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| sent on 03 Dicembre 2023
Pros: High sharpness, excellent backlight resistance, very fast and very precise AF, very low distortion, blur simply beautiful... I can say unique given the focal lengths involved, excellent construction, absolutely functional lens hood so much so that from this point of view only its natural heir EF 24-70/2.8 L is on a par with it, the diaphragm is not circular but it is still excellent for the constancy to the various apertures, it must also be said that although not tropicalized this lens showed, At least in the case of my specimen, a really good resistance to atmospheric agents.
Cons: Practically none, maybe the sharpness could have been a little higher but it must also be said that, for his time, what he can show today was a very, very high standard.
Opinion: I didn't use it much because it covered a range of focal lengths that you need to have anyway but that I, for what is my way of photographing, use very little. It is a lens that in field use, always handheld of course, is appreciated for its extreme maneuverability and for the excellent balance that it showed when I grafted it on my EOS 1n and 3 with which, among other things, it allowed me to easily use shutter speeds up to roughly 1/4 of a second. The blur it generates is definitely beautiful and I must say that this is still, in my humble opinion, its greatest quality; the huge lens hood also, which in the basic idea is absolutely identical to that of the later EF 24-70/2.8 L, in addition to performing its function excellently at all focal lengths (therefore not only at the minimum focal length like those of all competitors who show a shape and configuration that in the field test allows them to be fully effective only at the shortest focal length) being bound to the lens body, and not to its extendable part, it also ensures excellent protection from both accidental impacts and atmospheric agents. Ultimately, it is a lens that, despite the undoubted age of the project, and an honestly excellent but certainly not extraordinary sharpness, for all other characteristics is at least on par, often even superior (see for example the lens hood, the blurred and the construction), to its current counterparts. |
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