Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Digital camera Review: A super zoom lens
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been very pleased with this lens. I am using it to take pictures of my son's football games. Other parents have been amazed at the clarity and closeness I can achieve using this lens. At f/4.0 I have had some difficulty taking night action shots. However,considering the price I paid for this "L" series lens, it has definitely been a great purchase.Digital camera Review: A zoom for those who don't like zooms.
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't like zooms. Sure, they are covenient. And you don't need to carry alot of lenses with you. But I never liked the excessive distortions, poor sharpness, muddy contrast, and limp colors that tend to go along with the package. Yes, you can use post-processing to deal with some of this to some extent. But let's face it. Post-processing will NEVER beat an image that is great to begin with. And that brings me to this lens. Simply put, it is not like any other zoom lens I have ever owned. I can honestly say that this one is equal to some of Canon's better, consumer-grade primes (although slower). And for a zoom lens, this is somewhat of an accomplishment. Then again, this IS my first L-series lens. So maybe this is what I have been missing. Regardless, I would take this les over ANY Canon consumer zoom. Alot, for instance, has been said about this lens vs the 75-300mm. But this is how I look at it. Image stabilization is a high cost option on ANY Canon lens. Do you REALLY think that the optics on an image stablized lens that is the same price (and with a wider zoom range) as a non-image stabilized lens is going to be as good as the non-image stabilized lens? I don't think so! The fact of the matter is that there is simply no other Canon lens out there that provides this kind of combination of quality, versatility, and price. This lens is a must-have.Digital camera Review: AWESOME!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've owned my DSLR for four years and have had mediocre lenses. I never could justify the cost of buying good lenses. I recently bought this lens for $670 in a local camera store and it's AMAZING. The clarity of objects far away at 200mm is awesome. It's truly everything Canon says it is.
If you're trying to decide...just do it. Just do it.
By the way, it's not a f/2.8, but it's still really good in low light.
LOVE. IT.
Digital camera Review: Absolutely best telephoto Lens for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
The Canon 70-200mm /F4 lens is probably the finest zoom lens money can buy, yet it has a bargain price (relatively speaking). Sharpness, contrast, speed of focus, low chromatic aberration, superb mechanical construction and light weight (compared to the F/2.8 versions) make it a superb choice for a must have Canon lens for serious photographers. I along with others, find this to be nearly as good as many prime lenses (fixed focal length or non-zoom) which is pretty amazing. It works great with APS-C sensor cameras (such as Rebels, 20D, 30D, 40D, 50D etc.) as well as full frame Canons (5D, 5D Mark II, etc). Sample to sample quality also appears to be very, very good -so you are less likely to get a lemon than with some other models.
As some other people have pointed out with sensors smaller than "full 35mm" you have a crop factor. With an APS-C sensor crop factor of x1.6, you are not bringing the "subject" closer -there is no magnification (such as in 10x binocular), you are simply framing the "subject" tighter because the image is cropped. The image circle made by the lens is too large for the smaller sensors and edges fall outside the sensor area, whereas with a full frame 35mm sensor it does not.
An excellent place to look at lens reviews written by more experienced photographers is fredmiranda dot com. The average rating for this lens on that forum is extremely high.
If you can afford it, the IS (optically stabilized) version of this lens has some advantages, but it comes at a considerably higher price.
In summary, having used this lens (for fashion and portrait work)-as well as many other lenses, with 4 different Canon cameras, I recommend it wholeheartedly.
Digital camera Review: Absolutely gorgeous
Summary: 5 Stars
The optics on this lens are out of this world. The daytime photos I've taken with it have been excellent. The colors, sharpness, and contrast with this lens make it worth every penny. When shooting with it, I rarely have to do any post processing because the photos come out gorgeous almost every time.