![]() None of these lenses are cheap but the older (2008) Tamron SP AF 70-200mm f/2.8 Di LD IF Macro is worthy of consideration if budget is tight, provided that it can still be found on dealers’ shelves. Canon’s highly regarded EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM also performed well (coming joint fifth) but lost out to the older (1995) non IS f/2.8 version and the new Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM. Surprisingly, the third-party Tamron lens comes in ahead of the recently upgraded Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USMĬanon’s top-pro EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM was upgraded to include fluorite glass usually a good indicator of image quality in Canon lenses but while it achieved a DxOMark Score of 27, it was beaten by an outsider – the Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD with an overall score of 28. The three top-rated telephoto zooms for the Canon EOS 5D Mk III. Our new lab in Seattle will also allow us to test lenses over 300mm in focal length. Important / benchmark lenses, such as the Canon EF 70-200mm f4 USM non IS version, and EF 135mm f/2.0L USM and new Carl Zeiss APO Sonnar T* 2/135 ZE that we’ve not yet to test, will be added over the coming months. We’re always adding lenses to our database. We’ve tested the Canon EOS 5D Mk III with nine different 70-200mm models, six primes ranging from 150mm to 300mm, four super-zooms (including some “kit” options) and a further seven telephoto zooms. Our data shows that this is not an uncommon scenario – there are a large number of lenses that the Canon performs optimally with. ![]() When paired with the right lens it can achieve similar levels of sharpness as the overall leader in the DxOMark rankings, the 36Mpix Nikon D800. If the lens isn’t a particularly good performer then the extra you’ve paid for a camera with a higher pixel count may be squandered.įrom our tests, the full- frame 24x36mm sensor in the EOS 5D Mk III is very efficient, with a greater resolving power than any previous camera from the firm. ![]() As we’ve already shown, the sensor in the Canon EOS 5D Mk III may not have the highest pixel count of the current crop of DSLRs, but fine detail resolution in images is a balancing act between sensor and lens. ![]()
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