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Are you happy with your Canon RF 70-200 2.8?

Started Mar 28, 2022 | Discussions thread
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Re: Are you happy with your Canon RF 70-200 2.8?

Gearacquisitionsyndrom wrote:

I don't know what's wrong with me (according to my siblings, the list is long ;)), but I haven't fallen in love with this lens after 1500 photos.

I loved this focal length on Pentax and every flower or people you shot with that lens it turned out amazing with amazing bokeh. I don't know if I'm seeing this here. I don't know if it's the contrast or rendering of out of depth focus areas or what.

On the other side I'm also using the Canon EF 85mm 1.4 and those images are a lot nicer and that's a dslr lens.

The RF 70-200 2.8 should be the ultimate lens for portraiture and hiking.

I do feel it's quite good at hiking though because it's so sharp. But the aestaethics of it...

I don't know. Kind of feels like the RF 50 1.2 and EF 85 1.4 are giving me nicer images. Maybe the issue is my brain.

Maybe you just prefer the look from those other lenses.  That's absolutely fine!  ie I still have the Sigma 135 f/1.8 (poor-man's 200/2) when I want killer bokeh. 

The 70-200 is much much more versatile though.

Happy shooting!

R2

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