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The Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 1995 to 2022 (discontinued). The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 1495 €;
101 users have given it an average vote of 9.7 out of 10.
MOUNT
This lens is available with the following mounts:
Canon EF: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Canon EF.
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Cons:weight, but after all we are still talking about an f/2.8
Opinion:A simply iconic lens. And if it is true as it is true that equipment does not make the photographer, going to sports halls or concert arenas with the "short-toed toe" attached to the camera made me feel like a real "pro". Taken used, at a check of the serial number my specimen turned out to have been built in 1995. Yet despite his seniority (and who knows what adventures he has lived with the previous owner(s), and despite a fall and a "tribute" ball from a professional volleyball player, he continues to do his job very well and remains my favorite workhorse. As long as it holds its own, I don't feel the need to replace it even with version II. Excellent for sports, just as much for concerts, spectacular for portraits. What do you want to say to the legendary "short-toed eagle" of the Canon house? Maybe that it weighs so much? It's an f/2.8, and it's designed to go into battle, if necessary it can be used as a truncheon or to drive nails (don't try this at home!). Used in combination with the 1DX or 5D Mark III it balances quite well, but whatever camera you use with it the result is always guaranteed.
Pros:Sharpness, colors, solidity. Simply put, a must!
Cons:I would say nothing at all... Maybe don't have it!
Opinion:I think there is no need to add too many words for a perspective that is now the history of the Canon brand and about which everything and more has already been said. I assume the best 70-200 ever and certainly the longest-lived, since it went out of production just a year ago. It is certainly no coincidence that the Japanese company has been producing it for about 30 years, practically at the same time as the evolved and stabilized versions. It has to be tested in the field and only then do you realize the quality, reliability and versatility of the optics. Very sharp, very fast AF and spectacular color rendering, I have used it with great satisfaction in the field of sports and reportage photos and I think it should not be missing in the kit of the Pro or the advanced amateur photographer, especially since it is often found at attractive prices in the second-hand market. I preferred the "smooth" version to the stabilized one (which seems to be slightly superior in terms of sharpness) as it does not have any particular needs and is still an extra electronic component, which over time may need assistance. Anyone who says it's heavy better turn to the ML, considering that this is a nice metal barrel, compact and indestructible. I'm fine with it and it's very balanced even for handheld use, at most with a nice monopod for long sessions. The new evolutions have obviously considerably improved the already high standard, but for what is my photography, it fully satisfies me.
Opinion:It is undoubtedly the telephoto lens par excellence! It seems, and probably is, indestructible. It has a really high quality, even today, in 2022 it meets all my needs. In the portrait it is something unique. Of course, it weighs more than a kilo, but having always used it with equally heavy cameras and with respective battery grip, in the end, it is almost comfortable. Anyway, it is so pleasant and satisfying the result that the defects take a back seat. It's just a shame that it's not tropicalized, unlike its Fujifilm counterpart (50-140 f/2.8). Really recommended!
Pros:brightness, sharpness, sublime blur, color rendering.
Cons:none in my opinion
Opinion:I have owned it for several years, what to say, excellent lens that still today in 2021 can have its say. It lacks the stabilized, but it is an optics that when you use the Ami, excellent color rendering, excellent sharpness, sublime blur. It is understandable why the canon after so many years still keeps it in production. I highly recommend it. Excellent lens to have in your photographic kit and jealously guard.
Pros:Price quality, still in production (availability of any spare parts), soft blurry, fast AF, quite defined at TA.
Cons:Sharpness not suitable for very dense sensors. Lack of tropicalization.
Opinion:Purchased used to match the 77D and later 5Dsr and 7Dmkii. On the last two camera bodies it is pleasantly soft at TA, but without an appreciable loss of detail (the two bodies even if of different format have similar density), on the 77D the loss of definition of recovers by closing even by half a stop. If you have camera bodies with more than 20 megapixels and you want definition you have to take into account the IS ii and IS iii versions. Excellent construction, well balanced on heavy bodies, unbalanced forward on 77D and the like. The AF, helping the brightness, is really good and precise. Fantastic also paired with the 1.4X second version. It does not have major differences in optical quality between the various focal lengths, it suffers a little from the backlight, but it does not create flares and in some cases of portrait the effect is even pleasant. I use it for sports combined with the 7dmkii and for portrait combined with the 5Dsr. I do not hide that to be able to take the ISiii that I tried and as a definition on dense sensors is really superior. I exclude is I and II as it is discontinued. Of note it should be considered that all the slow movements of both AF and Zoom are internal and there are no excursions even towards the camera body; this even if the optics are not tropicalized greatly reduces the absorption of dust inside the optics and mirror / sensor of the camera body.
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