Best Zoom with 14/20-70/85mm + Wide F1.4/2.8 + Great Resolution + Fast AF

[kelvinlhm]

Hi pple!
Just wanna do a list of the best zoom lenses that has good resolution, fast AF, Wide F1.4/2.8 and in the range of 14/20-70/85mm including all third party lenses. And I believe any debate on this issue would benefit all CSers in general.

The benchmark will be Sigma's 17-70 F2.8-4.5 DC macro. Thx bro

[blazer_workz]

Originally Posted by kelvinlhm Hi pple! Just wanna do a list of the best zoom lenses that has good resolution, fast AF, Wide F1.4/2.8 and in the range of 14/20-70/85mm including all third party lenses. And I believe any debate on this issue would benefit all CSers in general. The benchmark will be Sigma's 17-70 F2.8-4.5 DC macro. Thx bro

resolution comes from the camera body not the lens..

[kelccm]

Since this is the Canon thread....
24-70mm f/2.8L
16-35mm f/2.8L
These 2 will satisfy all your criteria.

And there is no zoom lens that has aperture wider than f/2.8, unless you want to consider prime lenses.

[spartacus.ret]

most of the f/2.8 standard zooms from canon, sigma, tamron and tokina will give good sharpness. yet, as one of your other criteria is fast af, most are probably fast enough in good light, but in low light its another story. and lastly, there is also an issue of af accuracy and consistency.


frankly la, there are not many lenses that are from 14/20-70/85mm. there is only the sigma 17-70mm. the others are all 24/28-70/75/80mms or 16/17/18-50mms.

nontheless, the lenses that suit your criteria could be:
canon 24-70L
canon 28-70L
tamron 28-75SP
sigma 24-70EX
sigma 28-70EX
canon 17-55IS
tamron 17-50SP
sigma 18-50EX Macro

[USM]

Canon

EF 16-35mm f2.8L USM
EF 16-35mm f2.8L USM II
EF 17-35mm f2.8L USM
EF-S 17-55mm f2.8 IS USM
EF 28-80mm f2.8-4L
EF 28-70mm f2.8L USM
EF 24-70mm f2.8L USM

Sigma

17-35mm f2.8-4 EX DG HSM
20-40mm f2.8 EX DG
24-60mm f2.8 EX DG
24-70mm f2.8 EX DG
28-70mm f2.8 EX DG
28-70mm f2.8-4 DG
17-70mm f2.8-4.5 DC
18-50mm f2.8 EX DC

Tokina

16-50mm f2.8
28-70mm f2.6-2.8

Tamron

AF 17-35mm f2.8-4 Di LD
AF 17-50mm f2.8 XR Di II
AF 28-75mm f2.8 XR Di LD

[kelvinlhm]

Hey fellow bros n sis, Thx for your sharing...do keep your ideas flowing.

The reasons why I am including the third party lenses are:

1. Let be as creative as our creation and not put any limit.
2. Many of the third party have interesting lenses too.

thx

[kelvinlhm]

Originally Posted by blazer_workz resolution comes from the camera body not the lens..

Thx for the feedback. To be more specific, the resolution is about the sharpness that a lens can offer in a given sample for most DSLR.

Anymore constructive feedback to make this a better discussion?

Probably will do a summary every Monday for this thread.

[kelvinlhm]

Originally Posted by kelccm Since this is the Canon thread.... 24-70mm f/2.8L 16-35mm f/2.8L These 2 will satisfy all your criteria. And there is no zoom lens that has aperture wider than f/2.8, unless you want to consider prime lenses.

Thx Kelccm for pointing out the lack of zoom lens being wider than f/2.8 at the current moment. Well lets just hope that tomorrow's technology will catch up. Who knows someone might just wanna be the first in the pack to innovate from this thread...then we all would be benefited as well.

So Kelccm, any major limitation for 24-70mm f/2.8L.

[kelvinlhm]

Originally Posted by spartacus.ret most of the f/2.8 standard zooms from canon, sigma, tamron and tokina will give good sharpness. yet, as one of your other criteria is fast af, most are probably fast enough in good light, but in low light its another story. and lastly, there is also an issue of af accuracy and consistency. frankly la, there are not many lenses that are from 14/20-70/85mm. there is only the sigma 17-70mm. the others are all 24/28-70/75/80mms or 16/17/18-50mms. nontheless, the lenses that suit your criteria could be: canon 24-70L canon 28-70L tamron 28-75SP sigma 24-70EX sigma 28-70EX canon 17-55IS tamron 17-50SP sigma 18-50EX Macro

Thx Spartacus for your generous sharing, those lenses seem interesting enough for further probing. Anyone has the privilege of using any of those lenses. Mind commenting on them with regards to the headline criteria?

Let see which lens or photographer is more convincing...

[kelvinlhm]

Thx SM USM for your elaborated suggestion.

Can I suggest that we narrow down the lenses to those below since realizing that most of the CSers are using APS-C sensor instead of Full Sensor? Another reason is due to lack of resources to comment on the Full Sensor corresponding lenses, but hope that future threads would look into that.

Canon
EF 24-70mm f2.8L USM

Sigma
24-70mm f2.8 EX DG
17-70mm f2.8-4.5 DC
17-70mm f2.8-4.5 DC macro

Hmmm wonder why the lens giants are not targeting this range cos there are only a few options here...especially with the 1.6x sensor factor translating a say 14-85 into an interesting 22.4-136mm.

Any comment on the above lenses?