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...experience, reviews, pictures etc.? Please post reviews and pictures. I can snag one of these for $500 used for my 5D2 for portraiture. Thanks in advance!


Feb 07, 2015 at 03:33 PM
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A 200mm prime is an interesting choice for portraiture. While I own and love the lens, and $500 is an excellent price for the lens, the 70-200 / 2.8L IS II would be a far more versatile tool with regards to portraiture, although it is significantly larger, heavier, and more expensive.


Feb 07, 2015 at 03:49 PM
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excellent lens for an good price.


Feb 07, 2015 at 03:56 PM
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takowasa wrote:
A 200mm prime is an interesting choice for portraiture. While I own and love the lens, and $500 is an excellent price for the lens, the 70-200 / 2.8L IS II would be a far more versatile tool with regards to portraiture, although it is significantly larger, heavier, and more expensive.


Agreed. I love my primes, not really fond of zooms. Thanks for the respose!



Feb 07, 2015 at 03:57 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · *HELP* Canon 200mm f2.8 prime...


$500 is probably a good price, depending on condition and which version of the lens you're looking at (i.e. Mk I vs. Mk II).

You can check used lens prices in the Lens Price Database,

Lens$db, http://tinyurl.com/jcolwell-lensdb



Feb 07, 2015 at 03:59 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · *HELP* Canon 200mm f2.8 prime...


jasonpatrick wrote:
excellent lens for an good price.


I agree. I hear nothing but good things about the lens. I also hear that it's a little bit sharper than the 70-200mm at 200 mm...



Feb 07, 2015 at 04:01 PM
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jcolwell wrote:
$500 is probably a good price, depending on condition and which version of the lens you're looking at (i.e. Mk I vs. Mk II).

You can check used lens prices in the Lens Price Database,

Lens$db, http://tinyurl.com/jcolwell-lensdb


It's the MK II VERSION IN 9/10 condition, shows signs of use...



Feb 07, 2015 at 04:02 PM
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The 200/2.8 L is one of those 'gem' canon lenses .


Feb 07, 2015 at 04:08 PM
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jcolwell wrote:
$500 is probably a good price, depending on condition and which version of the lens you're looking at (i.e. Mk I vs. Mk II).

You can check used lens prices in the Lens Price Database,

Lens$db, http://tinyurl.com/jcolwell-lensdb

AV Stills wrote:
It's the MK II VERSION IN 9/10 condition, shows signs of use...


Average eBay price as of last week is $502 US. The cost of shipping would probably be about $20. The value of being able to handle it before deciding to buy or not - priceless.



Feb 07, 2015 at 04:12 PM
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The 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II looks better out at the edges and corners. The 200mm prime and the zoom look similar in the center. What you're getting with this lens is a smaller profile and lighter lens with excellent IQ. The price is just over 1/4 what you'd pay for a used 70-200 II zoom. If it's what you want, it's an excellent choice. 200mm with no IS could limit your potential use though.

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=687&Camera=453&Sample=0&FLI=3&API=0&LensComp=245&CameraComp=453&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0



Feb 07, 2015 at 04:12 PM
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Canon f/2.8 ...

Brick wall test ...
1Ds2 ... 200 f/2.8 @ f/11
http://jeffersonposter.smugmug.com/Photography/Pendergrass/i-RpGzBZ8/0/X2/untitled-9-3-X2.jpg

Girl in swing wide open ...
5Dc ... 200 f/2.8 @ f/2.8
http://jeffersonposter.smugmug.com/Photography/Pendergrass/i-fDpTfT3/0/X2/Art%20in%20the%20Park%20Festival%20at%20Hurricane%20Shoals%20Park_-X2.jpg

Landscape ...
1Ds2 ... 200 f/2.8 @ f/8
http://jeffersonposter.smugmug.com/Photography/Pendergrass/i-ZCgTTRK/0/X2/untitled-41-3-X2.jpg

Wildlife ...
1Ds2 ... 200 f/2.8 @ f/4.5
http://jeffersonposter.smugmug.com/Photography/Pendergrass/i-rQ2gmMC/0/X2/200%202.8-202-X2.jpg

Motorsports ...
5Dc ... 200 f/2.8 + 1.4x II @ f/7.1
http://jeffersonposter.smugmug.com/Category/MittyII/i-3zQCsDp/0/X2/AMLS-31-X2.jpg


Jefferson ...



