Not sure Im happy with my 70-200mm is mkii

[Fast Glass]

Here is a picture that has foreground blur, that is not a lens defect but something longer focal lengths have. But also shorter focal lengths too if the DOF is thin such as a 50mm prime shot low to the ground.


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John.

[Richard Lane]

Great Shot John and Nice Color Saturation too!


Of course this is beautiful green grass vs. dead grass in the OP's photos.


I personally like the foreground and background blur.


Rich

[neuroanatomist]

John's image above reminded me of a similar shot (albeit less saturated!) I took with myEF 70-200mm f/2.8<span style="color: red;"]LIS II USM a couple of months ago. The point of the shot for me was the power of f/2.8 + excellent IS and a long focal length - this is an uncropped (but reduced in size) shot taken qith 1/30 s exposure, f/2.8, about 30 minutes after sunset - it was dark enough to see stars, yet I was able to get a decent exposure. But here you can clearly see both foreground and background blur - the DoF is sufficiently thin that even though the rabbit's eye is in focus, the whiskers pointing toward the camera are getting blurred out just like the foreground, due to the thin DoF.


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So, I think the point we're making is that what you're seeing is perfectly normal for this focal length and a relatively wide aperture. If it doesn't appeal to you, that's just fine, too - as you stated in your post title, Paul -youmay not be happy with the lens, even though it's performing as expected.

[peterborough_photography]

At last, yes Im not sure Im happy with the results from the longer focal range lens.


I normally use primes, this is my first big zoom.


So the normally quality isnt rocking my boat. The lens can produce sharp, it may take some time to get the feel for the 200mm and the DOF around the length eg The Rhino photo.


Thanks for the response. I must add I do use photoshop with raw images for clients not really for myself, thats due to time etc.

[Derek]

Have you tested the camera + lense combo using Lens Align-Pro or any similar AF microadjustment tools? I use a Canon 50D and 70-200mm IS MKI lense. After doing some testing and calibrating I discovered my camera lense combo had severe front focus issues +17 at the 200mm end. If you think you're getting different results than say a 200mm prime you've used then what you might have is a rear focus problem with your 50D and 70-200mm is mkII combo.

[MattG]

I am missing the point of this thread? The shots a very sharp and clear. I can

[neuroanatomist]

I concluded that the OP was not expecting the thin DoF at 200mm f/2.8. He had shot with primes, and I presume he meant shorter ones. The complaint was that the foreground was blurry (the rhino shot), and he didn

[freelanceshots]

The 70-200 II lens sucks! sell it to me as a used lens and I

[Schroeter Imagery]

Man I like the duck shot... nice work