Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras - White Box(Bulk Packaging)
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Features
- EF mount; telephoto zoom lens
- Ultra-low Dispersion glass; image stabilizer; inner focusing; full-time manual focus; circular aperture
- 70-200mm focal length
- f/2.8L constant maximum aperture
- Component : EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM, ET-86 Lens Hood, E-77U Lens Cap, LZ 1324 Case / Product packaging : White box(Bulk Packaging)
Description
The EF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM was introduced way back in August 2001, supplementing (but not replacing) the non-stabilized 70-200mm F2.8 L USM in Canon's highly regarded telephoto lineup. This is a lens which can truly be described as a professional workhorse, with robust build (including dust and moisture resistance), wide F2.8 maximum aperture, fast and silent ultrasonic autofocus motor, and optical image stabilization for hand- holding at slow shutter speeds. The optical design is somewhere on the far side of complex; it features 23 elements in 18 groups, with 4 UD elements to provide compensation for chromatic aberration. According to Canon, this gives a 'high-resolution, high-contrast optical capability', as demanded from a lens which needs to perform all day, every day in the hands of professional photographers across a wide range of subjects and conditions. Incorporating Canon's second-generation Image Stabilization technology, this 70-200mm telephoto zoom responds in as little as 0.5 seconds while providing up to three stops of correction for camera shake. As a result, you can easily capture the far-off action of fast-paced sports or zoom in for an intimate portrait with a blurred background. The lens's autofocus (AF) system, meanwhile, has been refined for better response time and tracking speed. And photographers will love the new eight-blade circular aperture, which offers a more pleasing out-of-focus image. Constructed to pro standards, the EF 70-200mm lens is highly dust- and moisture-resistant and carries a one-year warranty. Focal length: 70-200mm Maximum aperture: 1:2.8 Lens construction: 23 elements in 18 groups Diagonal angle of view: 34 to 12 degrees Focus adjustment: Inner focusing system with USM Closest focusing distance: 4.3 feet Zoom system: Rotating type Filter size: 77mm Dimensions: 3.4 inches in diameter, 7.8 inches long Weight: 3.24 pounds
Brand: Canon
Focal Length Description: 70-200 millimeters
Lens Type: Telephoto
Compatible Mountings: Canon EF
Camera Lens Description: 200 month
Focal Length Description: 70-200 millimeters
Lens: Telephoto
Compatible Camera Mount: Canon EF
Maximum Focal Length: 20 centimeters
Minimum Focal Length: 7 centimeters
Lens Design: Zoom
Focus Type: Auto/Manual
Lens Fixed Focal Length: 20 centimeters
Zoom Ratio: 2.861
Image stabilization: Optical
Real Angle Of View: 18.43 degrees
Minimum Aperture: 32
Photo Filter Size: 7.7 centimeters
Lens Mount: Canon EF
Color: White/Black
Exposure Control Type: Manual
Media Type: ProductImage
Water Resistance Level: Water Resistant
Brand: Canon
Camera Lens: 200 month
Model Name: 7042A002
Number of Packs: 1
UPC: 013803005097
Number of Items: 1
Manufacturer Part Number: 7042A002
Global Trade Identification Number: 97
Unit Count: 1 Count
Built-In Media: Lens Case & Hood
Item Weight: 1814.36 g
Manufacturer: Canon Cameras US
Warranty Description: No Warranty
Model Number: 7042A002
Model Series: L Series
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This is my first L lens and I'm hooked!!! I did a lot of research before purchasing this lens. I wasn't planning on spending $1,700 on a lens, but I am very glad that I did. I was looking at the other 70-200mm options that can has as well as some other brands. What finaly made me decide on this lens is I couldn't find a single complaint about it. All of the other lenses had good reviews, but none were perfect across the board. Many said that they settled for lesser lenses and then upgraded down the road. Pros: This is a remarkably crafted lens. It is built like a tank. The zoom is amazingly smooth and the focas is beyond fast. I have taken 100's to 1,000's of photos with it so far and have yet to have it wonder. It is quick and percise on my Canon 30D. This is no light lens either. You can feel the sturdiness when you hold it. I added the battery grip to better balance the camera and its a beautiful combination. The two stage image stabilization works wonderfully as well. My previous zoom was a Sigma 135-400mm and had a heck of a time hand holding it. There is no problem at all hand holding this lens. Even with the 1.4x extender it takes crisp sharp photos. I will have a hard time even thinking about buying another lens that doesnt have IS. Contrast and colors are also gorgeous with this lens. I didnt know what I was missing until I purchased this lens. Lastly, and by far least is the 2.8 constant aperture. If you can afford it buy this 2.8 lens. You will not be sorry. The effects of the blurred background is brilliant! You can really make your subject pop and opens up all kinds of opportunity for creativity. Personally I think a large percentage of photography is mental. If you have awesome equipment you will strive to take better photos. This lens will do that for you and more! Cons: Really there are none. My only word of warning is this, as it relates to higher end lenses and bodies as well. A great lens does not make a great photographer. There is also a smaller margin for error in higher end equipment. As I upgrade