Gear of Yesteryear: DPReviewTV reviews the Canon EF 200mm f/1.8L USM
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That's a great review! The images from this lens are beautiful with the smooth background blur.
Now, if only Canon would come out with a RF version of this lens, or other wide open (~90-110 mm entrance pupil) telephoto lenses ... ooooohhh!
Now, if only Canon would come out with a RF version of this lens, or other wide open (~90-110 mm entrance pupil) telephoto lenses ... ooooohhh!
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Darrell Cadieux
6D, 24-70 2.8 II, 70-200 2.8 II, 35, 85, 200 1.8
Cool little test. I have wondered how my 200 f1.8 would perform on an R5. I agree with their assessment of the colour saturation and contrast...it really is part of the magic of this lens. The lens is the same on my 6D. No where did it mention that they used the eye detection AF on the camera...so we don't know. And to that end, one thing I found a little confusing was that they said the lens focused on the eye lashes instead of the iris. It is the camera AF algorithm that selects the focus point...not the lens.
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The lens focus system might not be accurate/repeatable enough for this application. Canon never confirmed it, but things like the RF70-200 focus issue on launch strongly imply that the AF system is open loop, it doesn't confirm focus after the lens focussed to the distance the camera told it to focus at.
I would be nice if Canon offered an option to use DPAF to get the lens focussed quickly and then use the good old CDAF to fine-tune it.
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What a great lens! I didn't even know this existed. Thanks for this, Craig, and thanks to the reviewers.
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I think I'd rather have the f/2L (ok it's not a very fair comparison but still)
www.the-digital-picture.com
(ok it's not a very fair comparison but still)
Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM Lens Image Quality
View the image quality delivered by the Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM Lens using ISO 12233 Resolution Chart lab test results. Compare the image quality of this lens with other lenses.
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It seems that the quality was better in the past
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There is a place in Michigan that can rebuild these lenses including the AF motors.
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I was just rereading about this lens 13 hours before.
It was removed from Canon's product catalogue in 2003 and was selling for $3,400 of that time's money. This was when I got my first dSLR the EOS 10D. Manufacturing of that lens ended years earlier.
I've spoken to owners of this lens who also bought the 200/2.0 IS and they all consistently said that the 200/2.0 IS is a better buy even if it's 1/3 stop slower.
But for photogs who just run on numbers and not handled it practically the f/1.8 number on a 200mm is just mind blowing.
Here's my gallery of 200/2.0 photos
And an improvised lens cap.
Selecta Ice Cream by dolina, on Flickr
It was removed from Canon's product catalogue in 2003 and was selling for $3,400 of that time's money. This was when I got my first dSLR the EOS 10D. Manufacturing of that lens ended years earlier.
I've spoken to owners of this lens who also bought the 200/2.0 IS and they all consistently said that the 200/2.0 IS is a better buy even if it's 1/3 stop slower.
But for photogs who just run on numbers and not handled it practically the f/1.8 number on a 200mm is just mind blowing.
Here's my gallery of 200/2.0 photos
And an improvised lens cap.
Selecta Ice Cream by dolina, on Flickr
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Regarding eye AF, I hold down the button I assigned to "eye AF" which tracks the eye (and I assume continuously AF's on it) while I take photos. So it should be focusing continuously and I get great results. But it can't guarantee it is on the eye vs the eye lashes every time since it has a limited number of discreet AF spots and the eye iris & pupil often do not fall on the spot whereas the skin around them will then hit the point of focus.
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Hopefully we'll get a RF 200mm f2L eventually. I hope (and expect) it has a max. mag. closer to 0.25x or above (vs 0.12x in the EF version) since the RF designs often have much higher max. mag. values from their closer min. focus distances.I think I'd rather have the f/2L
Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM Lens Image Quality
View the image quality delivered by the Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM Lens using ISO 12233 Resolution Chart lab test results. Compare the image quality of this lens with other lenses.
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Would be nicer if Canon offered a RF 200mm f/1.8 IS, 85mm f/1.0 IS and 50mm f/1.0 IS so it would have more than double digit for both lens and body.
Photos of this remarkable EF lens of two different owners
200mm f/1.8L USM by dolina, on Flickr
Pat Te Seng by dolina, on Flickr
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Here, here! I quite like my slim, light, 200/2.8 L II, which I picked up for a very reasonable sum on Ebay this time last year.
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