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The Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II USM is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2010 to 2018 (discontinued). The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it has image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 2475 €;
294 users have given it an average vote of 9.9 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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Pros: excellent image quality even wide open, very accurate and fast AF, build like a tank, very effective image stabilizer
Cons: large, heavy, expensive
Opinion: Despite its high price the upgrade form the non-IS version or version I of the IS-model is worth the money.
The image quality is great, tack sharp and with high contrast throughout the zoom range, even wide open.
AF ist blazingly fast and accurate. The new lens hood design (with release knob and structured finish) is very appealing.
The IS is somewhat noisy (especially when it starts working) but works excellent.
The construction is outstanding: full metal body, no extending tubes, weather sealed (the non-IS has no weather sealing).
Also very usefull is the reduced minimum working distance of only 120cm.
Weight and price are high, but there is no other 70-200 zoom that can keep up with this excellent lens.
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Pros:A true horse of breed, speed and precision, sharpness, colors, stabilization, construction born to last, blurred by poetry, the best choice for a professional even today.
Cons:The weight is felt but you know it from the beginning, second-hand price considering the years it now has.
Opinion:Recently purchased to replace its little brother F2.8 not stabilized, the difference is truly remarkable, the smooth version was already pure poetry, between colors, fairytale blur and sharpness even in TA, but this is really a top-of-the-range product since 2010, historic for many photographers and still a sacred monster in 2024, professional on all aspects, the feeling it creates with its reliability and safety is indescribable, from portrait to reportage, to sport it really manages to give its best, very sharp already at TA, engraved colors, saturated, well blended and progressed with light, all combined with a monstrous speed in autofocus, With an exceptional "click" at the start, the stabilization acts targeted and permissive even at unthinkable times. One and only sore point, even today the price in used goes from 1100 if you are lucky to 1350 euros in like new condition, which I think is a bit excessive given the age, but given the performance still today and the "caliber" of this lens, I can say that despite everything I am fully satisfied. Needless to say, I recommend it to anyone who is looking for the lens to buy once and never upgrade again. A true sacred monster.
Pros:Sharpness, micro-contrast, stabilizer, AF, tropicalization, internal zoom, AF limiter, paraliue with "Clik"
Cons:Ridiculous kickstand bracket
Opinion:Several months ago I gave away the first IS version, also f2.8, to get this second version. The difference between the two is noticeable, of course, the file is more defined, better contrasted, you perceive it immediately, and already the previous version was in itself an excellent optics. The stabilizer works significantly better even if, personally, shooting sports photography always has a very short time. FINALLY Canon has equipped this lens devoted to the dynamic scene with a lens hood that engages with a nice "click" and that can be removed by physically pressing a button, the previous version did not have it and, after a few years of wear, you found yourself with the lens hood rolling in the middle of the football field. I found myself shooting in the rain, the previous version had no problems and neither does this version two. The limiter is very useful in dynamic scenes from the sidelines, I use it almost all the time and it makes the AF from "lightning" to "instantaneous". The only negative note I have to this lens is not the weight, it is not the cost, but it is the bracket for attaching it to the tripod. Ridiculous, if by chance you have to make a small move I can't use it as a "handle" since there are almost no fingers between the bracket and the body of the lens and, in any case, it is so short that it fits a finger and a half.. What can I say, a few more centimeters were enough. BUT that said, it's a great lens that I would re-buy 100 more times. Last note: excellent use with 2X (third series)
Opinion:A lens that if you can carry around, does not make you regret fatigue. I used it extensively for sports photography, it allowed me to easily hook subjects at 100kmh at full aperture and churn out sharp photos with a beautiful blur. Always used on mirrorless, unfortunately it was heavily unbalanced by the adapter and here comes its only cons: weight. As much as I loved it in portraiture, I did without it because of the weight and bulk. Lens that I still loved with a fast and precise af, very sharp at all focal lengths and with a fantastic bokeh.
Pros:Exceptional colors, Sharpness, Stabilizer, AF, Tropicalized, bokeh.
Cons:The sacrifice of weight
Opinion:It is an exceptional lens for sharpness, at all apertures and focal lengths, of excellent build quality, with excellent stabilization that effectively helps in shooting and a very fast Autofocus. Its only fault is the weight it affects during transport and use. Weight to which we need to get used to and train the muscles, but the results obtained from him, amply repay the effort. You can easily work with it freehand, thanks to the excellent stabilization, but a monopod is always better to have it with you. The cost? I took it used on rce at a great price just over 1000 euros. It is one of those optics that must be part of your photographic kit, suitable for every photographic genre, from landscape and portraitist to sport and birdlife. It has the advantage, unlike the RF counterpart that increases the focal range does not increase in size, the movement of the lenses is all internal. The zoom dial is nice and precise. It is a lens suitable for use even for videomakers where obviously freehand use is not recommended and you have to rely either on a stabilizer (for example the Dji Ronin RS3 holds it well) or on the tripod. The hood can be mounted upside down on itself so as not to have the bulk in the backpack. It's a Top lens and deserves my 10
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