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Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II - or - Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II

Started Jan 9, 2016 | Discussions thread
kevindar
kevindar Veteran Member • Posts: 4,625
Re: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II - or - Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II
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own the 70-200 f4L IS, 70-200 2.8L II, and the original 100-400L.

for the price of a 100-400L II, you can upgrade your 70-200 f4LIS to 2.8 IS II, and buy a 100-400L.  For indoor sports, the 2.8 II is the most useful zoom, and some might still not consider it bright enough.  I also like it much better for portraiture and family picture.

the 100-400L, both versions, do perfectly fine for outdoors sports, though the version II is without a doubt better at tracking.  It also has better IS, and over all sharper at most focal length.  Centeral sharpness is not much different at 400 and 5.6 compared to a good copy of the old lens, and corner sharpness is better.

If you want to shoot family and sport indoor, the 2.8 IS II is a big upgrade (if you can manage the size).  both 100-400s are 4.5 at 100mm.  they are just not great family/protrait lenses in my opinion.

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