Sharpest canon Lens ?

[burtmm]

The sharpest Canon lens ?

Your Opinion. ?

 

[Paul Boothroyd]

Depends on whose measurements...........
But try:

200/1.8L
135/2L

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Paul

 

[reijasse]

According to Canon MTF, it appears to be 400/2.8 IS, followed by 300/2.8 IS and 180 Macro

But it means really nothing if it's not the lens you need.

Best regards.

 

[CJG2006]

My EF 28-70 F2.8 L takes some beating but the 300mm F2.8 IS L are amazing. Checkout some shots here:

http://www.airteamimages.com/special92.html
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Jason, London UK
http://www.exemplaryphotos.com

 

[burtmm]

On a 30D and range 70-200 ??

 

[Kitano]

Primes sharpest first:
200 1.8 (but it is huge and expensive)
85 1.2 (perfect for portrait)
135 2 (I don't have one but saw wonderfulpics taken with it)

Macro:
180L
100 2.8

Zoom:
70-200 2.8L IS (one of my favourite lenses)

It all depends on what you wanna shoot

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Kitano at http://www.pbase.com/mkmstudio

 

[neographikal]

One of the sharpest (what's in a name, it varies from lens to lens) could be the little 60/2.8 macro. Funny, but it's true
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[chrismosk]

35 1.4 L - Extremely Sharp.
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[boozed]

Wides rarely if ever feature in lists of "sharpest lenses." The 35L is good, but it's far from the sharpest lens.

 

[chrismosk]

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[drioannis]

I agree tha wide lenses might be good but not as good as tele

Sharpest in my opinion are

400 2.8 IS-300 f2.8 IS (I cannot say which is sharper.they are both amazing)
135 f2
85 f1.2

 

[csfbphoto]

Canon makes some great lens:
400mm L f2.8 IS
300mm L f2.8 IS
300mm f4 IS

85mm f1.8
100mm f2.8 Macro
60mm f2.8 Macro

 

[mablacksv]

In the late 1990s, using Hasselblad's optical bench testing system, Lars Kjellberg tested a bunch of lenses of all brands. He assigned each lens a score based on the MTF charts of his tests. The 200 f/1.8L scored higher (4.8/5.0) than any other lens tested, of any brand.

His website is http://photodo.com

I've shot many thousands of photos with this lens. In addition to being razor sharp, even at f/1.8 and at f/2.5 with a 1.4x extender, it has absolutely beautiful bokeh.

The Figure Skating, Hockey, Lacrosse and Soccer photos in my gallery were taken using this lens.

http://www.pbase.com/d70svrider/event

John

 

[Juza_EA]

The Canon 200 1.8 is known as the sharpest lenses ever made, but I've never tried it. Between the lenses that I've tried, the sharpest one is surely the 300 2.8 IS.

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Juza
Nature photographer
http://www.juzaphoto.com

 

[2005magnum]

Let's face it, most of us neither need nor use the big primes. I really do not want to drag around all that weight and what most of us are looking for is the sharpest zooms. So, the next question is what is the sharpest zoom that does not cost or weigh a ton? wide angle, medium and telephoto.
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[Eric Sorensen]

Since I havent' havd the opportunity to try them all, this is my sharpest one yet. It is sharper than this little list of mine:

Sigma 17-35
Sigma 10-20
Sigma 12-24
EF 50 f1.8
EF 75-300 IS
EF 100-400L
EF 28-105 f3.5-4.5
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Bossier City, Louisiana
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[jxsq]

is the lens that

1. have very stable support
2. works with the body so that the combo have perfect AF.

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jx
http://www.pbase.com/jxsq

 

[Juza_EA]

The sharpest zoom that I've tried is the 70-200 f/2.8 L IS USM...a splendid lens.

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Juza
Nature photographer
http://www.juzaphoto.com

 

[burtmm]

wow..1.8 200mm WTF...



Its a big gun...

Could someone post his sharpes picture...?

 

[bronxbombers]

are you saying you get zero noticeable CA and full crispness to the extreme corners even by f/2.8 nevermind f/1.4? from a wide?
not that the 35mm isn't the best wide prime canon makes, so perhaps
it is possible, but it seems hard to believe.

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-T h a n k s C C M