I know of the following sites that do lens reviews:
http://www.photozone.de/
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/
http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/index.php
http://www.lenstip.com/
http://www.photodo.com/
http://www.bythom.com/index.htm - is of potential use for third party lenses
and of course
http://www.pixel-peeper.com/ to do your own comparisons (assuming the photographer's technique is good and you can find a hi-res version).
I often find that there are quite large differences in their resolution (sharpness -sic) tests of the same lens. Can this be explaiined solely by sample variation, or is it down to the testing methods they use? Also, the measurements they come back with vary, from line pairs per picture height (DPR) to 'blur units' (SLR Gear).
I would therefore like to pose the following question to members of this forum: which site do you prefer and why?
P.S. I forgot CR itself! Whilst I think the 70-200 IS II review was good, it would be nice to have some more... Please?!!
http://www.photozone.de/
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/
http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/index.php
http://www.lenstip.com/
http://www.photodo.com/
http://www.bythom.com/index.htm - is of potential use for third party lenses
and of course
http://www.pixel-peeper.com/ to do your own comparisons (assuming the photographer's technique is good and you can find a hi-res version).
I often find that there are quite large differences in their resolution (sharpness -sic) tests of the same lens. Can this be explaiined solely by sample variation, or is it down to the testing methods they use? Also, the measurements they come back with vary, from line pairs per picture height (DPR) to 'blur units' (SLR Gear).
I would therefore like to pose the following question to members of this forum: which site do you prefer and why?
P.S. I forgot CR itself! Whilst I think the 70-200 IS II review was good, it would be nice to have some more... Please?!!