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Canon lenses are much worse than Nikon's? Should I stop planning buying 5D II?

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Canon lenses are much worse than Nikon's? Should I stop planning buying 5D II?

Dec 9, 2008

Hi folks,

first of all, I am a Canon user with my 10D and 70-200 IS f2.8 and other 3 lenses for 7 years. I believed that Canon is good and eventually it will leave Nikon far behind.

However, today I found this lens test web site:
http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/overview

And according to the tests of it, both Nikon's 24-70 and 70-200 are far superior to those of Canon, in Vignetting, MTF resolution test, and Chromatic Aberrations.
Here are the links:
24-70:
Nikon

http://www.photozone.de/nikon--nikkor-aps-c-lens-tests/236-nikkor-af-s-24-70mm-f28g-ed-review--test-report
Canon:

http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/184-canon-ef-24-70mm-f28-usm-l-test-report--review
70-200
Nikon:

http://www.photozone.de/nikon--nikkor-aps-c-lens-tests/247-nikkor-af-s-70-200mm-f28-g-if-ed-vr-review--test-report
Canon:

http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/199-canon-ef-70-200mm-f28-usm-l-is-test-report--review

this result plus recent 5D II vs D700 tests really shook my desire of buying 5D II. Now I am considering to sell my Canon gears and jump boat. What do you guys think? Can you give me more confidence to Canon?
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I am David Ho!

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Canon lenses are much worse than Nikon's? Should I stop planning buying 5D II?	David Ho	Dec 9, 2008
Re: Canon lenses are much worse than Nikon's? Should I stop planning buying 5D II?	DaveWC	Dec 9, 2008
Re: Canon lenses are much worse than Nikon's? Should I stop planning buying 5D II?	Malcolm_Stewart	Dec 9, 2008
Yes, SWITCH to Nikon! Don't buy the 5DMKII!	chunin	Dec 9, 2008
Yes! The quality loss is retroactive!	Madcat207	Dec 9, 2008
Re: Canon lenses are much worse than Nikon's? Should I stop planning buying 5D II?	Blake Cook	Dec 9, 2008
Re: Canon lenses are much worse than Nikon's? Should I stop planning buying 5D II?	Andreas Helke	Dec 9, 2008
Re: Canon lenses are much worse than Nikon's? Should I stop planning buying 5D II?	dlinney	Dec 9, 2008
Re: Canon lenses are much worse than Nikon's? Should I stop planning buying 5D II?	David Ho	Dec 9, 2008
Re: Canon lenses are much worse than Nikon's? Should I stop planning buying 5D II?	FullRez	Dec 9, 2008
Dude	Skip M	Dec 9, 2008
Canon 24-105 f4 IS is awsome between 24-70 and @ f4 of course	Bills nature photo	Dec 9, 2008
Re: Canon lenses are much worse than Nikon's? Should I stop planning buying 5D II?	Hinny	Dec 9, 2008
Perhaps you missed this important note	Ira Blumberg	Dec 9, 2008
Re: Perhaps you missed this important note	tony field	Dec 9, 2008
The Canon 70-200 mm f/2.8 is awesome	Flying Fish	Dec 9, 2008
some explanations --->	Thomas K.	Dec 9, 2008
Re: some explanations --->	milesmute	Dec 9, 2008
Yes, probably so. nt	fwampler	Dec 9, 2008
stop worrying	Skip M	Dec 9, 2008
Absolutely	Malcolm L	Dec 9, 2008
Listen to a little reason.	jl_smith	Dec 9, 2008
Re: Canon lenses are much worse than Nikon's? Should I stop planning buying 5D II?	Jim de Kort	Dec 9, 2008
From a Nikon shooters point of view	Shaun Bell	Dec 9, 2008

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