{"id":5054,"date":"2014-06-01T19:19:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T02:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=5054"},"modified":"2014-06-01T19:31:19","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T02:31:19","slug":"canon-ef-70-200mm-f2-8-l-usm-lens-from-steven-goetz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/canon-ef-70-200mm-f2-8-l-usm-lens-from-steven-goetz\/","title":{"rendered":"Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8 L USM Lens from Steven Goetz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi my name is <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/goatman\" target=\"_blank\">Steven from London, Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I would like to review the Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8 L USM Lens. But first the problem to be solved. My Wife is an avid runner, she participates in many running events and I found wanting to find a better lens for photographing sports.<\/p>\n<p>This lens is designed for Canon&#8217;s EF lens mount, and has a good focal length range of 70mm to 200mm, and sports a fast maximum aperture of f\/2.8. The first thing I noticed right off the bat is it&#8217;s a large, heavy lens, and it&#8217;s cream colouring really stands out. Once I attached the lens to my Canon EOS 7D, I found the package to be really well balanced.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23074913@N00\/13922896590\/player\/\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>The auto focus features a USM focus motor, and is fast and accurate. The zoom and manual focus rings both have a high quality, dampened action to them. The lens&#8217; body is made from metal and includes a detachable tripod shoe, the only plastic I could find was the AF On\/Off switch, the lens cap and the included<br \/>\nlens hood.<\/p>\n<p>Shooting wide open with this lens, yields a very thin depth of field, and allowed me to make the runners, or my dog, really pop out from the background. This is probably one of the sharpest zoom lenses I have ever used, and the bokeh (the out of focus portions of the photo) look wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>Some negatives are it&#8217;s 7.6 inches long, and 3.3 inches in diameter, it&#8217;s size, plus it&#8217;s cream colour mean you aren&#8217;t going to be able to sneak up on many subjects.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s fairly heavy, weighting in at 2.9 lbs. It also doesn&#8217;t have image stabilization, so blurry photos in lower light, from camera shake may be an issue.<\/p>\n<p>The last negative would be it&#8217;s price, it rings in at $1299 USD. For $1199 you could get the Sigma 70-200mm f\/2.8. It features quick AF, image stabilization<br \/>\nand the same fast aperture of f\/2.8. Another option would be to go with Canon&#8217;s F4 L version of this lens, which comes in at $649. At $1299 you are only about<br \/>\n$1000 short of what some pros call the best zoom lens ever made, the Canon 70-200mm F\/2.8 L IS USM II.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day I would suggest you look into the Sigma, or Tamron offerings in the 70-200mm categories. Or look for a good used<br \/>\ncopy of the 70-200mm f\/2.8 L IS USM II. Canon&#8217;s L series lenses are known for their durability and reliability for many years.<\/p>\n<p>And one final thing, in case you were wondering why Canon chose to make their large, telephoto lens a cream colour. The early Canon lens used a flourite glass which expanded quite a lot when heated, this would change the optical properties of the glass. The larger lenses were painted a light colour to reduce heating from the sun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Canon-70-200mm-2-8L-Telephoto-Cameras\/dp\/B00006I53W\/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=httppodfeecom-20&#038;linkCode=w01&#038;linkId=N2K6HIXXO7A4O43A&#038;creativeASIN=B00006I53W\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Canon-70-200mm-2-8L-Telephoto-Cameras\/dp\/B0033PRWSW\/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=httppodfeecom-20&#038;linkCode=w01&#038;linkId=ORPIQFRDZ4HWHRKR&#038;creativeASIN=B0033PRWSW\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sigma-70-200mm-2-8-Telephoto-Canon\/dp\/B003HC8V9A\/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=httppodfeecom-20&#038;linkCode=w01&#038;linkId=MSAXBNQUNWOF6N4C&#038;creativeASIN=B003HC8V9A\" target=\"_blank\">Sigma 70-200mm f\/2.8 APO EX DG HSM OS FLD Large Aperture Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital DSLR Camera<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tamron-70-200MM-Telephoto-Canon-Cameras\/dp\/B00A34GQEC\/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=httppodfeecom-20&#038;linkCode=w01&#038;linkId=KGYMUJQW5JJXVAWQ&#038;creativeASIN=B00A34GQEC\" target=\"_blank\">Tamron SP 70-200MM F\/2.8 DI VC USD Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon EF Cameras<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi my name is Steven from London, Canada I would like to review the Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8 L USM Lens. But first the problem to be solved. My Wife is an avid runner, she participates in many running events and I found wanting to find a better lens for photographing sports. 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