--- Lawrance Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Jorrit, > > Would you consider the 70-200mm f/2.8L non-IS lens? > I heard from a sales > guy in a camera store that the IS version of the > lens is sensitive to > accidental dropping. One would hope to never ever > drop a lens, but it can > happen. The sales guy said that he's seen the IS > mech fail after a small > fall which wouldn't have affected a non IS lens. > > Also, there are usually a goodly number of 70-200mm > non IS f/2.8L lenses on > www.ebay.com from time to time. And it's still a > very good lens.
It is a very good lens, and if you can live without IS it's a very good buy. But I've owned several IS lenses, don't baby my equipment, and have had no problems at all. Nor have I heard of any problems with IS fragility on this or other internet resources. I can't help buy wonder if the sales guy had plenty of the older lenses in stock, but none of the IS versions. ===== Bob Meyer I wish I knew what I know now, when I was younger... http://www.meyerweb.net/epson __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
