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

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM

The Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2001 to 2010 (discontinued). The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it has image stabilization. The average price was 1750 €;

63 users have given it an average vote of 9.3 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.

Specifications
Focal lenght	70-200 mm
Angle of view	34.4 - 12.4°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/2.8
Aperture blades	8
Lenses/Groups	23 elements in 18 groups
Min. focus distance	1.40 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.17x
Features
Zoom type	Ring, interal
Stabilization	Yes (built in lens)
Focus	Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM)
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	Yes
Extenders	Yes
Filters	77 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	Yes
Weight	1570 g
Dimensions	86 x 197 mm
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Japko

sent on 06 Marzo 2026

Pros: Robust, OK filter diameter, TOP image quality

Cons: Weight, but I knew it a priori

Opinion: I got it used from a physical store in Italy. In very bad aesthetic condition at a very honest price. Well I must say that if you are lucky like me that the lens has been passed on the bench and calibrated as it should be, it is very sharp. (others assert the opposite based on the MKII that I have never tried). My copy will certainly have 20 years on its back, but it wears it great. USED with the 5dmkiii and the 7D mki is pure enjoyment. I like the blur, it is not "raw" or forced. Obviously at maximum aperture the PDC is very small and here are the pros and cons. For me it is a beautiful lens. Fast AF and tracking. The only "negative" thing is the noise of the stabilizer that is annoying at times.

Gabbo.apr

sent on 05 Gennaio 2025

Pros: Robust construction, tropicalization, internal zoom, 77mm filters, image quality, lightning-fast and precise auto focus, good focal range

Cons: Weight compared to younger sisters (justified), price despite age (not senseless though)

Opinion: Top of the range Canon lens as far as the medium length of the telephoto is concerned. The 2.8 aperture makes the lens ideal for any situation, very bright and fast like few others. even at TA at the 2 extremes of the focal lengths the photos do not come with too many distortions (chromatic aberration little and easily correctable in post, good sharpness and little loss of detail even at 200mm). The weight (compared to the other 70-200 that Canon produced) is quite a lot, but all justified by the presence of stabilization and the "crazy" aperture of 2.8. This leads to having to have the ring for the tripod so as not to strip the thread of the camera, thus adding more weight (which I honestly don't find too disabling). The robustness, materials and attention to detail that have been used to build this lens can be perceived, the tropicalization is the confirmation. If combined with a good camera body with a nice AF, the lens is lightning fast and precise even today. Too bad, however, for the price, which despite the 24 years it carries on its back, the project is still quite expensive (bought used with some small aesthetic defects for more than 600 euros). If this and the weight are not scary, well, in that case you have in front of you a lens with few errors, indeed none as far as I'm concerned! Recommended and in hindsight I would buy it again, even at the cost of spending a little more, because every time I shoot I can count every single penny spent. Absurd for a lens of this age, aged really well!

Photogio90

sent on 21 Agosto 2024

Pros: Materials, image quality, internal zoom, handling. Still very good optics!

Cons: For me no cons

Opinion: I tried several 70 200 f2.8 also the RF series and I decided to buy the first stabilized series lens that has its years on its shoulders, so many told me that it was not the top that had gaps that the 2 series does not have etc etc ... The files are exceptional, faithful and bright colors, perfect sharpness, neither soft nor aggressive, very nice blur and an excellent three-dimensionality of the image! A perspective that can still be exploited to the great advantage today.

Andre-3-89

sent on 04 Gennaio 2023

Pros: Professional optics, not a toy slide, that says it all.

Cons: Hood clutch

Opinion: Optics that still knows how to return a lot of satisfaction, my copy is about 20 years old and still works very well (of course, things must be maintained with care and "love" if we want to carry them forward over time). At an optical level it has no problem solving the 20 Mpix of the 1DX2 with which I shoot but I'm sure that putting on a denser sensor would still have character to sell (obviously, we are not talking about a 100 L 2.8 Macro). The stabilizer is heard on video, but with an external directional microphone also attached above the camera, it is no longer heard. Stabilizer that allows you to use this lens outside of sports situations, for example you can take a portrait, or try a landscape a little more closed freehand. We are still talking about an old instrument, but professional, and it makes me laugh when I hear criticism from people who shoot with standard kit optics with outputs like "and but that lens you have is unusable" then inevitably you meet in the field and the difference you see, and how. As mentioned before, old but professional, consequently it brings with it characteristics that most do not even know how to evaluate because, in fact, they do not even know what we are talking about. That said, the great CON that I move is the lens hood graft, dancer because of the "screw" graft that wears over the years, problem solved with version 2.

Karl C

sent on 13 Novembre 2018

Pros: A lot

Cons: Little

Opinion: I don't understand the criticisms of this excellent lens. The smooth is not even remotely comparable, let alone in low light conditions. There are also those who prefer the version F/4 and the thing, weight apart, amazes me. The F/4 never achieves its result. Version II is higher for AF speed. On the central sharpness are practically identical, on the edges it maintains more the II but nothing dramatic. The colors are a bit warmer on the version I but more contraended on the II. Compare the images in post to believe. The real problem is that Canon does not provide assistance on products no longer in production for seven years. Which also does not concern only this optics and which is not from Canon.

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