Canon 35mm f1.4 L ii vs Canon 24-70 f2.8 L ii vs Canon 16-35mm f4 L Comparison - Just for fun

Andy1970 wrote:

I know this isn't a scientific test, but I thought it might be interesting to compare three of my lenses at their common focal length of 35mm and their widest common aperture of F4. Just a bit of fun - Can anyone guess which lens took which photo?

The lenses were attached to a Canon 5D MkiV - the light changed very slightly during the time it took to do the test (or the light transmisson of the lenses are slightly different) I took them all at what the camera deemed to be the correct exposure using evaluative metering. For one of the lenses the shutter speed was 1/320th, for the other two 1/250th. All three shots were at F4 ISO100

The camera was mounted on a tripod. Focusing was done manually using live view at 10x magnification. I focused on the small black light sticking out of the grass in the very centre of the shot. This light was approx 15m away from the camera, which according to my DOF calculator should put everything from 6m to infinity in focus.

IS was switched off on the 16-35mm lens. A remote release cable was used.

Quite a contrasty image - my front garden taken around 1pm today. No blown highlights or clipped shadows though.

Just to make it a little more difficult, I've applied lens corrections in lightroom, so the photos can't be identified by known distortion characteristics of each lens. No other adjustments have been applied to the RAW images.

No prizes for the correct answer I'm afraid! have fun!

Photo A

A

Photo B

B

Photo C

C

Hello DPReviewers, can anyone share some pics where the 35mm F/1.4 Mk ii does actually show it superior IQ vs a zoom

Am tempted by a good 2nd hand of this prime but have yet to see a nice pice shot wide open taken with the 35mm F/1.4 Mk ii.. a shot that would have been impossible to shoot or with a lower IQ if shot with a zoom

Thx