Soft 70-200 f/2.8L IS?

Candid Arts

So I've shot this lens before and it's amazingly sharp. However, I recently rented this lens from borrowlenses and took a few shots Saturday with it. I took probably 400 shots with it, almost none of them were sharp, at all. Specs were ISO 100, ranging from f/2.8-f/11, 1/200th-1/4000th... I had distance to subject ranging from 2'-1000'. From still, inanamite objects, to birds in flight.

The first lens I rented was from a local place, and I used my cheap sunpak UV filter on it and they were great. This copy has a UV filter of a different brand that I've never heard of. Don't know how much that has an effect. Anyone got any ideas? I wanted to post here before I contacted borrowlenses about the issue.

Thank you.

jeffreaux2

Try it without the UV filter. Focus issues broke me from using filters unless there is a specific need.....as in with a polorizer.

Candid Arts

jeffreaux2 wrote:

Try it without the UV filter. Focus issues broke me from using filters unless there is a specific need.....as in with a polorizer.

I was going to try that today and see what happened as well put one of my nicer uv filters on and see what that does. Thanks.

roentarre

Try turn off IS

It would be sharper.

Candid Arts

roentarre wrote:

Try turn off IS

It would be sharper.

I'll try that. But at that point...what's the point of IS? I know not to use IS when mounted on a tripod, but when handheld..., especially when you're at 200mm...You kind of have to almost, when you're at shutter speeds of say 1/100th - 1/250th (ish).