Possibly the most under-rated lenses of canon and nikon, the f2.8 200/180mm. Sharp, lightweight, cheap and compact lenses compared to the popular 70-200 zooms. The Canon is a lot more adaptable (I am using on a Sony) than both the Nikon and even the old Sony A-mount screw-drive/Minolta lenses. Been impressed with the sharpness (as good as the nikon). Size and weight is very close too, canon a fraction shorter and a fraction heavier. I wish canon did aperture rings (one of the reasons I ended up with Nikon before the sony) Full time manual focus override is good. Focusing is quite quiet (but I would much rather have the Nikon bombproof screwdrive). Focus feels better than nikon. Hood too large for my application so I got a rubber screw in B&W one. Wish it was 180 rather than 200mm although I am sure it sits between the nikon and minolta 200mm in focal length Read full review
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Beautiful lens, fantastic clarity and wonderful bokeh. I thought the 70-200mm f2.8 was a brilliant lens but this may even be slightly better!
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My go to lens now. Perfect for my needs
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I've recently purchased a 6 month old version 1 of this lens for £1200. NOTE: The manufacturer's 12 month warrantee is only valid with the original receipt of purchase, so any second hand lens without this will not be covered by Canon. Being one of Canon's professional L Series lenses you would expect the 70-200 f2.8 to be on the button - and you would be right. Solidly built and beautifully finished this lens is a joy to use. I was sceptical about how effective the Image Stabilising(IS) system would be, but i can honestly say that it's phenomenal, indoors, handheld and even at 200mm you can shoot at 1/40sec and the results are excellent. I have other shorter IS lenses and the benefit is, perhaps, not so obvious. I was tempted to buy the non IS version which is optically the same if not better, but I'm glad i held out for the IS version, which has now been replaced by the IS II version, giving better results. Focusing is very quick and you can make it even quicker by selecting 2.4m min focusing distance, this starts at 2.4 not 1.2 which is the other setting, why they didn’t make it 10m to for really long distant work i don't know? There are 2 IS modes for subjects which move in either 2 planes (up & down) or for panning - cant say I’ve noticed much difference as yet but it is early days. Dislikes - hmmmm... none so far, it is heavy but you can't have lots of glass without the weight. If you're in the market for a top quality, short telephoto zoom lens around the £1200 mark then this is a must...the quality is outstanding. If you have 1800 quid burning a hole in your pocket then buy the Version 2.Read full review
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