On Jun 28, 2005, at 9:53 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I too have held a Canon 70-200L f4. I was not overly impressed. It may be a better optic, it may not be, but does it matter? After all the limiting factor these days is the resolving power of the sensor in your camera. The SMC-P F 70-210 is already theoretically overkill for the sensor in the *ist-D and assuming that the Canon is at best a D20 it should be very hard to see any difference in resolving power based on the which lens is used. I see constant F stop envy at work here.
I owned and used a Canon 70-200/4L with my 10D. It is a superb lens, one of the sweetest zooms of this focal length I've ever had a chance to work with ... As good as the best primes I've ever had in the 135-200mm focal length range. It is a visibly better performer than any other 70-200mm lens I've used, even on the 10D, and its performance is untouched when used with the Canon 1.4x Extender II as well.
The facts that I don't used this kind of zoom much and that I'm divesting myself of my Canon DSLR kit are the *only* reasons I sold it.
Godfrey