to better equipment I am finding how challenging it can be to be a "real" photographer. A zoom of this caliber and 2.8 aperture can be difficult to get good high quality shots until you have mastered shooting at 2.8. Especially if you are are fairly close to your subject. The days of point and shoot are gone. It's time to think like the pros. hehe... I have no doubt that with some practice persistance i will be able to produce much higher quality photos with this lens than with any other lens that I could have chosen. Conclusion: If you can afford this lens buy it! If you can't afford it but have a credit card, buy it! If you have to sell a couple other lenses to be able to buy it, buy it! I'm sure the other choices out there, weather they are non IS or are F4 are great lenses. This is a superb lens though. You will not be disappointed.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2007 by Matthew Fisher
There is a reason why this lens is so expensive: everyone is prepared to pay the price. This is simply the best portrait lens available. It's fast - through the whole range from 70 to 200 mm it can operate at f/2.8. Wide open it produces a really great bokeh that rivals that of prime lenses. The AF focuses quickly, and very quietly (which, considering that this is a zoom lens, is not that important). Operating the zoom ring feels almost perfect, as it is positioned exactly where you expect it, and it is wide enough not to accidentally touch the focus ring. The lens has an image stabilisator that is more than capable, and *very* helpful when trying to follow motion (the lens provides a special IS mode for this). The IS is nicely balanced, and does not jerk the image when activated (the slight oscillation it induces on the hand holding the lens takes some getting used to). It's incredibly sharp at one stop above 2.8, and no discernible vignetting fully open (I'm using it on a 1.6 FOV body). Since the lens uses internal focusing, the front will not turn, making using circular polarizers much, much simpler than with other lenses that do not have this feature. One thing that is of concern, and will always be, is that this lens is heavy. At almost 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs) it is by far my heaviest lens, and makes that camera/lens combination top-heavy. Luckily, the lens comes with a tripod ring that helps alleviating this problem (you do have a tripod, right?). One of the reasons that this lens is so heavy is the way that it is build: metal, and professional grade environmental sealing. It is safe to assume that unless you are using an equally professional camera (which i do *not*), the lens will outlast the body it is mounted on. My lens came included with tripod ring, a hood, and nice bag (with it's own shoulder strap) - so stay away from any bundles that offer a carrying bag or hood. The only thing I needed to purchase was an UV filter (I use it to protect the lens) -- I recommend B&W filters -- and a tripod plate. I also got the 1.4x extender, but have found little use for it so far. The reason I find this lens so good is that it produces excellent pictures -- especially for portraits. Since it produces beautiful bokeh (the blurriness behind the focused object) and operates in fairly low light conditions without a flash while still giving sharp images it will allow you to shoot incredibly beautiful pictures. And having a 200mm zoom allows you to give your model some space to relax, while the range of 70-200 allows you to quickly adapt to the situation without having to change the lens. The result many times are downright stunning. If there is a perfect portrait lens, this is it. I wholeheartedly recommend this lens over its more affordable brethren (the non-IS and the slower variants of this lens). You get what you pay for. If there is one L lens you want in your lineup (or better: can afford to have) make it this one.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2008 by C. Franz
Many have already commented on how silent and "fast" this lens is. Agree that its heavy, but using a hand strap allows for greater stability. Build quality is excellent as it is for every other Canon "L" series lens. Some quip about the white color and it does attract a lot of attention. A few things surprised me, the date code on the lens that I purchased was no less than two weeks old from where it was manufactured in Japan. This is a big lens that looks like a bazooka with the hood attached. Despite its size, it is very well balanced on my 1D Mark II. I've taken pictures for 2-3 hr stretches and it does cause some fatigue in your forearms, wrist, and hand muscles. The bokeh is dreamy and the IS has allowed me to capture images that would have been less likely without the IS. Same image with and without IS and you'll see the difference -- especially in low light conditions or at shutter speeds less than 1/100. Lastly, image quality and sharpness appears to be dependent on sensor size. Images from full frame sensors (1D series and 5D) are sharper and less soft compared to those images taken with APS-C sensors (Rebel, 30D, 40Detc). This has to do with pixel density and the "magnification" which exaggerates perceived softness. This is every bit a professional lens -- great build quality, sharp, weather-sealed, and of course the price. There are many debates about IS or non-IS and 2.8L or 4L. Yep the 4L has better MTF graphs, newer generation IS system, and the images are stunningly crisp. But if you shoot in variable light conditions, the 2.8 won't let you down. Just ask the pros...
