Giles lives in Edinburgh, with wife Susan and two children. A Senior Technical Design Authority for ...
Giles lives in Edinburgh, with wife Susan and two children. A Senior Technical Design Authority for a major IT company, he loves watching motorsport, developing giles-guthrie.com, cooking, eating and photography. Could use there being more hours in a day.
Member since:18.05.2005
Reviews:16
This is the professional photographer's portrait zoom lens of choice. The constant F/2.8 aperture across the zoom range provides excellent performance in low-light, and the best control over depth of field in any zoom lens on the market today.
Lens performance is exemplary. If you take the time to use the full time manual focus, pictures of exceptional sharpness can be achieved at any aperture. Some users complain of getting "soft" copies of the lens, but always refer to the excellent and free Canon service of calibration (within warranty). My own lens doesn't suffer from this, I have to say, and I do wonder whether some photographers claim that they're not getting a "sharp copy" when they're not taking the time to focus properly.
Commonly referred to as "the brick" amongst Canon users, this lens is noted for its heft. It weighs over a pound, but attached to any camera with two digits or less in its designation, it feels very right, and me marking it as "heavy" should not be seen as a bad sign. (In fact, the star ratings seemed a little odd, so you should focus on the "Excellent" rating.
The included hood is massive, but cleverly designed, since the lens "reverse extends". The lens is longer when zoomed to 24mm, and shortens as the zoom length increases. It's a good design. The filter thread is the standard for L zooms at 77mm, so any filters you've bought for other zooms will fit.
I own this and the longer 24-105 F/4 IS L, and they're both quite different lenses. The longer lens is a more versatile "travel" lens, whereas the 24-70 is perfect for indoor and outdoor portraits, at parties, weddings etc. I wouldn't be without it.
Except I am, because I dropped it from 3 feet onto a wooden floor, and now it won't focus any more. I'm sending it to Canon for a repair. Should cost around £100, according to reports on the internet.
So, in summary. It's big and heavy, and it takes some practice to get the best out of it. But when you do, its colour and sharpness are something to behold. Excellent indeed.
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Sorry to hear about your accident! I have this lens, and I agree it's excellent, the only downside is the size and weight when carrying it around, but the quality is worth the hassle.
The EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM is a high-performance lens. It has been developed as a successor ... more
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