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Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM : Specifications and Opinions

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM

The Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS USM is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2006 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 1140 €;

279 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.

Specifications
Focal lenght	70-200 mm
Angle of view	34.4 - 12.4°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/4
Aperture blades	8
Lenses/Groups	20 elements in 15 groups
Min. focus distance	1.20 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.21x
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	67 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	Yes
Weight	760 g
Dimensions	76 x 172 mm
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Reviews

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Stefano Marangon

sent on May 03, 2022

Pros: Construction,Robustness,F4 constant, sharpness,weight

Cons: Nothing if you are an amateur like me

Opinion: It is useless to talk about the construction as I am not competent enough to make technical judgments. It is an L series, tropicalized, constant F4 aperture, stabilized. This would be enough but then the colors it returns and the excellent sharpness already at full aperture. I use it on a 6d old and I managed to take several photos of basketball in arenas and on an eos m50 where it is a bit unbalanced for weight reasons but the results are the same. I think it's the perfect telephoto lens when you consider the size.

user218602

sent on May 10, 2021

Pros: L series; Ergonomics; Sealed; Stabilized; Solid; Well built; bright.

Cons: It is addictive; If he had been black, it would have been nicer.

Opinion: I use it with the stabilizer off, but the stabilizer-free version isn't tropicalized, which is why I took this. F4 opening I think is right. I recently mounted a Canon 1.4X III multiplier to him, bringing it to 98-280 f5.6, but I don't notice the difference, in the sense that I don't find it dark. It's not super bright, but very bright metrics don't use them because my favorite openings oscillate between f5.6 and f.16, so here we go.

Peppe Cancellieri

sent on April 24, 2021

Pros: See paolomcmlx's great review below

Cons: Basically none

Opinion: on these focal points I tried a little bit of everything, the first love was (and in some ways still is) the hawthorn, that is, the 70-200/2.8 L IS II but the weight and the objective difficulty in bringing it everywhere became, over time, good reasons to change it but it was not easy. In fact, it took two optics instead of one and precisely a 135L and this 70-200/4 (which I also preferred to the 70-300 L). It is not white, in fact its nickname "affective" is "white" and it is not only a question of the obvious difference between f/4 and f/2.8, the hawthorn is superior to him in everything but, although not bordering on the excellence of white I found it surprising in real use on the street, I feared much worse, the optical quality is definitely good, the lightness and transportability do the rest. I find this couple more comfortable than just the white one, and if you don't have to go to an auditorium or other situations with poor light, you can go out with this alone. There's only one thing I didn't understand about Canon at this stage: why he wanted to do a useless version II of this zoom is a mystery.

PaoloMcmlx

sent on April 24, 2021

Pros: Sharpness, excellent construction, tropicalization, circular diaphragm, weight and small size, excellent value for money.

Cons: Basically no one, at the limit a not perfect backlight hold, however inevitable in a zoom and in any case no worse than that of 135/2 L, and a minimum distortion but I repeat: these are flaws that can be charged to a fixed certainly not to a zoom.

Opinion: In my opinion, this is a somewhat extraordinary objective, since it maintains a truly exemplary clarity at all focal points, and is also quietly able not to disfigure in comparison with the best fixed focal optics; all enclosed in a robust and well-structured body without even being particularly bulky and heavy, and even the blurry, although not particularly soft, contains a remarkable texture and pleasantness.

Francesco Cutruzzula'

sent on March 16, 2021

Pros: Sharpness, stabilization, blurry, build quality, super tested and L-series

Cons: NO cons!

Opinion: I have had it for several years, and I can certainly say that it is an excellent goal. Very pleasant its blurry, lightning-fast focus, and its robust construction. For years on the market, it has been one of canon's best targets.It is not afraid of comparisons. Light as transportability and at the same time solid. I can certainly only highly recommend it!

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