Canon EF 200 mm f/2.8L II USM
8. Vignetting
At the maximum relative aperture the vignetting amounts to just 14% (-0.45 EV) and it doesn’t create any serious problems. It disappears completely already by f/4.0 where it reaches a negligible value of 4%.
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The issue is more pronounced on full frame but even there you shouldn’t worry.
At the maximum relative aperture the brightness loss in the frame corners gets to 29% (-1.00 EV). The vignetting becomes practically invisible already by f/4.0 where it is just 10% (-0.30 EV).
According to our expectations the results, presented here, are noticeably better than those of the new 70-200 mm f/2.8L IS USM II at the maximum focal length. In its case the light fall-off in the frame corners amounted to as much as 39% so a value definitely higher than that of the fixed focal lens, tested here.
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