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

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

A: 24-70

B: 35 L

C: 16-35

villager wrote:

A: 24-70

B: 35 L

C: 16-35

But, I have to say I'm a little torn between A and B, they might be reversed. I think the corners give the 16-35 away being wide open.

Tazz93 wrote:

villager wrote:

A: 24-70

B: 35 L

C: 16-35

But, I have to say I'm a little torn between A and B, they might be reversed. I think the corners give the 16-35 away being wide open.

I’ll hold off giving the answer for a while to see if anyone else wants to play

My guess (and you can PM me my prize;-)

A) 24-70

B) 35L ii

C) 16-35 f4

A 35

B 16-35

C 24-70

My guess:

a - 24-70

b - 35

c - 16-35

C is the image that to my eyes looks less sharp and lacking a bit of contrast. I'm surprised they were all shot at f4 though, the foreground in B is really mushy, while in A and C it's still sort of in focus.

Ok, I will play. Based on the colors (not only sharpness), I will say:

A- 35

B- 24-70

C- 16-35

Do let us know!!

Armando

My guess:

16-35 f4L

35 f1.4 ii

24-70 f2.8

Cheers

C’mon give us the answer now,

before the thread gets old

Ok, time to post the answer! It was

A - 24-70 f2.8ii

B - 35 1.4Lii

C - 16-35 F4

I think most of you got it, or you were very close. Seems most agreed that the 35L was the best image. I'm glad about that, as I've only just bought it! My new baby

I did slightly cheat on the 24-70 image, in that I was a bit clumsy in framing the shot and guessing the 35mm point. EXIF showed 33mm and it was a bit wide, so I trimmed off a little.

I found it interesting to compare the lenses in this way, it was actually closer than I thought. They are all very good lenses.

Thanks for playing everyone!

I demand a reward!! 

TyphoonTW wrote:

I demand a reward!!

Ok here it is.............

”WELL DONE”!!!