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Is the Canon 70-200 2.8L IS sharp wide open?

Started Apr 2, 2014 | Questions thread
AOKH
AOKH Senior Member • Posts: 2,675
Re: Is the Canon 70-200 2.8L IS sharp wide open?

DA photo wrote:

I have a 1997 2.8. I agree that it is quite adequate. I am still shooting swim meets at 1600-3200 ISO at 2.8 and 3.2 with it and getting highly usable pictures. It does great head shots as shown above.

That would be the non-IS version right? The first IS version was launched in 2001, I believe.

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Regards. Anders

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