70-200 USM L

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Anyone have/use a Canon 70-200 f/2.8 USM L (non IS) as I would love to hear views/experience/thoughts on this lens please. Appreciated.

Very keen on buying one presently.
 
It's a beautiful, cheap, sharp lens.
 
It is cheap. Under 400 quid for a good used L lens. How bloody cheap do you want it? ;)
 
Sounds a good price. Where can I buy it? ;)
 
i have one of these. basically, it's an excellent lens. Fast accurate AF, great build and very sharp.

i use it for portraits mainly, but it's a good range for a general lens on a full frame body (although a bit heavy and long for indoors, but out and about, for me, it's perfect). it is heavy but not as heavy as some people make out, as long as your physically able you'll get used to it after a couple of weeks.

Here are a few sample pics.

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It is a great lens, the only downside I find is that it is quite heavy compared to the f4 version.
 
You see £900 isn't cheap!



Neither is £400... its still a lot of money.. I think amateur photographers like myself become disillusioned because we start to think that 'oh £400 for a L lens?' cheap!!!

I need help. Full stop.

Well, I think 400 quid IS cheap for quality glass, but I appreciate it's relative. As a hobbiest it might be different.
 
jonneymendoza said:
wishful thinking if you think you can get a canon 70-200 f2.8 L for that price

Perhaps you should read the whole thread. ;)
 
sorry hehe.

im going to buy the f2.8 mk2 version soon. its now or never for me. soon i will have a mortgage and kids so no chance of affording a awsome lens like the mk2 but maybe i still can depending on how successful i am in my career ;)

For me i need f2.8 purely for the fact that even during the day when its very cloudy, f4 just cant cut it for me. too slow!
 
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