tell me if this 70-200 2.8 IS is ok or crap

Pastafarian wrote in post #2263590
They did seem soft at first to me, but i don't trust my eyes anymore. Like you said a little PP and it's all gravy baby.

Hahahahahaha.... I have old eyes (53) so right after my post, I got my reading glasses on and looked again. I still say slightly soft, but it is amazing when I put on my glasses how much clearer this Forum is on my laptop!

On a side note, I need a monitor for my laptop, a Sony Vaio. Can any monitor be hooked up, or are there special monitors for laptops? Maybe I need my own thread for that after doing a search.

Peace.

I think it all depends on how he is viewing the pictures. If I'm in the lounge during the day I won't even bother to look at a picture as I know it will suck due to the ambient light throwing everything off by a mile.
If however I look at the same pic in the evening with my standard lighting under which I calibrated my monitor things look nice and contrasty and sharp as a tack.
So maybe it's his viewing setup that needs looking at and not the lens?

joegolf68 wrote in post #2263624
Hahahahahaha.... I have old eyes (53) so right after my post, I got my reading glasses on and looked again. I still say slightly soft, but it is amazing when I put on my glasses how much clearer this Forum is on my laptop!

On a side note, I need a monitor for my laptop, a Sony Vaio. Can any monitor be hooked up, or are there special monitors for laptops? Maybe I need my own thread for that after doing a search.

Peace.

when i need a bigger monitor for movies i hook up my 36" TV via S-video. but anyway back on topic.

he doesnt think its junk, his friend's father-in-law does.

Okay, you drive a hard bargain - I'll give you $900 and dinner with the Bridezilla from the recent wedding thread.

ChrisBlaze wrote in post #2263898
he doesnt think its junk, his friend's father-in-law does.

Yeah, but he doesn't think it's junk, he think's it is crap (you know feces.)

ill give you my magic drainpipe PLUS 300 bucks!!!=)

it seems ok, same quality a others

looks fine 2 me

GlennSter wrote in post #2264465
ill give you my magic drainpipe PLUS 300 bucks!!!=)

Ha, you beat me to it! I was going to offer up my drainpipe. Oh, wait a minute. I already bought a 70-200 2.8L IS to replace it.

Ruffio wrote in post #2264857
Ha, you beat me to it! I was going to offer up my drainpipe. Oh, wait a minute. I already bought a 70-200 2.8L IS to replace it.

Hah, a BNIB drainpipe could probably fetch a BNIB 70-200 f2.8 IS + money, but who knows.

hey jaggie...ruffio has one too...you might be interested.herherher

About the original images, I noticed that the file sizes were 72 pixels/inch. Could that have something to do with your poor resolution problem? What camera mode (image quality setting) were they shot in?

I believe by default they are 72dpi.
They should be large/fine jpeg.
I think he's decided he's gonna sell it. There's a chance it might show up on this forum to sell...

GlennSter wrote in post #2266152
hey jaggie...ruffio has one too...you might be interested.herherher

Maybe if it's BNIB .