Quote Originally Posted by Colin500
Was this your first zoom in that range, or did you upgrade (from one of the 70-200 f/4)?

I have had three other L Zooms. the 16-35 L II, the 24-70mm L and the 100-400mm. About a year ago I passed my 100-400mm down to my brother, and a while before that I gave him my old 50D. Just over a year ago, I bought a 500mm F4L and a 300mm F2.8L, and I really couldn't see using the 100-400mm and giving up all that IQ from the big primes. I like to print big with the pixma 9500 and now the 9000, and with both the 24-70 and the 100-400mm it always seemed that the IQ for the bigger prints were always lacking. The 16-35mm II has a lot of pics that made the grade, it has really good IQ.


This kind of brings me to the reason I decided to go ahead and get the 70-200mm F2.8L II. I have several of the recently released lenses, like the 16-35mm and the 24mm F1.4L and the IQ is great out of the new lenses. It seems like Canon's technology is improving. After seeing some of the reviews, sample pics and watching the 70-200mm F2.8L II since its release, I thought maybe it could produce the IQ I want for the large prints. It didn't disappoint on its first outing. I have a lot of pics that could be croped and still printed large. Of course I only shot a few that I thought worthy of printing, but the IQ is there no doubt.


I think if your thinking about a new lens, I would keep the age of the lens release in mind. I would like to see a new 35mm F1.4 II.


You comments about the 35mm are very accurate. I think you have the idea of what it is capable of, and that is what really makes it kind of fun to own.


Rick