Lucky 1DX II Owners- lenses used and comments please?

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#1
Congratulations to all who have received a new 1DXII.

I would like to know if anyone has looked at lens performance with the new body. Specifically, has anyone looked at performance of the 70-200 f4L IS VS the 70-200 f2.8 II? How do the lenses perform in terms of focusing speed, is, and image creation?

Also, anyone like to comment on lenses used on your new camera? How do your favorite lenses compare to other camera bodies that you were shooting.

Thanks, I'll be eager to hear of your real world evaluation.

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#2
I have now tried it with the majority of my L-lenses (and a few Zeiss), from 11mm to 600mm (1200mm with extenders) and I have done f1.4 to f8. Every single one works great and I do not believe you need to worry about any of them. The ultimate test for me was the 600mm f4L IS II with the 2xIII extender, giving a max aperture of f8. Even then AF worked very well.

The 70-200 f2.8L IS II is a fantastic lens and, provided you accept the size penalty over the f4 version, you should go for it. On the other hand, if f4 is fast enough for you, then the f4 version is fantastic value for money and it is very compact.
 
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#3
I have yet to pull out my 70-200mm f2.8L IS II, but it's a fantastic lens and has performed very well on my other Canon bodies (1DX, 5DIII, etc.). I have no reason to believe it won't perform just as well on the 1DX Mark II. I also have the 70-200mm f2.8L. It's a bit older and not quite as sharp as the newer 70-200 IS II and doesn't have IS, but it's still an excellent lens that I wouldn't hesitate to use in any situation that needs that focal length.

I can say the EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 L II works great, even with the 1.4x III teleconverter at f8. Other lenses that I have tried on the 1DX II are the 24-105mm L and the 24mm f1.4L.

It does appear that profiles for all current lenses and teleconverter combinations are already built into the 1DX Mark II, meaning there is no need to load them and leaving room to add profiles for future lenses. I have 20+ lenses and couldn't find a single one that didn't already have a profile in the 1DX Mark II.
 
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#4
Don't be concerned about Canon lenses, but be very concerned about 3rd party lenses. It seems like some of them always need updating to use with new Canon bodies. Same for other accessories that have reverse engineered Canon protocols.
 
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#5
I'm getting peculiar issues with the 1DXII with Sigma 35 1.4 Art Lenses.

We used two 1DX II Bodies for a wedding last weekend and came across this weird problem

We get concentric rings around the photos see attached.

originally i thought it was a setting in my camera.... and i couldnt figure it out... even after i reset the camera...

and then it clicked and i realised i was only getting concentric circles when using the Sigma 35 Art 1.4

I then swapped that lens onto another 1DX II body and i got the identical problem also with that body so it seems to be its an issue with the firmware ..

interesting note

- when i downloaded all the files onto our servers and i did a filter for the 35mm 1.4 Art NONE of the photos showed the rings ON the raw images.
- NOT all photos taken with the sigma 35mm showed the Concentric rings on the Body LCD Screen. Only some exhibited this behaviour
- I took OUR the CF card and stuck it in my 5d3 body during the evening of the wedding coverage and noticed when i played back the image ON the 5d3 IT ALSO showed the concentric rings on the LCD Panel ???
- I stuck a 24mm Sigma 1.4 Art on the camera and didnt have issues or the concentric rings
- i could however consistently get the issue with the 2 1DX2 Bodies

Anyone else experienced this ?


over all the camera is a great camera... but this weird concentric circle issue is bizzare
 

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#6
I've used the 1DX2 only with the tele lenses as of now. The AF is faster and more accurate than it was on the 5D3. The 50L and the 85L II also focus faster.

The bonus is AF with the entire focusing array at f/8. I've tried this with the 100-400 II and found the AF to be reasonably fast even with the outer focus points. Sharing some images taken in my yard.
 
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#10
Only tried it with the 100-400ii at this stage to see how it performs at higher iso's, shooting a local football (Aussie rules) match. Really a massive step up from the 7Dii in my view in terms of AF accuracy and noise. Shot in shutter priority, AI servo and auto ISO, back button. Still very clean at ISO 2000 and any missed focus was undoubtedly operator error. Normally take around 1,500 shots at a game. Took 3,500 this time. Once the novelty wears off will probably get this down to 2,500, but that 14 frames really gets the shot count up.
 
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#13
robbyjai said:
I'm getting peculiar issues with the 1DXII with Sigma 35 1.4 Art Lenses.

