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Roberto_T · 12-11-2025

Hello! I'm new to the forums, but a long time Canon user of 22 years.I have an older Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. It is the original version before image stabilization came around. I liked this lens on my DSLR for landscape work and other things. B...

Roberto_T · 12-15-2025

Thank you signifdigts. I'm not satisfied with the raw files before and after editing once I zoom out past 120mm. The images are softer than they should be. Yes I have used DPP4 and Lightroom and Photoshop's Camera Raw. I did a lot of trial and error ...

Roberto_T · 12-15-2025

Thank you justadude. So if both of the EF and RF lenses were just as sharp as each other, did they both lose some sharpness once you zoomed in halfway and further? Or was the RF sharper at 200mm? That is what I am hoping to find out.Most of your text...

Roberto_T · 12-15-2025

Thank you ebiggs1. Yes I do shoot raw, not jpeg, and yes I check the lens correction box and often add a light touch of sharpening. I am pretty well versed in editing. I do not have problems with sharp images on my prints for customers with other len...

Roberto_T · 12-13-2025

Thank you ebiggs1. I hope you don't mind but I will reply to both of your replies here.I think my whole concern is summed up in just one sentence that you said. "Is it a real world difference or just pixel peeping". The website that John Hoffman was ...

Roberto_T · 12-13-2025

Thank you John. I went to the website and found it very helpful.Thank you.

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