This is a great lens and easily as sharp and well behaved as the 35L and 85LII, both of which I have.
I always get tack sharp results with this lens - the reason I think is because I am a pixel peeper and I blame my gear rather than my technique. Consequently I have this lens perfectly calibrated, and know its strengths and weaknesses.
This lens has 1 major flaw - which is that it is extremely soft <2m away or so. I think that's why it scores so badly in some tests than others.
I am an extreme pixel peeper, but honestly, a competently captured photograph using the 24II,35L,50L or 85LII are all virtually the same sharpness wide open.
Great lens.
I also disagree about f/1.2 being thin DOF - it's not that thin - I take group photos at f/1.2 as per below:
Examples all wide open at f/1.2:
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I always get tack sharp results with this lens - the reason I think is because I am a pixel peeper and I blame my gear rather than my technique. Consequently I have this lens perfectly calibrated, and know its strengths and weaknesses.
This lens has 1 major flaw - which is that it is extremely soft <2m away or so. I think that's why it scores so badly in some tests than others.
I am an extreme pixel peeper, but honestly, a competently captured photograph using the 24II,35L,50L or 85LII are all virtually the same sharpness wide open.
Great lens.
I also disagree about f/1.2 being thin DOF - it's not that thin - I take group photos at f/1.2 as per below:
Examples all wide open at f/1.2:
1.
2.
3.
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