the files! Very sharp, incisive to the maximum, the whole frame very clean, stratospheric colors, made on the reflections of the water and backlight with silhouettes from the edges to border on magic, even opening the files to PC and zooming up to the pixels you do not see halos of any kind even in the areas of strongest contrast, not a smudge. What can I say, one of the best photographic surprises I've had. I'm using it for many jobs, many of them in the video field (AF very quiet, IS a little less). I would buy it again tomorrow. sent on January 03, 2023 |
 | Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM Pros: Quite compact, bright, solid construction but at the same time lightweight Cons: Not very incisive at full aperture, with high ISO Opinion: I bought this lens attracted, first of all, by the need to put a more open optics than those I already own and, secondly, by the price \\ brightness ratio really competitive compared to the L series. What can I say, it does not have the incisiveness, resistance to various light defects and solidity of many more noble optics but I am sincere in saying that it has character to sell. I believe that 28mm on FF are the right compromise between opening and distortions and at the same time knows how to return truly remarkable colors and "paste". For the considerations made by other users related to the increase in sharpness by closing the aperture, all true, but what can I say, which optics does not become more incisive by closing a little? And then, remember that at f1.8 with a close subject you risk having a shallow depth of field that, sometimes, by the most inexperienced, is mistaken for little sharpness. Would I buy this lens again? Yes, definitely, as I would buy the 85 f1.8 (always series with gold ring) knowing well that they will never be like the professional series but at the same time they are more than enough for what I have to do. sent on January 03, 2023 |
 | Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM Pros: Quality materials and assembly, sharpness, usability, well multipliable, lightning FAST AF, well-thought-out limiter, stabilizer that makes the difference Cons: Ridiculous kickstand hook Opinion: I have been using this lens for some time on a 1DX mk 2, I had the opportunity to try it on an R5, 1Dxmk1, 5Dmk3 and the luck to mount it on an R3 and test everything well in a session of a couple of days in Slovenia. What can I say, in terms of sharpness, micro-contrasts, general image quality is really a superlative optics, alongside the little sister second version IS, in the field, there are no appreciable differences (then for sure in the laboratory you will see the technology of the second version, but if you shoot aviofauna at 20 thousand ISO in my opinion everything gets a little confused), the stabilizer does its job very well (who says it is noisy and poorly performing probably had a defective or bad copy tight, I can assure that in video with the microphone you do not hear the stabilizer, as you do not hear the AF), using it with the 2X (I recommend, always Canon and always third version) there are no appreciable decays with regard to the general quality and AF speed. If you use it smooth it sees us practically in the dark, if you multiply it 2x it becomes an f5.6 only as brightness, but you see that the architecture is f2.8, detaches the planes in a decisive but soft way (not like the Sony 200-600 that detaches the planes in a much more marked, almost artificial way). The size is perfect, for me. I had a local craftsman make a custom-made backpack where you can accommodate the 1Dx2 with the 2x and 300 with hood mounted in the working position (and therefore not upside down) in such a way as to be quick in the extraction and execution of the shot if, in nature, the opportunity should happen. The added value is that the backpack so composed has exactly the size of the cabin baggage of many airlines, top for photographic trips. The only note I make to Canon for this lens is the bracket for hooking to the tripod. Ridiculous, practically you can not hold it to carry around the material in itinerant hunting, you are obliged to mount an ark plate long enough to be able to hold, but in any case it will never have the grip of other optics, such as the 400 f2.8 or the 500 f4, which have a padded handle that facilitates the task. Here, after this dutiful annotation, I still remain of the idea that it is a really valuable optics. To you all the other considerations sent on July 19, 2022 |
 | Canon 1DX Mark II Pros: Uncompromising quality, when you know what you have in your hand then you understand what you can pull out of this jewel. Cons: Touch screen only for AF selection and not for menu navigation Opinion: What is the Canon 1dx2? Take a house with decades of history of photography, with a cutting-edge technological baggage, skilled both in the pro world and in the amateur world, put together a team with a single purpose: to create an object of which every single gram has a specific function, an adaptation dictated by experience, all to achieve the most professional result possible in terms of photography, while you are there, put the video compartment next to it and just to put the icing on the cake uses the more than tested ergonomics. Here comes out a camera with a disproportionate photographic compartment, fast to say the least, and I'm not talking about fps or AF (we already know that they are an exceptional thing) but rather I talk about operating speed in all its forms, from when you turn it on to when you turn it off it NEVER has a hesitation, never a moment where you say "it could be better" In the sun, in the dark, rain and mud, with a wide angle or a 600mm, everyone is pushed to the highest levels, shots at 50 thousand iso and you can use the files without problems (personal experience, I can provide the shots taken at a third-class football match at night with lighting from the suburban field, on the 70-200 f2.8 and you fly); and let's face it, a body with bacteria grip and dual battery does NOT do the same things, a single processor body does NOT do the same things. Here IS THE SPEED. Point Of course, in today's world 20 megapixels are "few", the push of the media raises