Canon 70-200
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- JamesBoynton
I am thinking of buying the 70-200 2.8 lens but am undecided about going for the IS option, is it still possible to get hold of the original IS option? All the ones I am seeing online are the Mk II and paying an extra £900 - £1000 purely for IS seems quite steep.
The cheapest I have found the 2.8 without IS is around £900, but adding IS Mk II and it jumps to £1700... is it worth the extra?
Cheers
- JamesBoynton0
That doesnt make sense....
Q1 - Is Image Stabilisation worth the extra £900 on this sort of lens?
Q2 - And if so can anyone point me where to one that have the original rather than the Mk II Image stabilisaion (I have been told it's cheaper).
- CyBrainX0
I haven't used an IS lens before, but what you're looking for is pretty much what I want for my 5D Mk II. Do you have any more details/product page on the lens you're considering?
- tymeframe0
It depends on what you're shooting.
I can vouch for the non IS. I have it and couldn't be happier. I bought it to shoot sports, with a pretty fast shutter speed, so the IS doesn't really help much here. That said, if I had the additional scrap (almost twice the budget), I would have gotten the IS.
I do know the non IS is still sold/manufactured.
- well isnt that typical of anything anyone has ever bough. "i vouch for what i bought"...eficks
- Morning_star0
As an alternative, Sigma do an 18-200 which is worth looking at.
- JamesBoynton0
tymeframe - Thanks for that, good to hear from someone who has it. From what I have read there are 2 versions of IS on this lens, do you know if the original is still made/available:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can…
Morning_star - Nice, will take a look. Do you have one yourself?
- The older IS version is discontinued, if that's what you're askingtymeframe
- Morning_star0
@James
Yes, i bought one with a 400d body 6 or 7 years ago. Upgraded to 5D mkii a few months ago and splashed out of some L lenses. I still think it's a really great all round lens for when you don't want to carry any others.
- adumbratesly0
Here's my alternate choice (since I cannot afford the white lens): http://www.dpreview.com/news/080…
- aldebaran0
"Q1 - Is Image Stabilisation worth the extra £900 on this sort of lens?"
Yes. Yes. Yes.
- HijoDMaite0
From what I know, this IS the "Big Boy" lens.
Must have for everyone.
I want it, I need it I will buy it. Not sure about the non IS option though.- RENT IT, you'll see if you really, really like it... I sure did till the 5D mark II AF oddity with my copy....vaxorcist
- ok I will I will!HijoDMaite
- vaxorcist0
NOTE NOTE NOTE!
I've used a certain 70-200 F2.8 IS mark I version, both with a 5D mark I and a 5D mark II. For some odd reason, the lens often backfocused with the 5D mark II, but was fine with the 5D mark I. We have to send it to Canon to get it recalibrated... argh, and/or use manual focus for a while. I wish the 5D series had a focus fine tune the way certain other bodes do.....
So test if you can, we did the angled magazine print taped to the wall test. i.e. put a print-heavy magazine page sideways taped on a wall... highlight a few words on one line of text, aim camera at 45 degree angle to wall, on tripod, turn of IS, then focus on that highlighted line of text using AF, then shoot a number of pictures using manual focus, with slight focus variations, compare them at 100% in computer, not camera, and figure out if your lens is backfocusing or frontfocusing just a little bit... it's AAARGH to have such a great lens and body and not quite sharp images..
- benfal990
I have a Tamron 70-300mm with Image Stabilisation. I can't imagine working with a lens like this without having Img stabilisation.
- Benfal - do you like this lens? I think you saw my post about choosing this or the Tamron 70 - 200 f2.8?mg33
- I really like it! Works like a charm. I worked with it for the 1st on my trip to Iceland.benfal99
- I think all those 70-300 lenses with 5.6 aperture at the long end NEED image stabilizationvaxorcist
- benfal990
I dont know how Image Stabilisation work, but it's pure magic!
- vaxorcist0
IS is magic for some things, but not for others.... IS + bounce flash is GREAT for static subject corporate events, like people standing at podiums giving speeches.... but of course not for any movement....
I'm mostly Nikon now and use an old 80-200 F2.8 AF-D lens without any IS/VR, it's fine for me.... and damn sharp with no focus fine tuning.... that Canon 70-200 IS is amazing when it's tuned right....
- vaxorcist0
Note also that the 70-200 F4 IS may be useful to you... if you can stand the F4... it's amazingly sharp and smaller in a bag, less obtrusively huge, and still shiny white, if you have to impress clients with a lens that screams "L LENS YOU GUYS!!!!"