06-17-2010, 08:41 AM
I have just mentioned the Canon 24-70 in another thread (prior to your review).... My own experience exactly matches your testing results. Not only Canon´s 24-70 is visibly worse optically (at 2.8) but also I was literally shocked by the sample variation of Canon´s 24-70 lens compared to Nikon´s 24-70. Maybe I just came across some bad Canon batch and good Nikon batch... But you experienced the sample variations too (4 copies to get a "good" one only!), this is strange and frustrating.
It is rather interesting that Canon is giving us the most megapixels in his sensors but his mainstream lenses are not able to feed it with enough resolution. Hope this 24-70 will be updated soon in the same way the 70-200/2.8 IS II was.
It is rather interesting that Canon is giving us the most megapixels in his sensors but his mainstream lenses are not able to feed it with enough resolution. Hope this 24-70 will be updated soon in the same way the 70-200/2.8 IS II was.