Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
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Customer Review: This lens has the best function/cost ratio
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been using this lens with Canon D350 camera for 2 years. It's my favorite lens and is so dependable. The sharpness, color saturation generated this lens are superb, better than my Canon 24-105mm L.
I use this lens mainly for sports and wildlife pictures, and 90% of time, I use it with Canon 1.4 extender. The degrading of picture quality with the extender is unnoticeable. It gives me 280 mm reach, if times 1.6x factor, it's 488 mm !
To overcome Non-IS, I use this lens mostly with tripod or monopod, and also keep the shutter speed higher than 1/200. I haven't find this is a significant limitation. Of course, for indoor sports, it has its limitation.
For comparison, I have only another L lens: Canon 24-105mm L. I did detailed comparison, and the conclusion is that 70-200mm L beat 24-105mm. I even sent the comparison with my 24-105mm back to Canon for a recalibration.
Overall I think this lens is the best one $600 can buy.
Customer Review: FIRST LUXURY LENS
Summary: 5 Stars
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS LENS! THIS IS THE FIRST LENS I PURCHASED AFTER MY REBEL XTI PURCHASE AND I RESEARCHED FOR WEEKS TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH ONE TO GET. IT WAS BETWEEN THE 70-300 IS AND THIS ONE. I WOULD HAVE LOVED THE IS FEATURE AND THE 300 ZOOM RANGE, BUT AFTER CONSULTING WITH A SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER, HE RECOMMENDED THIS ONE. I TAKE LOTS OF GOLF SHOTS AND THEY ARE PERFECT. I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE PHOTOS SOMEONE INEXPERIENCED LIKE MYSELF CAN TAKE. I CAN'T WAIT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MY CAMERA'S FEATURES AND MORE ABOUT THIS LENS. THE QUALITY OF PHOTOS I GET MAKES ME WANT TO TAKE PHOTOS ALL THE TIME. TAKING SHOTS OF MY SON'S JUNIOR PROM TODAY. THIS LENS GIVES BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT SHOTS ALSO. I WOULD HAVE LIKED THE IS FEATURE AND THE 2.8F BUT THOSE WERE MUCH TOO EXPENSIVE FOR ME. PERHAPS I'LL UPGRADE IN THE FUTURE, BUT ALL YOU WHO GAVE SUPER REVIEWS FOR HIS LENS WERE RIGHT. ITS WONDERFUL. THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT. ALL MY PHOTOS HAVE BEEN TAKEN WITHOUT A TRIPOD.Customer Review: The tripod ring is NOT included as shown in the picture
Summary: 5 Stars
and worse, it costs a fortune by itself! I bought a cheap fake from eBay, no good. The thing stuck and scratched the white paint.
Now the lens though, is phenomenal, very comparable to primes and beats my Sigma 17-70, Sigma 24-70, Canon 35-135 (current version is 28-135 IS), Tamron 18-250 by a mile. Prime is better, zoom is convenient. And this, is the best of both world! Better, it's light weight, doesn't extend during zoom, comparatively cheap (for the quality), and the hood is included (ya,you got yourself an L, like a Lexus comes with free oil change or something like that :)).
Go for it if you like big face shot (kids are the best subject). Bird is too far, trees and mountains are too close, and F4 isn't great in low light when the subject is moving. Other than these, this lens is PERFECT!
Now can someone please change the cover picture of this lens to have one without the tripod ring? This is very misleading.
Customer Review: JUST EXCELLENT LENS FOR VERY UNEXPENSIVE PRICE!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just bought this lens Nov. 13, 2010 and it was my first "L Series Lens". I am extreamly happy with the results even though it does not have IS, but if you know the right settings to use, you do not need the costly lens with IS.
The colors, contrast, sharpness and quality are simply extraordinary for the low price you pay. You cannot get a better deal nowhere!!!
This lens is a little heavy for my hands and I will have to get used to it. I use this lens with my Canon Rebel T1i; when I got the camera, it came with a set of the standard lens 18-55 mm IS and the telephoto 55-250 mm IS which take pretty good pictures for the low cost ... but this L Series 70-200 mm F/. 4 non IS, has no comparison with the other two. This is a super excellent lens
I will surely recommend this lens to anybody. I am a regular customer of Amazon and never had a problem with any of my purchases ... Thank you and keep up the good work!!! ... :)
Customer Review: Lens gets 5 stars. Amazon shipping gets a 1 star.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great lens. Initially, I was contemplating between this lens, the 70-200 f/4 IS lens and the 70-200 f/2.8 lens. From a day to day practical use perspective, the 70-200 2.8 was just too heavy for my spouse and I. Also, because most of the pictures we take with this lens is outdoors, there is sufficient lighting with the f/4. IS would have been nice, but I couldn't justify spending an extra $500 for capabilities that I rarely use in a 70-200 lens (the practicality of using this lens indoors for me was neglible).
As far as Amazon, the $560 price is excellant. However, amazon needs to work on it's shipping. Amazon stuck this L series lens in a very big cardboard box with almost no packaging material, allowing the lens to float around the box as it's sent via USPS. Not exactly the way I would treat an L series lens, and perhaps I would be more upset if this lens was $1000+ dollars. So amazon gets a 1 star on packing and shipping.