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24-70 / 4L IS II

Started Oct 15, 2015 | Polls thread
KLO82 Senior Member • Posts: 1,527
Re: 24-70 / 4L IS II

halfwaythere wrote:

The biggest competition for the 24-70/4 IS is the 24-104/4 IS not the 24-70/2.8 II. As far as I can see it the pseudo-macro capability is the only reason to get one over the 24-105/4.

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One more advantage of 24-70f4: if you believe in Dxomark lens tests, 24-70 f4IS has 4 T stops and 24-105mm f4 IS is T5.1.
[I find the T4 rating of the f4 zoom, which has lots of elements and glasses a bit hard to believe. Think about Canon cine prime lenses: 35mm f1.4 lens is rated T1.5, 50mm f1.2 is T1.3 and 85mm f1.2 is T1.3. These T stop ratings of the cine lenses are by Canon. These are prime lenses with less glass elements, and they still lose some light. So a zoom lens with no measured light loss is hard to believe]

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