Product Description

The EF70-200mm /f2.8L IS USM delivers the same exceptional level of optical performance as the EF70-200mm /f2.8L USM, which has won strong support among professional and high-end amateur photographers. The IS unit utilizes improved holding for the barrel of the supplementary optical system that provides smoother movement, achieving image stabilizing effects equivalent to approximately three stops.Additionally, the EF70-200mm /f2.8L IS USM is equipped with a compact, lightweight, high-performance vibration gyro that, combined with improved signal processing circuits, makes possible image stabilization within approximately 0.5 seconds upon pressing the shutter button halfway. The EF70-200mm /f2.8L IS USM also employs an optical design offering compatibility with digital SLR cameras and utilizes an optical system made entirely from environmentally friendly lead-free glass.

Product Details

• Brand: Canon
• Model: 7042A002
• Dimensions: 5.80" h x 6.00" w x 11.30" l, 4.00 pounds

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/2.8 constant maximum aperture
• Micro UltraSonic Motor (USM) Includes case and lens hood

Amazon.com Product Description
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

Customer Reviews

fine lens
got this lens because of the reviews. there is no question the glass is outstanding. the night time pictures are out of this world. shot a thunderstorm, unbelievable pictures.
overall very very nice. But the weight is an issue. it is pretty darn heavy after two hours. i would not use it as an everyday lens. it is worth having in the bag, but until i get a lot stronger, it is my #2 lens. (24-135mm #1)

perfect
Exactly what I was looking for to add to my studio. This lens has a lowed me to take much better photos b/c of the high quality glass inside of it. I love this lens and would highly recommend it to anyone

Wonderful in it's element
I've had this lens for nearly 2 years and hardly ever used it until the last few weeks. I use to shoot with a Rebel XTi, but now I'm using a 5D. Pictures taken with the XTi were usually nice, but nothing special. Eventually I got into panoramas using medium format, manual focus lenses and shift adapters, so the 70-200 was put on a back shelf and was only brought out when I began to wonder if I was having trouble focusing my old, used MF lenses.

I had a $95 Hoya UV filter on the 70-200 until one day I was comparing its sharpness and image quality on the 5D to a set of 25 year old, medium format, manual focus, East German, Carl Zeiss Jena lenses. The 70-200 could not match the old commie MF lenses until I dumped the UV filter.

Then a couple of weeks ago, because so many of my usual haunts are flooded by the Mississippi, I dragged out the 70-200, put a 2X extender on it and started shooting big white egrets in a local park. It doesn't work so well as a bird lens, especially white birds against a green background. Focus wasn't so good. I compared it with the 2X extender to my 300mm Zeiss Jena, manual focus, MF commie lens targeting a monochromatic stone church bell tower from 600 to 700 yards out. The old commie lens bested it.

But this Father's Day it took wonderful pictures of family coupled with the 5D, and again today, it took beautifully sharp photos, coupled again with the 5D, but general photography, not big white birds or monochromatic stone work at great distances.

If you want to see what this lens can do:
1. Ditch any and all filters. High priced UV filters are worse than useless, they significantly degrade image quality and the lens doesn't need nearly the protection every newbee seems to think it needs. If you put one of those on the front of an f/2.8 70-200 you wasted $1000 of the $1600 you paid for the lens.
2. Ditch any and all tele-extenders. Getting good shots with an extender is very hit or miss, especially if the target is pretty much monochromatic and/or glaring white and very far away.
3. Get a 5D (or 1D) because with the little Canons (anything less than a 5D), you'll never know just how good this lens is. Of course, if you can't afford a 5D or better but plan on getting one some day, it's alright to buy the f/2.8 70-200 now. It'll be there waiting to show you what it can really do when you finally get a camera that can do it justice.