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Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2008 by JM
I work in commercials, specifically in motion graphics and graphic design. On the side I have a small photography business. [...] is my side business's website, from there you can rate my professionalism. For it's medium range, it's the most excellent lens in it's class I have or have used, bar none. In the words of a buddy of mine, the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM is sharp and fast; just like the price. It's bulky, and I only found one bag locally I could buy to carry this juggernaut in. It comes in around 3.1 lbs I believe, which makes it almost 3 times the weight of my camera body. Don't worry, your wrist will adjust to the weight after 2 weeks. If you put this lens on your camera every soccer mom with an SLR and junior high kid will seek you out and comment, "that's a huge lens you have." There's a host of sites that give you technical specs based on what body you're using, full-frame or digital-frame, etc. But this lens is so good you really see the difference in the minute settings of your aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. With a lens like this you'll really get a feel for your camera and experiment more and more with the creative controls (Tv, Av, and M). This lens is great for candids - especially if you are doing weddings or parties - for portraits, and with it's f/2.8 you get great, great shots without the flash; essential for party and dinner and intimate settings. Before this lens I was only keeping around 20% of my shots after photoshop. With this lens I get so many great shots it's hard to choose what to keep and what not to keep. (And once you discover shooting in RAW, and you get a good RAW editor, like the one in photoshop, modifying a photo takes about 1.5 minutes instead of the 20 or so in photoshop doing all the highlights and adjustment layers, etc.) As another wedding photographer told me, I shall tell you: a lot of times you'll put this lens on and never change it out. Apart from architecture or landscape shots, it's a great, quality lens that makes you feel confident in your professional gear - if you don't already (and it better, considering the price)!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2009 by max
I've been using this lens on my Canon 40D for about a week now, as my #2 shooting lens for general work walking about town when I need to reach out a bit farther than usual (my #1 lens is a 24-70mm f/2.8L USM). I've used it for architectural detail shooting, some portrait work, some entertainment-subject shooting in low-light conditions, even some quasi-macro shooting. This is easily the best long EOS lens on the market, and at Amazon's prices, it's one of the best bargains in photography. The glass is perfect, the IS and USM mechanical works are super-fast and silent. And it's absolutely astounding how the image-stabilization voodoo can allow me to hand-hold shots in moderate light that before would have had me running for my tripod. And that cavern of an aperature lets in an *enormous* amount of light. Add the 2x extender and you have a 400mm to 640mm f/5.6 image-stabilized supertele lens, screw in the 500D close-up diopter and you have the next best thing to a dedicated 70-200mm macro-zoom. Quite the versatile lens... About the only thing that may queer the deal for some shooters is that the IS works will draw more juice from your camera battery than you may expect; I wound up using a BG-E2N grip with two 511A batteries whenever I'm using this lens, just for safety's sake. But OTOH it gives me a better grip to control the lens by; it certainly is a bit on the heavy side, at just under 3-1/2 lbs. Also, you really do have to keep tabs on your depth of field when shooting this lens wide-open to keep your subject in proper focus; the DoF at f/2.8 is razor-thin! But that's what wide-open aperatures do All things considered, though, I couldn't recommend this lens highly enough.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2008 by D. Vick
