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: Amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
I am stunned the quality and clarity (Sharpness of the pictures, I am pleased beyond words. WOW!! What a great lens, a MUST Have! Has taken my bird photo's to a new level. Using it on a Canon t1i.Digital camera Review: Amazing Lens!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am not a professional photographer, but I wanted high quality lenses to go with my Canon 10D (which I may upgrade soon). I researched for over a month before purchasing this lens, and I have not been disappointed. I only wanted to carry around two lenses, so I purchased this one, and the Canon-EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultrawide Zoom Lens. I have found this combination works very well for me. My uses include photographing landscapes, wildlife, sports events, and my family. The speed and quietness of the autofocus is outstanding, and the zoom doesn't compromise the quality of the prints. Even though the price is high, you really do get what you pay for in lenses.Digital camera Review: Amazing Pictures
Summary: 5 Stars
I take a lot of action shots from a distance, mostly siblings sprots events, i couldnt be more happy with the color i get form the pictures i think its amazing. I love the price too as an amature this lens doesn't break my budget.Digital camera Review: Amazing glass for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great lens, amazingly sharp. Only thing I would say is if I had the money the 2.8 IS version would be even better and certainly something I'll consider as an upgrade in the future.
Use a fast shutter speed or mono/tripod with this thing. Anything below 250/sec gets to be a problem at 200mm.
Digital camera Review: Amazing lens at a fair price
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this lens as my first DSLR lens about 4 or 5 months ago. I needed a high quality lens at a decent price that would have some versatility. I shoot for my college paper and my college's main sport is soccer. So I ended up getting it because mostly I'll be in decent lighting and could really use the 200mm. My big worry before buying this lens was whether or not the aperture would be fast enough. I've shot at 1600 ISO indoors with this thing and it does a decent job, I wouldn't recommend it for that but with some decent noise reduction in photoshop or similar software you can still get some keeper pictures. Again, I wouldn't recommend this for low light unless you've got a mounted flash such as the 430x speedlite. But I still was able to get some decent shots in a gym shooting things like volleyball luckily. For low light-basketball and such I'll probably purchase the 85mm 1.8 usm.
I've also now been able to compare this lens to the much more expensive 70-200 2.8L. The 2.8L is about twice the price of this lens and is about twice as heavy, but lets in a full stop more light. 2.8 STILL isn't enough for most indoor shots without flash, and the 70 end is pretty long for indoors as well.
As far as sharpness goes I didn't actually compare the shots from this to the 2.8 with the pictures side by side(as I uploaded the pictures to a school server and not my home computer). 2.8 gives better background blur, but because of the long focal length it's still easy to get the shallow depth at f/4.
Another much more expensive possibility for you is the IS version, IS will definitely help for sports, but I find with a monopod the lens is stabilized enough even indoors. I'd rather have the non-is 2.8 than the IS f/4.
If you can deal with less versatility, a slightly more expensive alternative could also be the 200 f/2.8L prime. Sports photos will mostly be at the 200 end and the extra stop will help quite a bit. But sometimes the action gets close and you'd be out of luck for all of those shots.
The USM AF motor gives silent and quick focusing, pretty much a necessity for action photography or wildlife where every millisecond is one which could have had the perfect shot.
My lens is tack sharp at f/4, but it does gain a bit of sharpness when stopped down to 5.6 specifically at the edges of the pictures.
The sharpness on this lens will impress, thrill, and maybe even hook you into saving up for more L lenses as well. .
They call that "L fever" and this lens might just give that to you.
I'd definitely recommend this lens for anyone who wants an extremely sharp, fairly long tele zoom at a very affordable price(for an L).