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Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM

There are over a hundred lenses that will work with the Canon EOS so it can seem like quite a chore to sort through them all and choose the right one. Choosing the best everyday lens will take a lot of time and I suggest trying some out. Choosing a good portrait lens should not be as hard. While not as easy a choice as the portrait lens finding a good one should not be quite as hard as the everyday lens. There are two great lenses to choose from.

The EF 70-200mm f/4L USM lens may look perfect. It has a lot of good reviews and is built well. It has a good focal range, gets nice clear images, it is good in most light and the images make fine prints. The auto focus did not seem to be too great for me, especially in low light. A tripod was needed for decent images.

The Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM weighs roughly the same, about a pound and a half, and is about the same size. It is three inches long and over six inches in length. It has a 4 stop image stabilizer that is great. The image stabilizer has tripod detection and a panning mode. This USM is smooth and fast. When focusing the length does not change as the focus is internal. It does not seem overly large even on smaller cameras.

The lens has four twitches for settings. It has a focus limiter that sets a minimum focal length of 1.2 or 3m. This length makes sense for a telephoto lens. It has the auto to manual focus switch and an image stabilizer switch. It also has a stabilizer mode switch for panning or regular mode. While the stabilizer is not for stopping a moving subject it is great when dealing with motion blur from holding a camera instead of using a tripod. You will rarely need a tripod with this lens.

You will get amazingly sharp images with this lens with little to no edge blur. The images have nice smooth colors and are vibrant. I have not noticed any barrel distortion or chroma aberrations. It is better than the non-IS version. For beautiful blur effects it had circular aperture blades. The special coatings on the lens are great at limiting flare.

The only drawbacks are that it uses more battery and some may consider it to slow. It is a quite a bit more expensive than its counterpart. I feel it is worth it however. It is not too heavy and its image stabilizer is amazing. It is built well and the bokeh effects it can do are great. It does come with a carry pouch and lens hood and can use 67mm filters. It not only does well in bright light like it's counterpart but does well in dim light situations as well. It is fantastic for moving or panning photos and taking images without a tripod. The non-IS lens is best for non-moving photos. If you are not simply taking portraits on a tripod then the IS version is worth the cost.

MaryFeather
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:50:56 +0000

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