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EF 70-200mm 1:4L USM with or without IS

Started May 16, 2013 | Questions thread
jitteringjr Veteran Member • Posts: 3,608
Re: EF 70-200mm 1:4L USM with or without IS
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grampaeddy wrote:

Too big (long) and heavy, get a smaller zoom with IS.

Says the guy posting mostly in the 4/3rds forum.  Don't ever pick up a 70-200/2.8, 100-400, or something that is actually big such as a 400/2.8 then.  You may pull a muscle.

For street and fast critters (i.e. kids) the 70-200 is getting you too close (unless your recording nose hairs).

Its ok to cut the umbillical cord sometime before the kids get to be "fast critters" so you can get far enough away put a 70-200 to good use.

Plus a little wider end on the zoom can catch some of center detail you may want to crop down to later.

The only telephoto zoom lens wider than 70mm on crop is the 55-250.  Although its a great lens for the money, the 70-200's (all of them) are a jump in quality. Are you suggesting the 55-250 or worse yet, a superzoom such as a 18-200?

Back to the OP,  I find the f4 IS very nice to have IS in.

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