70-200 F4L IS Arrived!

So far Im impressed! IS is amazing, I didnt think it would have this large of an effect. I find myself able to take clean shots at 1/10 @ 200mm if I kneel and brace myself. 1/60 @ 200mm is no sweat at all. Is the IS on all IS lenses as loud as it is on this lense? It doesnt bother me but I was suprised by how well I can hear it, much louder than the USM focusing on my lenses.


Heres a 100% crop of my wifes right eye at 200mm. EXIF intact.

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Dang thats a sharp lens. I'm kind of surprised at the narrow DOF though. The eyebrow is OOF but the lashes are razor sharp. Thats tight.

I was right at MFD and 200mm, the other eye was slightly out of focus since her head was tilted. You can even see her contact in her eye.

Jimmer411 wrote in post #5932232
I was right at MFD and 200mm, the other eye was slightly out of focus since her head was tilted. You can even see her contact in her eye.

I was going to say that I see her contact lens! Congradulations!

After awhile you wont even hear that IS kick in

Enjoy your new lens

Chuck

Yep, the IS noise is normal since the mechanism is actually moving glass around.

And yes, this lens is razor sharp. I'm amazed at the pics that I get out of mine. Awesome that we could see her contact. Enjoy the great lens.

This should confound those who say the f/4 IS is crap at MFD beyond 135mm.

TaDa wrote in post #5932475
Yep, the IS noise is normal since the mechanism is actually moving glass around.

And yes, this lens is razor sharp. I'm amazed at the pics that I get out of mine. Awesome that we could see her contact. Enjoy the great lens.

I noticed that you have the 1.4x extender. How do you like it? Im considering getting one to add onto mine. Im pretty sure that Ill learn this weekend that I want something longer to add to my bag aswell!

Sorry I'm on my crappy company supplied laptop the moment at.... what PPor in camera settings was done to that shot. There has been at least some sharpening added.

btw.. I also have the f4 IS...

PS... I almost never look at "how sharp my lens is" shots since very few are posted without some sort of sharpening having been done to them which makes it impossible to get an idea of what is the lens and what is the PP.

On a 40D, no shot is "sharp" straight out of the camera, due to the strong AA filter.

I find my 17-55 reponds very well to sharpening, whereas the improvements to the 70-200 and 85 prime are only marginal.

If I forget to sharpen the 70-200 pics then it doesn't make a huge deal of difference.

Yes, it's the same with my Magic Drainpipe, any sharpening makes the image look false and over sharpened.

bohdank wrote in post #5934806
Sorry I'm on my crappy company supplied laptop the moment at.... what PPor in camera settings was done to that shot. There has been at least some sharpening added.

btw.. I also have the f4 IS...

PS... I almost never look at "how sharp my lens is" shots since very few are posted without some sort of sharpening having been done to them which makes it impossible to get an idea of what is the lens and what is the PP.

On a 40D, no shot is "sharp" straight out of the camera, due to the strong AA filter.

Image was shot with whatever the XTi standard picture style settings are, I believe default in camera sharpening is set to 2 in that?

I don't own the 40D

I'm officially jealous of your new lens. Now where di i put that darned credit card......

JVBAKER0 wrote in post #5935788
I'm officially jealous of your new lens. Now where di i put that darned credit card......

Do it ill post some shots at 200mm 1/10s ss later on to show how good it is

This lens continues to have an impact on everyone who gets one.

Congratulations on your purchase.