Oh yes look at that 200/1.8 (it's 4.8 incidentally) - and they don't
even make it anymore. The sharpest lens that they ever tested.
Generally anything over a rating of 4 can be considered a bit special
which makes the 50/1.8 a remarkable buy at just over a hundred dollars.
The site isn't too up to date - the 16-35mm/2.8L and 17-40mm/4L
aren't even listed and the 50/1.0L isn't shown as discontinued.
The other advantage is weight - the L grade zooms tend to be heavy
beasts while many of the primes are quite light.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 05/06/2006, at 8:16 AM, Jeff Keller wrote:
>
> photodo.com may not be the final word on lens quality but the
> ratings given
> to some of the C*non primes suggests they can still outdo zooms. It is
> probably once you reach the quality that the top of the line zooms
> reach,
> changing to a slightly better prime doesn't give any real advantage
> other
> than max aperture.
>
> http://www.photodo.com/prod/lens/canon.shtml
>
> 24/2.8 - 3.9
> 35/2 - 3.9
> 35/1.4 L - 4.0
> 50/1.4 - 4.4
> 85/1.2 - 4.6
> 100/2 - 4.2
> 135/2 - 4.5
> 200/1.8 - 4.9
>
> 28-70/2.8 L - 3.9
> 70-200/2.8 - 4.1
> 100-400/4.5-5.6 L 3.6
>
> So with Johnny's comments about focusing indoors with C*non's special
> screen, the MF Zuiko's probably get relagated to special use
> compared to
> Chuck's Tokina or the back breaking C*non L lenses.
>
> -jeff
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> -snip
>
> Anyway, that digression about the long end aside, I would expect a
> modern, pro level zoom to outperform most primes when both are wide
> open. I would also expect the difference to narrow as they are stopped
> down, although I wouldn't be surprised to see the zoom continue to
> come
> out on top.
>
> I know lots of people want a wide range of primes optimized for
> digital
> sensors and assume manufacturers are largely not providing them for
> marketing and profit reasons. I propose it is possible that it may
> also in many cases be because they can't see that they can exceed the
> performance of their latest zoom designs, except perhaps at
> uneconomic cost.
>
> Moose
>
>
>
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