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Paul Mo wrote:
Hi. Wide open @ 200mm the IS II is sharp and contrasty, isn't it? What are you seeing in your 'real world' pics?
Because I owned a 70-200mm f2.8L and it was only 'sharp' at f4 upwards. At f2.8 it was definitely flawed.
So now I am saving for a 70-200mm f2.8L IS II - I want that to know sharpness is there wide open.
Thanks for any input.
Ok my experience owning both and based on my very good copy of the v1 is at 200 f/2.8 the v1 was reasonably sharp, certainly not soft and very usable, quite sharp at f/3.2. On the v2 at 200 f/2.8 images are tack sharp and similarly when using a 1.4 TC, 280 f/4 is sharp. Contrast is better on the v2 wide open, but v1 could be corrected to cover that for the most part.
V2 is much better with TC's, IS is much better, mfd and max mag. are much better, just a brilliant zoom and worth the upgrade, especially if you haven't got a great v1 copy. From what I'm seeing the new Tamron G2 70-200 is also optically superb, only nit with me is it has massive focus breathing, so while mfd is great, max mag is quite poor compared to others.
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