I love lowlight photography, but both of my fast wides are now old models, as they cost me alot of money I'd like to keep them going as long as possible.
Wow, this is the first time I have owned an MkI of a lens when a MkII has been released. Now I know how it feels. I feel loyal to my 24; it's such a sweet pup. I'm sure I won't upgrade :-)
The new one looks a good bit more compact. The MTF is in error; no f8 lines. The wide open lines shown are a bit better, certainly smother curves w/o the crazy wiggles of the original's.
The 24L is one of my most favourite lenses. Even better than my 35L.
While I do understand Canon's objective of polishing up their WA pro lenses, for me this is a case of guilding the lily.
My wallet loves it when Canon launches new equipment of limited interest to its owner.
Well, Im no expert on MTF reading, but that doesnt show stopped down lines at all?
"keep in mind that the black lines show the lens wide open while the blue lines show the lens stopped down to f/8"
Red = "the higher up the chart the 10 LP/mm line is (the thick lines), the higher the contrast reproduction capability of the lens will be."
Blue = "the higher up the chart the 30 LP/mm line is (the thin lines), the higher the resolving power and thus subjective sharpness of the lens will be."
Centre frame - both lenses essentially equal
Zone B - the old lens is slightly better for contrast, new lens for resolution
Corner - the new lens will be slightly better
This is all based upon computed mtf's; wide open, and will probably be affected by manufacturing tolerences. I may switch to the new one for the weather sealing and general reduction in CA's
DoubleNegative wrote:
I held off on a 24L all this time, though I've been wanting one... Good timing I guess, as once the reviews come in I can pick from two.
Nancy, just temember, the 24L II will probably start retailing at $ 1,599.
A used MkI can be found for a 1/2 of that.
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