Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

Excellent Deal.

Strengths: Fast and quiet focus. Crisp photos at 200mm. Manual focus override.

Weakness: For the price, none.

This lens is fantastic. An L-series lens for approximately half the price of others in the series, with almost no loss in performance. Great for wildlife photography, as it focuses almost instantly and accurately.

Canon 70-200 f/4L - worth every penny

Strengths: Great color and sharpness, USM, lightweight compared to the f/2.8L, lens hood is included

Weakness: Tripod mount is expensive if you need it.

This lens has been an absolute pleasure on my Canon Rebel XT (350D) body. I find that I use it for wildlife and sports more than anything, as the 1.6x crop on my 350D makes the short end of this lens pretty long for most other shooting that I do. If you're looking to blend in with the crowd, you won't with this lens attached to your camera body, unless if you're with a crowd of fellow...

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Canon 70-200mm F4

Strengths: Light weight, wonderful color, extremely sharp, excellent build quality

Weakness: For the price, none.

For less than $600, this is the best Canon telephoto zoom lens on the market. Picture quality is almost as good as primes. Autofocus is extremely fast and quiet. I have both this lens and its bigger brother 70-200mm F2.8 IS. I took some test shots on both lenses. From F5.6 and up, there is absolutely no difference in sharpness or color between 2 lenses. For people cannot decide among 3 different...

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Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

Strengths: Clarity, flexibility, silent USM focusing, fast focusing, weight vs. size

Weakness: no tripod ring

This lens has great clarity at all focal lengths. I use it on my Digital Rebel and consider myself a "casual" photographer. I've used the Canon 70-200mm f/4 mostly for outdoor wildlife shooting thus far. It's proven fast enough to capture great pictures at dusk, though you need a steady hand and some luck. In low light, the tripod ring that isn't included, (a whopping $115.00 extra) would be...

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Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

Strengths: Very sharp. Fast focus. Quiet. Solid. Great value for the money.

Weakness: A little heavy, but reasonable considering its range

I bought this len for my canon 20d before leaving for a trip to Grand Circle. I have been very satisfied with its performance. It's not only good for Landscape but for portrait. The len has very solid construction, weight is reasonable and good reach. If you are looking for a good value for the money and very good performance, this is the len you want. Final note: the len does not have IS, but I...

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Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

Strengths: Excellent optics and build quality. Lighter and cheaper than many other high-end telephoto zoom lenses. No front rotating or extending lense elements. One of the best zoom lenses on the market.

Weakness: Lens hood can be a tad awkward, especially with filters. Extra controls for locking focus and zoom would be nice. Can be tricky to balance, and tripod colar not included.

Calling this a great lense for its price would be a bit unfair given that this lense can deliver higher quality images than many more expensive zoom and even many prime lenses. It's lighter and more compact than its F/2.8 sister lenses, has a closer focusing, and delivers comparable, if not better, image quality. For those who really need the wider aperture and/or IS, this isn't the right lens,...

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Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

Strengths: quality construction great optics

Top quality at a reasonable price. I use this with a Canon D60 EOS Digital camera and results are professional in quality. Would be nice to have image stabilization and a 2.8 vs a 4 but these come at a high cost. If you can live with F4 then this is the lens to buy in the 70-200mm range! With the 1.6 ratio of the D60 it turns into a 112-320mm lens.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

Strengths: Great optical quality, relatively light, solidly built

Weakness: Tripod adapter sold separately, no IS (Image Stabilization)

I was going to buy the Canon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 IS USM Lens, but after reading the reviews on that lens and the 70-200mm f/4.0L USM I decided to buy the latter. The lens build and optical quality are outstanding. You could upgrade to the f/2.8mm IS version, but with greater cost and more significant weight. For me, this was an outstanding purchase. The focal range is good, and can be increased...

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Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

Strengths: L quality - Excellent sharpness, contrast and color. Good AF speed, build quality. Internal focus.

Weakness: Not f/2.8, No Image Stabilizer, No tripod mount

I have been using this lens for almost 3 months, it the the best quality tele lens in my set right now. I compared this lens to the EF 75-300 IS, this lens is way better wide open across the zoom range. I needed to stop down the 75-300 2 stops to get similar sharpness. However, it still couldn't match the color contrast and saturation of this lens. This lens is Canon L series lens, as other L...

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Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

Strengths: - incredible glass - built like a tank - and so many more, as mentioned in other reviews.

Weakness: - lens hood is huge! - white color makes it harder to blend in especially when taking street photography. (athough this can be a plus). - odd filter size

This is one great lens. Its my first 'L' lens, but from using this lens, I hope its not my last. There are many pluses that others have already pointed out, so I won't mention them again. I will mention a few negatives, so hopefully it will stop all you photo junkies from clearing out your accounts getting 'L' lenses. First off, the lens hood is huge! Its hard to use polarized filter when on. Nor...

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