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Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS II USM : Specifications and Opinions

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 list price was 2980 €;

299 users have given it an average vote of 9.9 out of 10.

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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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Specifications
Focal lenght	70-200 mm
Angle of view	34.4 - 12.4°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	2.8
Aperture blades	8
Lenses/Groups	23 elements in 19 groups
Min. focus distance	1.20 metri
Reproduction ratio	0.21x
Features
Zoom type	Ring, interal
Autofocus	Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM)
Internal Focus	Yes
Stabilization	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	Yes
Extenders	Yes
Filters	77
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	Yes
Weight	1490 g
Dimensions	89 x 199 mm
Production	2010 to 2018 (discontinued)
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Rednaxela

sent on 8 Agosto 2015

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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Furda

sent on 31 Agosto 2026

Pros: Sharpness, Colors, Blur, Handling

Cons: Weight

Opinion: Magic lens !! The only flaw is the weight... I already knew it but it also depends on how much and how you use it, I bravely hold it in my hand even a whole day, mounted on a pro body and certainly even a monopod every now and then would help :) Fast autofocus, above average, as long as you use it with a suitable body. If you don't need to shoot at less than 2.8 it really covers the quality of the fixed in the 80-180 range and is worth the money!

Matteo Chiappafreddo

sent on 22 Luglio 2026

Pros: Sharpness, Color returned on photos, tropicalization, resistance to impacts, general reliability.

Cons: But look at what a surprise... the weight! General dimensions, cost even for used cars, cost of spare parts.

Opinion: After 4 years of use I couldn't wait to review it. Where do I start from? I can also close the speech with a few words: he is a monster. end. Everyone at home. His majesty the short-toed eagle is a stone both in impact resistance and in weight. Sublime sharpness, a razor at the right point, sharper than the first version, less sharp than the RF. "Perfectly balanced as everything should be." Color returned with a classic "canon red" tip at the right point. A lens with a soul all its own, always ready to go with you anywhere. Worn about thirty times now in pouring rain, both on vacation and for work. Never had a sign of giving up. Original lens hood as expensive as a kidney, if you have to change the barrel you have to take off and sell 30cm of intestine. Considering the years it has, it makes no sense to tell him, but the stabilization is (rightly) old by today's standards. Sooner or later I'll change it to the RF f/4, but just the idea takes away a piece of my heart. Objectively the best lens I have ever had in my hands.

Alessandro_Gennari

sent on 27 Febbraio 2025

Pros: Sharpness, speed and precision autofocus, construction, constant 2.8 maximum aperture

Cons: Not detected

Opinion: Although I am tremendously fond of version I, moving on to version II you enter a completely different planet. The blur is not as poetic as in the first version, indeed I would say it is quite "brutal" as required by today's times, but perhaps I just have to take a look at it since the II has recently entered my kit. The sharpness is incredible already from full aperture (closing slightly makes the x-rays!), the autofocus is crazy for speed and precision and those like me who do sports sincerely thank you. I don't pronounce on the stabilizer, for my type of photography it is not needed and I keep it off. The weight is useless to put among the cons, after all we are talking about a battle optic, with a very solid construction (as I recently tested in spite of myself with a ruinous fall that resolved without any damage) and of the highest quality. The constant aperture at 2.8 over the entire focal arc is the extra weapon in difficult lighting situations such as sports halls or gyms. Note of merit also for the attachment of the lens hood, which on the old version was less reliable. Even now that I have switched to mirrorless, it remains in my used kit with adapter: in combination with R6 it is my flagship weapon at work. It is well worth the sum invested (and see how much it is still quoted in the second-hand market despite the release of the RF version the long day on the quality of this monster), especially in case of professional use.

Giuseppe Patruno

sent on 25 Giugno 2024

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.

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