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An Excellent Lens

Started Nov 20, 2020 | User reviews
Varik Valefor
Varik Valefor New Member • Posts: 1
An Excellent Lens
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This lens is stupidly fast and sharp, as well as being rather ergonomic.  The lens overall functions as intended.

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Canon ELPH 300 HS Canon EOS 300D Canon EOS 7D Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III +2 more
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM
Telephoto prime lens • Canon EF • 2529A004
Varik Valefor's score
5.0
Average community score
4.6
gnet158 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,235
Re: An Excellent Lens

Please post sample shots wide open.  I enjoy the compression on the long end of my Tamron 70-200mm f2.8.

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trulandphoto Senior Member • Posts: 1,019
Re: An Excellent Lens

Varik Valefor wrote:

This lens is stupidly fast and sharp, as well as being rather ergonomic. The lens overall functions as intended.

It makes a great, inexpensive, night time field sports lens with a 7DII.

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BlueRay2 Forum Pro • Posts: 14,816
Re: An Excellent Lens
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if you post a sample photo, that'll help your credibility along very nicely--as it is, we have to believe your words

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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence!

tcphoto1
tcphoto1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,408
Re: An Excellent Lens
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I have owned a couple of these lenses and enjoyed them, I broke down and bought a 70-200/2.8LII. The price, weight and performance of the 200/2.8LII make it a bargain.

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Graham Meale
Graham Meale Veteran Member • Posts: 3,864
Re: An Excellent Lens

Stupidly?

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tcphoto1
tcphoto1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,408
Re: An Excellent Lens

Graham Meale wrote:

Stupidly?

No, I simply used it very little and the zoom has come in handy in this age of social distancing.

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Graham Meale
Graham Meale Veteran Member • Posts: 3,864
Re: An Excellent Lens

tcphoto1 wrote:

Graham Meale wrote:

Stupidly?

No, I simply used it very little and the zoom has come in handy in this age of social distancing.

I was perplexed by the OP's use of this adverb.

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J A C S
J A C S Forum Pro • Posts: 20,544
Re: An Excellent Lens
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tcphoto1 wrote:

I have owned a couple of these lenses and enjoyed them, I broke down and bought a 70-200/2.8LII. The price, weight and performance of the 200/2.8LII make it a bargain.

Did you use a filter here? The background blur looks weird.

tcphoto1
tcphoto1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,408
Re: An Excellent Lens

No, I processed with Capture One and finished in PS.

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Chesapeake Imagery
Chesapeake Imagery Contributing Member • Posts: 605
Re: An Excellent Lens
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Graham Meale wrote:

tcphoto1 wrote:

Graham Meale wrote:

Stupidly?

No, I simply used it very little and the zoom has come in handy in this age of social distancing.

I was perplexed by the OP's use of this adverb.

OP may not be a native English speaker. I took "stupidly" in the context as equivalent to "crazy" or "wicked"

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Trevor Sowers
Trevor Sowers Senior Member • Posts: 1,605
Re: An Excellent Lens
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Varik Valefor wrote:

This lens is stupidly fast and sharp, as well as being rather ergonomic. The lens overall functions as intended.

Yes it is a great lens.  I have taken many of my favourite photos with this lens.  As I type this I'm scanning a 35mm Ektachrome slide that I took with this lens.

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tdbmd Senior Member • Posts: 1,547
Re: An Excellent Lens

I have rented this lens for use on a 7D2 for track & field meets.  Makes a nice combo with a EF 100-400L II on a full frame for sports.  Sort of a poor man's EF 300 f/2.8

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Scott Larson Veteran Member • Posts: 7,505
Re: An Excellent Lens

I use this lens when I know I'm going to be shooting at 200mm the whole time because the 70-200mm f2.8 II is the only lens I own that really gets heavy around my neck. I've used it interchangeably with the 135mm f2 in volleyball but it's a little too long for that. I also carry it on hikes just in case I need a telephoto lens.

I have a thing for 200mm f2.8 lenses since in high school that was the expensive miracle lens we shot football games with.

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WindwardHaole Senior Member • Posts: 1,550
Re: An Excellent Lens

From Lensrentals', "Just MTF Charts: Canon Prime Lenses", March 25, 2019.

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