p.1 #1 · What do you use your 70-200 f2.8 Mk ii for?
I started with a 7D and 70-200 and had great fun with this combo (mainly nature shots). I picked up a 5D Mk iii with 24-105 and at the same time a 400 f5.6. Since than, the 70-200 sits on the sidelines most of the time.
So the question is: What do you use your 70-200 for? I need to be inspired.
p.1 #2 · What do you use your 70-200 f2.8 Mk ii for?
Nothing really. I bought the 2.8 IS II a year or so ago (when they were popularly priced) to replace my original 2001 70-200/2.8 IS. After one week in the field, I did not find enough improvement over the 70-200/4 IS to make hauling it around worthwhile. I suppose the 2.8 IS II will be useful if I ever shoot at f/5 or wider again.
I use the 70-200 range frequently for just about everything, inlcuding pan-stitch landscapes.
p.1 #6 · What do you use your 70-200 f2.8 Mk ii for?
Football on dimly lit fields. Gyms with enough light to go as narrow as 2.8 @ ISO 3200 (not a lot of them around here). Baseball and softball as I can go from batter to base runner with a twist of the FL ring. Landscape. Wildlife. Occasional environmental portrait. Even macro. Excellent tool. Bought version II to replace an ancient non-IS version. Found the latest version to acquire focus faster (in lower light). Sharpness really about equal. Frankly with 24-70 and a 70-200 both f/2.8, I can handle about everything required for newspaper work. Both are also valuable for landscape. If I can only walk about with 2 lenses the above would be the choice.
p.1 #13 · What do you use your 70-200 f2.8 Mk ii for?
barmy wrote:
I started with a 7D and 70-200 and had great fun with this combo (mainly nature shots). I picked up a 5D Mk iii with 24-105 and at the same time a 400 f5.6. Since than, the 70-200 sits on the sidelines most of the time.
So the question is: What do you use your 70-200 for? I need to be inspired.
Landscapes, particularly sunsets; not all of the sky always looks good enough to include. At 200, I don't have to crop half the pixels away.
And, also in particular, the Olympic mountains of WA state are about 13 miles away - across water. Foot zooming is kind of wet (to say nothing of the depth of the Juan da Fuca Strait).
p.1 #14 · What do you use your 70-200 f2.8 Mk ii for?
barmy wrote:
So the question is: What do you use your 70-200 for? I need to be inspired.
Just come to NYC for a day/weekend and just walk around for a while - that should get your creative juices flowing again
p.1 #15 · What do you use your 70-200 f2.8 Mk ii for?
Indoor swim meets, kids, dogs, "intimate" landscapes (that is, small sections of the view, not nudes... )...
I often stick an extension tube in my pocket and carry the 70-200 (or 80-200) on walks in the woods or down the road; the 2.8 aperture isolates subjects and the extension tube gets me closer to bugs, flowers, and other tiny things...
On bright sunny days, I might grab the 70-300 instead, but for shade or overcast, it's the 70-200 f/2.8 IS II...
p.1 #18 · What do you use your 70-200 f2.8 Mk ii for?
I just got back from the camera store trying to satisfy an itch for something new. Decided to just hold a 70-200f2.8 is ii. That alone gave me tennis elbow so I'm happy with the f4 IS once again. I did get some macro tubes so off to play with those.
p.1 #19 · What do you use your 70-200 f2.8 Mk ii for?
Very rare that I don't have my 70-200 on my 1DX. Incredibly versatile zoom for events. Combined with a 1.4x TC it can do fairly well at field sports as well.
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