many doubts about what is the exact amount to have, and here people take a 7d2 from 24megapixel on apc-s, or 32 on the 90D (and now on the R7) and you fall back into the trap of marketing; here you have "only" 20, but when you print your beautiful exhibition billboard, and you have taken well, you will enjoy them all. Then there is the video part, and here from 120 fps with one of the best files ever seen on the market (try it to believe) with a naturalness on colors and transactions to border on magic, and then move on to 4K 60 fps in cinematic format (so not the classic 3840 x 2160 but rather the 4096 x 2160) with incredible detail. Enclose all this in a room that you take in hand and you understand that it will accompany you, willingly accepting the weight and bulk as good companions because you know that it is thanks to those that everything works perfectly. The biggest flaw I do to this camera, and here we are talking about only market choice and not technological limit, is that the touch screen you can use it ONLY to select the AF in live-view, and this thing freaks me out because it did not cost him anything to put it also as a menu navigation (which they did on the dx3, very comfortable) and if then they had put the screen at least reclining, if not even flippable, here they would no longer have sold the next ones and here you understand the marketing choices. They did the 2 already knowing how the 3 will be, this says a lot. That said, those who complain about the WEIGHT, those who complain about the COST, make it clear that they did NOT understand what they have on their hands (or what has NOT given many write / speak without knowing) I took a long time to discover the true nature of this room, that despite the new models and the consequent lowering of price I had to suffer a lot to bring it home, although I could take a good used R5 with the same money "because it is newer, has more megapixels, takes more shots and has eye tracking" but then, in the end, when I found myself with an R3 in my hand, you understand the differences. To you all other considerations, good light and sleep well at night, I recommend ? sent on June 23, 2022 |
 | Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 Pros: Lightweight, compact, economical and discreet Cons: Maybe it lacks a little in fluidity of the AF, it is not exactly the latest generation, but it does not suffer. Opinion: I have been using this little "gem" for a long time and I am really surprised. I say "gem" not because it can be combined with the super emblazoned L series, we would miss them (there are very different costs / weights / quality / targets) but because for what it costs it objectively has a remarkable quality / price / usability ratio. Specifically I really like its portability, when I travel you do not feel in the backpack, and falls into that category of objectives that you can use "battle" because if by chance it is ruined while looking for that shot that at all costs you want to take home, peace and amen, a more than digitous end. I recommend it to all those who need to have minimal optics in size, very light and portable, which do not engage you so much when you take them, for example, on the road (I believe that no amateur would take the L series on trips at risk of "theft" or "loss" when he has objectives like this available) For me to have in the kit sent on February 07, 2022 |
 | Canon EF 500mm f/4.5 L USM Pros: Weight (compared to stabilized models), overall quality, solid construction, incredibly nice to have. Cons: Weight (in general terms), not stabilized, a bit dated and therefore softer than younger siblings Opinion: I bought it as the first canvas from a dear friend, mounted on the 5D3 (let's talk about 2021) and then on the 1Dx mk ii (always in 2021) and I went to take naturalistic photos ... Well, what can I say, heavy, bulky, slow to swing because the hood is beautiful tough and not stabilized, but despite all this, the joy of having it with me in some workshops I have done is incomparable. I broke my back in the forest chasing deer, made 4k video of the ibex on the mountains (climbing the wall, kit in the backpack) and split the hair of the foxes on the meadows ... all this with the awareness of having with me a solid slightly nostalgic friend. I changed it with a 300 f2.8 Is, possibly to be multiplied, much lighter and many more recent, but sometimes I still miss the somewhat retro mode of returning current and expendable files in any circumstance. True that he is 20 years old on his back, but if you are lucky enough to find one put well at an acceptable price I would take it home, even if only to know to have it back there with me. Small note: Moving from 5Dmk3 (with BG) to 1D mk iii and 1Dx mk ii the AF has come back to life again. sent on December 14, 2021 |
 | Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Pros: Light, bright, razor sharp, cheap, etc., etc. Cons: Perhaps the lack of iS, but it would increase in weight and volume; for a perspective that is born for the portrait is fine like that. Opinion: I bought this lens to make a comparison with the biancone 2.8 having I all zoom and having never had the opportunity to try a fixed and make a direct comparison between two lenses made by the same house, with similar technologies and quality at the same level. Well, I think it's a really well-made lens. The 70-200 offers more vibrant colors, then crunchy, but this fixed 200 has a cream that seasons it really unique (which does not mean less sharpness!) The bokeh is something very special, if you then consider that it was born to make portrait and that therefore you find yourself photographing with a 200 something close, it goes without saying that by optical law the blurred back becomes something similar to magic. Light and space-saving does not make you be intrusive with the subject photographed. I have often used it as the only lens in family gatherings (outdoors, I mean) and it has allowed to create albums of memories that are often browsed with pleasure. If it is cheap and you are interested in the type of lens, with its fixed limits, in my opinion it is not to be missed. sent on August 06, 2021 |
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