> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Munro > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 7:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS The 70-200F4L > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chip Louie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I have only seen and played with it, personally I would not consider it > > because of lens speed. I'm not so old and feeble yet as to worry about > > weight yet so my new EF 70-200 2.8L IS is mounted a lot on my 1D. I > suppose > > if one were coming from a manual focus SLR system that a 70-200 f/4 lens > > with the kind of image quality this lens is purported to have, > a constant > > f/4 would seem a reasonably fast lens. > > > I actually used this lens for many motorsports assignments before > buying the > 2.8IS version. It is very sharp and with a surprising fast AF speed. > Extremely good value for money in my opinion and I now regret > selling it as > it would come in very handy for occasions where I need to travel > light. Not > that I would give up the new lens though... > > Regards, Tim > www.timmunro.com.au >
Hi Tim, I think the EF 70-200 4L lens is pretty sharp based on the huge number of positive reports from users out there. What I can't reconcile is the large number of EF 70-200 4L lenses that popped up on the used market shortly after they were released. I figured that it was because many people bought them, used them and decided that they wanted the EF 70-200 2.8L IS version or sold them off while they were still new and moved up to the EF 70-200 2.8L non-IS. Anyway there are a lot of these relatively new lenses out on the used market and this makes me wonder why. Unhappy with the results or once bitten... Personally I don't want to pay for the luxury of having so many overlapping lenses and tend to buy the fastest lenses I can to cover a given focal length. I used to have several more lenses many of which were focal lengths covered by one of the "L" zooms or some other nice prime "L" or other wise. I used them for very narrow shooting situations but have decided that to simplify my bag so for me at least it isn't worth all the trouble, money and effort it takes to pack, carry and maintain so many lenses (of course this may change again over time). I often times find myself wishing for a lens that I no longer own but find that by simply mounting one of the "L" zoom triplets I'm pretty happy. I still have a few specialized primes for people and street shooting and then there's that EF 14 2.8L, EF 300 4L IS and EF 2X that I'm thinking about more and more as I find my way to shooting with the EOS 1D. Hmmm, maybe I'm not quite as cured as I thought. Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
