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Zoom lens suggestion

Started Jan 27, 2021 | Discussions thread
Stonedhouse
OP Stonedhouse Regular Member • Posts: 177
Re: Zoom lens suggestion

Iron Mike wrote:

The canon 70-200 f/4 L IS was the first L lens I purchased, way back in the day when I was still using a rebel camera. The build quality and image quality were great, the lens is nicely compact and not too heavy, and has been workhorse for me in the ~10 years I have owned it. I still use it regularly for everything from portraiture with strobes, to landscape (specially when backpacking/ backcountry camping).

The non-IS that you are considering is every bit as good as the one I have, except for the lack of stabilization. If you think you can get away without the IS (keep a high enough shutter speed at 200mm), you won't be disappointed in the quality of the lens.

Mike

Thanks Mike,

For some reason I was initially struggling to find a stabilised version but now I have it looks to be double the price of the non IS (£639 vs £1,300) - unless I'm missing something. Shame as I think he will need the stabilisation especially as the camera body doesn't, and he's fairly new to this and also hoping to shot in more challenging light. If the IS had only been a couple of hundred more then we might have pushed for that but thats a bit out of reach.

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