ne1rom's reviews

  • Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

    10 out of 10 points and recommended
    Sharp from the 2.8, nice bokeh, pleasing colour
    Heavy (about 1 kg), vignetting on FF DSLR

    On an APS-C DSLR it's excellent, except some AF problems with older models like 300D, 20D - on 30D/400D everything is perfect!
    On FF (5D) everything is perfect as well. Though some visible vignetting on 24mm at 2.8 thru 5.6 and on 70mm at 2.8.

    reviewed January 7th, 2007 (purchased for $1,300)
  • Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM

    9 out of 10 points and recommended
    Very sharp, light, compact, IS
    a bit strange colour cast (comparing to 24-70/2.8L)

    On APS-C DSLR it's almost perfect - comparing to other canon lenses it has some yellow-green colour cast on photos - wasn't able to fix it thru various RAW converters. Still the cast is almost invisible, so there is nothing to worry about.
    On FF the lens shows some issues - distortion&vignetting at wide end wide open (from F4 thru 6.3).

    Anyway, highly recommended for APS-C!

    reviewed January 7th, 2007 (purchased for $1,300)
  • Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

    8 out of 10 points and recommended
    Sharp, light, compact, IF, colour
    soft corners wide open (on FF)

    On APS-C it's very useful range 17-40 (27-60 eqv.), image quality excellent. Build quality up to the top!
    On FF image quality remains on high level, still extreme corners shows some softness - stoping down a few stops helps a lot. I'll suggest to use 17mm from F5.6+.

    Highly recomended for nature photography!

    reviewed January 7th, 2007 (purchased for $700)
  • Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM

    9 out of 10 points and recommended
    Very sharp from wide open, relatively light
    non-IS

    Nothing much to say - it's almost perfect in any way of testing. Cant find some cons... maybe IS-version will be even better.

    So my opinion, if you dont want to pay much more for 70-200/2.8L IS - the lens is your choice. It has no visible flaws.

    Highly recommended for APS-C or FF!

    reviewed January 7th, 2007 (purchased for $700)
  • Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

    9 out of 10 points and recommended
    Sharp
    none

    It's not "L" so the construction quality could be better.
    Image quality is excellent. Macro is almost scary :) No bug cant be safe ;)
    I recommend the lens for FF and APS-C DSLR.

    reviewed January 7th, 2007
  • Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

    8 out of 10 points and recommended
    Very sharp (from 2.0), nice smooth bokeh
    soft wide open

    On APS-C DSLR the lens is very useful as a portrait lens.
    Wide open softness can be used as an "soft" effect for portraits. Anyway right from the f2.0 it became very sharp (still not as sharp as 100/2.8 macro).
    Can be used as an all-purpose lens and for low-light conditions on FF body.

    reviewed January 7th, 2007 (purchased for $350)