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RF 70-200 f/2.8 vs 4.0 decisions decisions!

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Ephemeris
Ephemeris Senior Member • Posts: 1,186
Re: RF 70-200 f/2.8 vs 4.0 decisions decisions!

Alastair Norcross wrote:

KevinRA wrote:

Suggest mint condition used from dealer with warranty - EF 70-200 2.8 IS II.

Brilliant optically and takes extenders too and length unchanged on zooming.

Big cost saving and only significant penalty is takes up more space in bag.

And weighs quite a lot more.

And you could buy lots of fun stuff with saving.

f/4 versions are a bit boring IMHO - other than pixel peeping not much advantage over the far more versatile 24-240 superzoom.

I had the EF 70-200 F2.8 IS II for years, and got great use out of it. I recently sold it and got the RF 70-200 F2.8. Optically, they are very close, with the RF being maybe just a bit better (but both are excellent). I love the size and weight savings of the RF version, though. If the OP is considering the RF F4 version over the RF F2.8 version, partly on weight and size considerations, the EF version is going in the wrong direction. The difference in weight between the RF F2.8 and EF F2.8 is bigger than between the two RF versions. And the difference in size between the RF and EF versions, especially when you factor in the adapter (which also adds weight) is quite a lot. The EF version, with adapter, is over 50% longer than the RF version.

Hi Alistair. We use a TC on ours which means swapping to RF is difficult.

However as we have two systems I was thinking the RF may have a closer minimum focus than the EF?

Warm regards.

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