We used two 1DX II Bodies for a wedding last weekend and came across this weird problem

We get concentric rings around the photos see attached.

originally i thought it was a setting in my camera.... and i couldnt figure it out... even after i reset the camera...

and then it clicked and i realised i was only getting concentric circles when using the Sigma 35 Art 1.4

I then swapped that lens onto another 1DX II body and i got the identical problem also with that body so it seems to be its an issue with the firmware ..

interesting note

- when i downloaded all the files onto our servers and i did a filter for the 35mm 1.4 Art NONE of the photos showed the rings ON the raw images.
- NOT all photos taken with the sigma 35mm showed the Concentric rings on the Body LCD Screen. Only some exhibited this behaviour
- I took OUR the CF card and stuck it in my 5d3 body during the evening of the wedding coverage and noticed when i played back the image ON the 5d3 IT ALSO showed the concentric rings on the LCD Panel ???
- I stuck a 24mm Sigma 1.4 Art on the camera and didnt have issues or the concentric rings
- i could however consistently get the issue with the 2 1DX2 Bodies

Anyone else experienced this ?


over all the camera is a great camera... but this weird concentric circle issue is bizzare
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Very interesting. Pure guessing, I have now clue what actually causes that but could be:

-lens correction setting (like vignetting correction) which has totally messed up correcting algorithm for that lens. Do you have the vignetting correction enabled (can't remember what was the actual name for the setting, illumination fix or something?)

So the LCD (and jpeg) would have the correction, but raw is without it so that's why it shows up. Not sure why not all wouldn't show it though, so there's hole in my theory.
 
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#15
I shot a graduation video with the 70-200 2.8 IS MK2 paired with a 2x iii extender at f5.6, f8 and f11. The pictures are very soft even with focus locked on and 1/2000 at 5.6 but clear up at f8. The video looks great and focus is very responsive however DPAF MUST be babysat or it could randomly grab another person who walks by.
 
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robbyjai said:
I'm getting peculiar issues with the 1DXII with Sigma 35 1.4 Art Lenses.

We used two 1DX II Bodies for a wedding last weekend and came across this weird problem

We get concentric rings around the photos see attached.

originally i thought it was a setting in my camera.... and i couldnt figure it out... even after i reset the camera...

and then it clicked and i realised i was only getting concentric circles when using the Sigma 35 Art 1.4

I then swapped that lens onto another 1DX II body and i got the identical problem also with that body so it seems to be its an issue with the firmware ..

interesting note

- when i downloaded all the files onto our servers and i did a filter for the 35mm 1.4 Art NONE of the photos showed the rings ON the raw images.
- NOT all photos taken with the sigma 35mm showed the Concentric rings on the Body LCD Screen. Only some exhibited this behaviour
- I took OUR the CF card and stuck it in my 5d3 body during the evening of the wedding coverage and noticed when i played back the image ON the 5d3 IT ALSO showed the concentric rings on the LCD Panel ???
- I stuck a 24mm Sigma 1.4 Art on the camera and didnt have issues or the concentric rings
- i could however consistently get the issue with the 2 1DX2 Bodies

Anyone else experienced this ?


over all the camera is a great camera... but this weird concentric circle issue is bizzare
Click to expand...

It almost looks as if Canon is "targeting" Sigma. ;D
 
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#19
So far I have used my 1DX II with a 24-70 f/2.8L ii, 70-200 f/2.8L is ii, and 300 f/2.8 is (with and without the 1.4x iii extender). The body has worked flawlessly with all three lenses. I have used it for and MLS and NWSL game as well as a charity golf tournament, so I have run the gamut of midday sun, stadium lights at night, and shooting a half shadow, half daylight field. I can post pictures in the next day or two as I go through them.
 
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#20
I received mine late Friday night and had several Little League games to shoot the next morning. My typical sports lens setup is a 100-400 II and up until Saturday I used a 5D Mark III. It was an overcast day with some rain but California rain is pretty light compared to some places.

This thing is almost cheating. Between the FPS and AF it's way easier than the Mark III to capture the action. Typically with sports I have a 10-15% drop rate due to focus. Shooting through fences, people stepping into the frame, and my reactions as the ball moves all factor in as well as the speed of the AF. I'm guessing it was less than 5% on Saturday with the speed and accuracy and AF being a huge factor. The 14fps also translates into many more shots in between. The flip side is I'm having to be much more brutal in selection of what shots to use. While I'm already trying to be selective on what I shoot this will force me to do so any more.

IQ appears to be very good and sharp so far. The conditions weren't particularly challenging since they were day games but I'll exercise the higher ISO on a Tuesday evening game coming up. From what I've seen so far it looks to be a step up from the III in IQ but in a pretty subtle way. I have not used any other lenses or shot video yet but will probably check calibration in the next week and that will give me some additional comparison shots to better judge
 
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