NorCalAl
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I bought this the day it was released, for full price, at a local camera shop. Mounted on either my 30D or 40D, this lens is deadly sharp - even wide-open. Incredibly fast focus and superb IS make it one of the best tele-zooms I ever used. Not to mention lightweight, so you don't mind bringing it along. Internal focus means it stays the same length while zooming or focusing. Metal body. Lengendary L lens quality and build.
Sure, the 'holy grail' of the Canon 70-200 lineup is the 2.8IS II, but aside from the one stop, what do you get for nearly twice the price? If you need - not want - need, 2.8 then that is the only game in town. Most confuse want with need. I did. Ended up with a massive, heavy lens that I left home more often than I took it along. What good is a lens you don't shoot with?
The f4IS 70-200 should be listed among the finest zoom lenses ever produced.
Sure, the 'holy grail' of the Canon 70-200 lineup is the 2.8IS II, but aside from the one stop, what do you get for nearly twice the price? If you need - not want - need, 2.8 then that is the only game in town. Most confuse want with need. I did. Ended up with a massive, heavy lens that I left home more often than I took it along. What good is a lens you don't shoot with?
The f4IS 70-200 should be listed among the finest zoom lenses ever produced.