At ƒ/2.8, vignetting is well below 0.5EVs, and then by ƒ/4-5.6, vignetting levels off at around 0.25EVs. As is typically the case, stopping down some greatly reduces the appearance of vignetting. On a full-frame camera, at ƒ/1.4, the lens hits off the charts at just a hint over 1.25EVs of light falloff in the corners. Vignetting is probably the only "weak spot" for this wide-angle lens, but it wasn't an unexpected quality for such a wide, fast lens. There's a hint of green and magenta fringing on high-contrast edges, but it's very, very minor. On both full-frame and sub-frame cameras, the 35mm II lens averages very low CA, and when viewing our sample VFA chart images, we see very little CA even in the far corners at ƒ/1.4. Though we didn't measure a "zero" on our chromatic aberration testing, the lens, in fact, does very well at controlling CA. The lens is seriously great on a sub-frame camera! Images are tack-sharp across the frame both wide-open and stopped down. On a sub-frame camera, soft corners are practically a non-issue. We see only minor diffraction-related softness begin to set-in around ƒ/11 or so, but it's really only a noticeable issue between ƒ/16-ƒ/22. Stopping down only slightly will sharpen-up the corners, making images super-sharp across the entire frame. On full-frame, the Canon 35mm II shows only slight corner softness at ƒ/1.4, but the center is practically tack-sharp.
Given our expectations with Canon L-series lenses, we were hoping for a super-sharp lens, and the 35mm Mark II doesn't disappoint - seriously fantastic sharpness from this lens, and a drastic improvement in sharpness compared to the original model! Shipping with a bayonet-mount petal-shaped lens hood and Canon's classic gray suede-like soft pouch, the Canon 35mm ƒ/1.4L II retails for around $1,800.ĭespite its very bright ƒ/1.4 aperture, the Canon 35mm ƒ/1.4L II is impressively sharp wide-open, on both full-frame and APS-C cameras.
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