At first I was hesitant to get this lens because of its price. I looked at the cheaper non-IS and the f4 version. But after a lot of research I bit the bullet and made the purchase. I have to say I do not regret it one bit. If you look on ebay, craiglist and many forums you'll find a lot of people selling their f4 versions. The reason they often gave was "going to upgrade to the f2.8 IS". So I thought id just save myself the pain of buying and selling, and just get the lens I really wanted. Now that I have it, this lens is awesome. Nothing short of it. Whether its sports, portraits or wildlife, this is THE lens to have. I'll just break it down more simple: Pro's: - Awesome image quality - f2.8 w/IS makes shooting low light events now possible. - Autofocus is very fast. - Zoom range is good - This version of the lens is dust/water resistant. - Built like a tank. Cons: (not sure if these are all truly cons, just observations) - Its heavy. After shooting a full day race event my arm was sore. Id guess it somewhere around 3.5 to 4 pounds - It will attract looks and attention. People will assume you work for a news paper or magazine. - Its a big lens. There's no hiding this under your jacket to get it in somewhere. - Price. Unless your Richie Rich, a $1700 lens is considered a major purchase.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2008 by Thorpe L. Griner
What is not to love about this lens. I know Canon has come up with a newer version, and while latest and greatest is always tempting, there is something to be said for tried and true. This lens NEVER fails. Focus is fast and spot on. It never hunts for focus no matter what the lighting. If a blurry shot comes out of this lens it is due most likely to user error. I have a couple of "go-to" lenses and this is clearly one of them (for the curious, the 24-105 is another). I do a fair amount of theatre photography and this lens is always in my bag and the one I most often call on no matter what the light is like on stage. Time after time after time it produces a gorgeous result. Bright, sharp, well saturated and luxurious (almost creamy) images, unrivaled by most other lenses. I can't imagine what Canon has done in the Mark II version to improve upon this but I am sure they thought of something. Are there any knocks against this lens? Sure, I would love it if it weighed a great deal less, but these fantastic optics come at a price and that price is a bit of weight. It is worth every sore shoulder or aching forearm. I wasn't a bad photographer to begin with but this lens makes me that much better. BOTTOM LINE: If you get a chance to purchase this lens, DO NOT HESITATE. It does not know how to take anything but incredible images.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2014 by a long way from home
Pros: - Outstanding sharpness, saturation, and bokeh - USM AF is fast and quiet - 2 focus range settings - Fast f/2.8 throughout zoom range complements 24-70mm f/2.8L - Image Stabilizer - 2 IS modes: 1 - normal & 2 - panning - Weather sealed - Common 77mm filter among L-series - Front element does not rotate with focus - Non-existent zoom-creep (lens does not extend) - Solid construction and feel - Focus range indicator window on top of lens - Comes bundled with lens hood, tripod collar ring, and standalone lens bag - Well controlled vignetting Cons: - Heavy - Expensive - Longest of the 4 Canon 70-200mm's Thoughts: Outstanding Lens! Always use a filter and use the lens hood as much as possible. The lens hood does get in the way of using a polarizing filter since the front element does not extend. Front element does not rotate when focusing. One of my more favorite lenses. It is used in conjunction to my 24-70mm f/2.8L. My 1.4x extender is only used when I want more reach, but it does cut the sharpness down a bit. I love the IS on here. The ability to change IS modes is awesome. Having 4 setting switches on the lens is a step up from the 24-70mm f/2.8L (that having none). The white finish on this lens garners a lot of onlooker attention. You'll get a ton of attention at events and need a monopod if you want to use it for a baseball game and the like. 24-70mm f/2.8L seems light after wielding this lens. This lens attached to a 40D will not fit the Lowepro Slingshot 200 in the quick draw position. That said, I never use the included standalone lens bag (it looks more like a tan & black lens holster; comes with a thin black shoulder strap). It's best to get this on sale (Christmas season comes to mind). The $1700~ price tag is steep, but the $200~ in instant rebate is nice. Bottom line: Outstanding Lens! Highly regarded and recommended.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2009 by D. Pham