G. Thomas wrote:
80-200L\'s seem/appear to be uniformly excellent unlike other Canon lenses. Was the QA/QC that much higher in the 80\'s?
The 80-200L may well be a cat\'s meow of a lens even when it comes to copy to copy variations.
* never heard of a soft \"drainage pipe\".
* my two copies are indistinguishably excellent.
The only other lens which in my experience shows a similarly remarkable IQ consistency is 300 f/4 non-IS. Had three copies and couldn\'t tell them apart.
G. Thomas wrote:
80-200L\'s seem/appear to be uniformly excellent unlike other Canon lenses. Was the QA/QC that much higher in the 80\'s?
The 80-200L may well be a cat\'s meow of a lens even when it comes to copy to copy variations.
* never heard of a soft \"drainage pipe\".
* my two copies are indistinguishably excellent.
The only other lens which in my experience shows a similarly remarkable IQ consistency is 300 f/4 non-IS. Had three copies and couldn\'t tell them apart.
Oct 14, 2009 at 02:38 PM
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