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dtolios wrote:
It is not a tie, cause the Nikon VR version is much more expensive, not better optically.
Ofc if you "need" VR, there is no Canon equivalent. It also has a very flat field, with edges almost as good as the center. It just never reaches 24-70 II levels of sharpness.
The 24-70 II is sharper, and if your workflow eliminates slow SS, I cannot see how you reach your "tied" conclusion.
Here you really through me off...
The Nikkor gives you 135~150mm FOV at close distances, the Canon 70-200 II is actually measured a tad longer at ~210-220mm FOV at close distances. Both are 200mm @ infinity, but how is the close distance breathing not an issue & irrelevant to a wedding/portrait shooter who 99% of the time will be shooting them closer to the MFD?
As far as absolute IQ goes, sure, the VR II is a great lens and it could be effectively a "tie", but the focus breathing thing is a deal-breaker for the workflow for many. Really noticeable difference.
Again, I don't mean to flame/troll you, so don't take it personally that I've quoted you.
I just don't get the logic, at least on the 70-200 side of things. It is simply not a wash.
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As an actually wedding pro, and Canon shooter, I stand by everything I wrote from experience. Wedding people, not portrait people, use the 70-200 for reach - ie they are mostly NOT using it at MFD - so that issue is irrelevant for those types if shots. When it is used for portriats, for framing cropping issues, my own experience is that 135 is a very common chosen FL. Moreover, most 2 Camera 2 zoom shooters shoot 70% with the 24-70 and 30% with the 70-200 - and switch to the 70-200 at 70mm because it is sharper and has IS - another huge plus for the Nikon 24-70 with IS.
Moreover, there are lots of 35/85 wedding shooters that produce phenomenal results with the 85 so again the 200 is about reach when you need reach and MFD doesn't matter.
If you are just a portrait head shot person then yes the Canon version is superior.
And personally, I moved from using 2 5D3s to using a 1DXii with a 24-70 and a 5DSR a Tamron 85
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