Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM

Pros: Superior fluorite element, low weight, f4 constant aperture, solid construction, excellent price.

Cons: Lens collar not included, no image stabilization, dirty white color.

The Bottom Line: This is a versatile, relatively lightweight 70-200mm lens. It has professional quality optics delivering a remarkably good performance. And at $550, it is a bargain.

Review: My Buying Decision: After the unfortunate incident involving my late EF 75-300mm lens, a heavy aluminum wall sculpture and my neurotic kitten, I was in the market for a new telephoto zoom lens. If you buy any Canon digital SLR camera (or ...

Pros: Light weight for its zoom ratio and quality; one of the best!

Cons: White, black, white, black…looks like a zebra!

The Bottom Line: The image quality and focal length range make this a highly desirable lens.

Review: Over a thirty year period of shooting professionally (glamour and fashion), of all the lenses that I owned (plenty), two lenses were my real money makers. Depending on the brand of equipment that I was using at the time they were the 300mm F2.8 (or 280mm ...

Pros: Sharp, Sharper, Sharpest... What it lacks in speed is more than compensated in image quality.

Cons: After the soreness in the back pocket healed, NONE.

The Bottom Line: if you are a serious photog needing a long lens that's ready for almost anything that Mother Nature can dish out, this may be your best choice for telephoto applications.

Review: Ok, what can I say? It isn’t cheap, but especially if you shoot outdoors, this is the ultimate EOS tele zoom lens for under a kilo-buck. (In fact, it was actually under $700.00 US) In the world of Canon EOS EF lenses, there are three ...

Pros: Image quality is sharp, vivid colors, light for 70-200, solid build, fast & quiet focus

Cons: Price (but worth it)

The Bottom Line: If you're looking for Canon's highest grade professional quality lens, this is it! Great outdoor & day time lens and still performs superb at night.

Review: I currently shoot with Canon 20D (x1.6 crop factor) and have been using the 18-55mm kit lens & the 50mm f1.8 mkII lens (much sharper then the kit). I've rented few lenses including the 70-200 f2.8 L IS (nice but quite heavy) and the more I used it, ...

Pros: Canon L glass. Very Sharp Results. Weight and price.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: This is an excellent buy for a lens of this quality.

Review: I changed from Nikon to Canon and I was shooting all pro glass fixed aperature zooms before the change. When I needed to purchase a telephoto I did'nt want a large bulky lens. The 70-200f/4L fit my need.

The 70-200 f/4L is a great...

Pros: Light, superlative "L" image quality at a very low price

Cons: f/4 aperture can be limiting for sports/action/wildlife photography and makes teleconverter use impractical.

The Bottom Line: If you do not need the high aperture or action capabilities of the 2.8, this lens offers equivalent image quality at half the price or weight.

Review: This lens is a member of Canon's "L" (as in Luxury) series of professional lenses recognizable by the red ring on the lens front.

It is very compact thanks to the use of a calcium fluoride front element, a technology used in high-end...

Pros: Great bokeh, very sharp contrast & color. Fast and accurate AF with silent USM.

Cons: The lens hood kinda ugly but I got 67mm flower hood from ebay.Love it!

Review: I like this Canon white color body, sometimes made people look back and you felt great of it. People noticed that you are serious with photography. And this lens is not heavy to carry around the neck for long time. I compared this lens w/ 17-85 f/3-5.6 ...

Pros: Nice 'feel' -Zoom ring offers fast zoom with little effort -Very sharp images throughout range

Cons: Color (looks horribly out of place on the 300D)

Review: I am an aviation photography enthusiast and had been using the Canon Zoom Telephoto EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III Autofocus lens for a little over a year. Though this lens was an inexpensive foray into a fairly powerful zoom, its autofocus was lacking in ...

Pros: Great lens, the absolute bargain lens in Canon's L series range

Cons: For the price NONE, if you want f/2.8 then spend twice as much

Review: This is a great lens, it was the first Canon L lens I purchased and I have absolutely no regrets. This lens focuses well in low light, has good bokeh, is great for portraits and always produces beautiful results. For some examples of what this lens is ...

Pros: Razor sharp, fast focus, solid, well built

Cons: None

Review: If you own a Digital SLR then this is a lens you should buy. For LESS money than some EF-S plastic lenses you get this rock solid, razor sharp, excellent product. I shoot at very fast speed at F4.5 with this lens and the images are razor sharp. No need ...