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Started Sep 8, 2018 | Discussions thread
John TF Senior Member • Posts: 1,363
An Unpopular View....

Folks often don’t pay attention to the sample photos Canon always provides with any new lens because they are (1) not objective and (2) not representative - the are the very best a professional photographer can get from the lens.

Think about it...

(1) ”Not objective” often seems to imply “they probably cheated, so I don’t trust it”. Can you imagine the uproar if that info leaked, as it inevitably would is some case? Disastrous. A company of Canon’s stature would be foolish to risk it. So I am sure they don’t.

(2) The best possible image the lens can produce is what I want to see, because then the skill and taste of the photographer is not a limiting factor, as it is so often with the informal tests posted here or even DPR’s sample images. It is one piece of valuable information in a purchase decision. (Don’t get me wrong - the more forum images the better IMHO).

OTOH, Canon’s photographer has selected conditions (and models) that are ideal for the lens. I won’t. He/she uses a tripod, I don’t. They have studio lights. Not me. So there is that, too.

So I welcome Canon’s best shot as an indicator of how good the lens could be under the right circumstances. If even then the sample images have flaws or don’t appeal, then for sure the lens will have flaws in my much less skilled hands. It is useful information, to be considered alongside DPR’s sample images and images posted in the forum.

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