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ronwischer
Duplainville USA
Registered: April 2002
Location: Milwaukee Wisconsin
Posts: 2902
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Review Date: Tue July 24, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Great image quality, relatively low priced for an L series (Canon professional series) lens, 200 mm sufficient for most of the railfanning trips, fast focus good for fast moving trains, light enough to carry around all day.
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Still relatively expensive at $550, f4 aperture not sufficient for some low light situations (cloudy days/evenings), some flaring from headlights when shooting head on, 70 mm is not short enough for up close shots, addiction to the L series lenses and eve
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Reviewed By: nman281
Lens Maker: = Canon
Model: = EF 70-200mm f/4L USM
Used On Camera(s): = Canon 400D/XTi
Optional Comments:
Great lens if you are just starting with a relatively low budget. Amazing optical quality.
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grande man
Bonafied Grande Nut
Registered: March 2006
Posts: 430
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Review Date: Sat July 28, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $569.00
| Rating: 9
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Very sharp image quality, fast focus, great build quality, reasonable weight, decent price
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Cons:
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noticeable flare in low light shots
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The 70-200 is a great lens for day shooting. The only reason I didn't rate it a 10 is the flare it can show with bright lights at night. Other than that, it's a joy to own. It produces razor sharp images with great color and contrast. Of course, there's always the fantastic L quality build to drool over too.
Not that is matters to many railfans, but the 70-200 f4 L is also a darn nice portrait lens...
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Railgeek
Engineer
Registered: August 2005
Location: Tacoma, WA- MP 6.7
Posts: 398
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Review Date: Sun July 29, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $500.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Sharp all the way down to f/4.0, "L" quality, Colors are bright and vivid, excellent IQ.
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Ugly black lens hood, not weather resistant, lens cap hard to put on.
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This is probably my most used lens. The colors are fantastic, and the lens itself is relatively light, the focus is quick and defiantly Canon ultra-sonic quality. Since it's white and not black, it isn't a million degrees when it has been in the sun for a while. I bought mine on eBay and use it on a Canon 10D.
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-Reed Skyllingstad
KE7FCQ
MP. 6.7, Tacoma, WA
Canon 10D
Canon 17-40 L
Canon 70-200 L
Sigma 120-300 2.8 EX
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Rayonier
Engineer
Registered: June 2007
Posts: 261
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Review Date: Tue April 29, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $559.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Sharp, great color, build quality, "L"
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None
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Such a great lens, its sharp, it has great color, it has great build quality.
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Long live the Milwaukee Road and ITT Rayonier
Camera Equipment
Canon EOS 400D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm
Canon EF 70-200mm F/4L
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