Comments on: Fstoppers Review of the Canon 24-70mm F/2.8 L II

By: Ron M

Ron M — Tue, 28 May 2013 00:52:00 +0000

I used to have the older 24-70 and sold it as soon as it hit my 5D Mark III. It just didn’t perform well with the Mark III. The Mark II.. Well, we’ll see.

By: Mark Kortum

Mark Kortum — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:46:00 +0000

Reply to Wirehead regarding their statement: “I don’t think Canon purposely set the price higher or anything silly like that.” I am guessing that you do not work in an industry that makes and market products. Everything Canon do is by purpose to achieve the lowest cost and get highest price. When a new product is introduced on the market they price it higher, if the market will bear. They initially sell to those who are willing to pay the high price. Then they gradually reduce price and viola! increase market share. They get the most profit per unit from each demographic of customer. The price finally comes down to a level that they can no longer to reduce the price and there are no more customers. Then they discontinue production. They watch sales numbers and decide when to change the price based on a formula that trades off sales volume with profit per unit. This practice is called skimming and it is done by all consumer goods manufacturers who put out new and/or improved models of anything.

By: Kyle Sanders

Kyle Sanders — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:42:00 +0000

Those are quite beyond my hobby allowance! In all fairness to canon, I was shooting a D70, F100, & F5 and switched to a T2i and an EOS 1N.

By: Anto de Chav

Anto de Chav — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:24:00 +0000

What are you shooting?try a 5D mk3 or 1DX.. AF is superb on those camera’s..

By: Jaron Schneider

Jaron Schneider — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:19:00 +0000

AF performance has been the loudest complaint I’ve heard from Nikon converts. I personally don’t notice anything that bothers me, but it’s likely I just don’t shoot the stuff that I would notice it on.

By: Jaron Schneider

Jaron Schneider — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:18:00 +0000

I brought this up in the lens preview i wrote a few weeks ago. Sorry I didn’t mention it here.

By: Anto de Chav

Anto de Chav — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:48:00 +0000

Another good point is the new lens is 150grams lighter

By: Anto de Chav

Anto de Chav — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:44:00 +0000

This lens is awesome and the price will drop in a few months…

By: Kyle Sanders

Kyle Sanders — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:41:00 +0000

Don’t do it! All jokes aside, what gear are you using that is so dismal? what are you trying to do? I think Canon will always have one-up on video, if that is your thing. I went from Nikon to Canon a year ago and have been really frustrated by some of the “little things” like AF performance.

By: Adrian Venner

Adrian Venner — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:34:00 +0000

You forgot to mention the change in filter size from from Mk1 to Mk2….buying a whole new range of filters is pricy aswell….sigh.