70-200 F4L rattle?

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I have had my 70-200 f4L IS for over two years and I still :love: it.

I was returning it to safe storage yesterday and noticed a noise coming from the rear part of the lens when its gently shaken from side to side (and I do mean gently).

I cannot believe I have been using this lens for over 2 years and only just noticed this?? It has always struck me as being a very SOLID piece of equipment and now it has a rattle :'(

So obviously the next thing I did was a Google search and lo and behold some do it some don't, some new ones do some don't???

So I am wondering if anyone has returned their lens to Canon to have this investigated and if so what was the outcome.

Luckily for me Canon Elstree is about 10 min away in the car but information from other users is always useful.

Thanks in advance

David
 
daugirdas said:
Stop worrying. The IS element does make a little rattle noise when shaken. It is normal.

As long as your lens produces good shots, concentrate on taking them instead :)
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My 24 - 105 f/4L IS USM arrived this morning, I put in on my Canon DSLR and the first time i herd the little rattle i started to panic as i never had a IS lens before. A Quick google came shortly after and i fount out that its just the IS element.

Panic Over

:)
 
Thanks for the replies.

My concern was that I had never noticed this before in two years of using the lens. My assumption being that something must have broken/moved inside the lens.

I shall keep a close watch on it's performance.

David
 
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