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This lens is one of the most important Canon make for the professional market, so it has to be good. Build quality and control movements are all first rate. This is a big heavy lens at 1600g and 200mm long, but it feels great, and balances well with the larger DSLR bodies it’s likely to be used with. Although this lens has Image Stabilisation, this is an older system than is in the new Canon 70-200 f4L IS. Where Canon claim an incredible 4 stops advantage for hand holding with that lens, the Canon 70-200 f2.8L IS claim is for a two stop advantage. So in theory you can work in lower light with the new but slower lens.
Although I can understand Canon’s point, there are still situations where subject movement, not just camera shake would make the Canon 70-200 f2.8L IS a better choice. Also as it appears the new Canon 70-200 f4L IS will have big price increase over the old unstabilised version, there’s far less difference in price between this lens and the new 70-200 f4L IS than I would have expected. Canon made the point that the new lens will give much the same performance as the f2.8 but in a smaller, lighter package.
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