Feb 07, 2015 at 04:51 PM
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Landscape.


Feb 07, 2015 at 04:53 PM
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jasonpatrick wrote:
The 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II looks better out at the edges and corners. The 200mm prime and the zoom look similar in the center. What you're getting with this lens is a smaller profile and lighter lens with excellent IQ. The price is just over 1/4 what you'd pay for a used 70-200 II zoom. If it's what you want, it's an excellent choice. 200mm with no IS could limit your potential use though.

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=687&Camera=453&Sample=0&FLI=3&API=0&LensComp=245&CameraComp=453&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0


The zoom is sharper in the corners only wide open, and I don't think we're looking for sharp corners wide open at 200mm f/2.8 very often (quite the opposite, really), and I would argue that we're never looking for that in portraiture. However, the prime is brighter (higher t-stop). By f/5.6, when the corners might matter, the prime matches the zoom.

So, I would not cite resolution as an advantage of the zoom. Rather, I'd say the zoom offers 70-200mm and IS, rounded aperture blades, but at the expense of a slightly darker photo for a given exposure, and considerably greater size, weight, and price.

An important consideration that is rarely discussed is flare. Here, both lenses perform more or less comparably, in my opinion, at least in this one test:

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Lens-Flare.aspx?Lens=687&Camera=453&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0&LensComp=245&CameraComp=453&FLI=3&API=0



Feb 07, 2015 at 04:57 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · *HELP* Canon 200mm f2.8 prime...


I have had both the vI and vII. Both are really great. I like them with the 1.4x and still good the the 2.0x TC. The only difference in the two is the hood.

Pic with the 200/2.8L vI on a 4MP body.







Feb 07, 2015 at 07:14 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · *HELP* Canon 200mm f2.8 prime...


Lightweight, quick to focus, sharp. Whats not to like? Use it for basketball, wrestling(amateur, not the TV Whores) and a lot of other sports. Still using the original I bought more than a decade ago and it is going strong. Weighs a lot less than the zoom, is smaller. The first version has the lens hood built in if that is a consideration.


Feb 07, 2015 at 08:12 PM
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I've owned it twice. I'll probably own it at third time. Colors were great. Quick and accurate focus.

Sold it because it was too short for field sports after the kids got older and too long on a crop camera for indoor / plays / dance etc.



Feb 07, 2015 at 08:36 PM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · *HELP* Canon 200mm f2.8 prime...


One of the great underrated Canon lenses. Small, black and lightweight. Well balanced on a full frame camera. I'll never sell mine!


Feb 07, 2015 at 11:09 PM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · *HELP* Canon 200mm f2.8 prime...


just go for it, if it is a well kept copy you'll never regret it. I have mine for 2Y 2 months now, I don't remember leaving it at home.


Feb 08, 2015 at 02:25 AM
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Excellent lens. Light, black, sharp.

http://geertkoning.nl/Coppermine/albums/userpics/IMG_2578.jpg

http://geertkoning.nl/Coppermine/albums/userpics/IMG_2630.JPG

http://geertkoning.nl/Coppermine/albums/userpics/IMG_4183.JPG

http://geertkoning.nl/Coppermine/albums/userpics/IMG_4073.jpg

http://geertkoning.nl/Coppermine/albums/userpics/IMG_4068_1.jpg



Feb 08, 2015 at 07:59 AM
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Excellent lens. Nice price. The only lens I've sold off that I really do want to buy again. Also very quick AF. I was in a swallow in flight stage when I had mine. Misses were me, not the lens.

Robert



Feb 08, 2015 at 10:23 AM
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