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Old 09-03-2010, 05:30 PM   #1266
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Originally Posted by Wolfgang View Post
I thought that would be the ticket I just needed someone else to tell me to pull the trigger.

One other question, What are your thoughts on the 70-200 F/4?
I've played with one, it's a great sharp lens for the money, if you don't need IS. In my opinion, it's really an outdoor lens. Not fast enough to give you great shutter speeds indoors. Also, for me, at those focal lengths, f/4 is not fast enough because I have shaky hands. Otherwise it's a fantastic lens.

For what I shoot, I need f/2.8 probably on both zoom ranges, and probably IS on the 70-200, which means expensive and I'll have to wait to buy. I like primes anyways, and I shoot crop for now. I've been tempted multiple times to pull the trigger on the 70-200 f/4, but I shoot a lot indoors and mostly people so IS by itself won't cut it, but nor will just 2.8 in most situations for me. It might work for you though based on what you said you like to shoot. Also, it's a more reasonable focal length on FF and the minimum focusing distances are surprising on all 4 Canon 70-200's.
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