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Archive 2009 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

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p.2 #1 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Oops...I meant to say f2 ISO 3200 instead of f2.8 6400!
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I was shooting an indoor recital with my 1DMKIII and was at f2 1/3200. Much better than f2.8 1/6400. This lens is a low light monster.

Do you mean it the other way,instead? What will I get at f/4...1/12800 ?

Apr 25, 2009 at 03:13 AM

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p.2 #2 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

mike reid wrote:
damn this thread

+1!!!

Apr 25, 2009 at 03:56 AM

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p.2 #3 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Petcal (Peter, no?)

That last teacup shot is stunning. Love it to bits.

This thread is highly dangerous to one's liquidity.

Apr 25, 2009 at 07:24 AM

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p.2 #4 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

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Apr 26, 2009 at 06:03 AM

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p.2 #5 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

To those who have this and have used the 300 2.8 IS. Is the 200 plus a 1.4 as sharp as the 300 at 2.8.

Apr 27, 2009 at 01:39 AM

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p.2 #6 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

I don't have the 300 f2.8 IS, however I have read that it's pretty darn close.

hhski wrote:
To those who have this and have used the 300 2.8 IS. Is the 200 plus a 1.4 as sharp as the 300 at 2.8.

Apr 27, 2009 at 01:56 AM

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p.2 #7 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

I keep repeating this into my mind:

"200 2.0 sucks"
"200 2.0 sucks"
"200 2.0 sucks"
"200 2.0 sucks"
"200 2.0 sucks"
"200 2.0 sucks"
"200 2.0 sucks"
"200 2.0 sucks"

Useless, trust me. And you guys come up with threads like this...

I think I am kind of prime L lens junkie. I now have the most important ones up to 135mm (included). And I try to convince myself that 135 is long enough for all my needs. 200 2.0 IS is on my wishlist...if it would only be a bit cheaper, like the 300 2.8, I would have got one. But for now, the 300 is a bit long and the 200 a bit too expensive. I guess that in the end I will buy some studio lighting with the money for a 200 2.0, but some day I will get my hands on one of these white guys.

Apr 27, 2009 at 08:02 AM

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p.2 #8 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Has anyone done a comparison of the 200 f/2 + 2xTC against the 400 f/5.6L? I am interested to hear about focus speed and IQ...

Apr 27, 2009 at 08:19 AM

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p.2 #9 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Allan Bruce wrote:
Has anyone done a comparison of the 200 f/2 + 2xTC against the 400 f/5.6L? I am interested to hear about focus speed and IQ...

I've owned both lenses simultaneously. 2x TC requires stopping down 2 stops to regain sharpness of the bare lens when magnified digitally (across the whole frame)... thus, f/8 is needed. The 400/5.6 will be sharper at f/5.6 than the 200/2 + 2x TC. Focus is faster on the 400/5.6L as well.

The main advantage of the 200 over the 400/5.6 is the IS in this case.

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100% crops show like every pore and hair from 15 feet away

Apr 27, 2009 at 01:27 PM

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p.2 #10 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Andrew Welsh wrote:
Allan Bruce wrote:
Has anyone done a comparison of the 200 f/2 + 2xTC against the 400 f/5.6L? I am interested to hear about focus speed and IQ...

I've owned both lenses simultaneously. 2x TC requires stopping down 2 stops to regain sharpness of the bare lens when magnified digitally (across the whole frame)... thus, f/8 is needed. The 400/5.6 will be sharper at f/5.6 than the 200/2 + 2x TC. Focus is faster on the 400/5.6L as well.

The main advantage of the 200 over the 400/5.6 is the IS in this case.

Thats a pity. I was hoping that I could get the 200 f/2 and that would stop me from needing a 300 f/2.8 and 400 f/5.6, but alas not :-(

Apr 27, 2009 at 02:44 PM

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p.2 #11 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

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Apr 27, 2009 at 04:43 PM

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p.2 #12 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

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Apr 27, 2009 at 05:33 PM

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p.2 #13 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

I should add that 2x TC + 200/2 can be stopped down 1 stop for "good" sharpness and "great" sharpness in the center.. and most wildlife is in the center anyway.

Apr 28, 2009 at 02:21 AM

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p.2 #14 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Here are a few from my last wedding :

Apr 28, 2009 at 07:59 AM

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p.2 #15 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

vborrut.. 1 and 3 are really nice, can't wait to use mine "in anger" at a wedding.

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This lens makes me do too much work removing every little fleck of skin and pore and errant hair, it's so darn sharp @ f/2. I'm liking this lens the more I use it.

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Apr 29, 2009 at 07:30 AM

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p.2 #16 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Some lovely photos... It would be great if folks could state if the images are on full frame, APS-H, or APS-C when posting...

Apr 29, 2009 at 09:52 PM

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p.2 #17 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

The images, at least on this page, has EXIF data intact...
garyvot wrote:
Some lovely photos... It would be great if folks could state if the images are on full frame, APS-H, or APS-C when posting...

Apr 30, 2009 at 05:22 AM

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p.2 #18 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

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Apr 30, 2009 at 05:28 AM

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p.2 #19 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

my face just like Nick's cat when i read this thread

Apr 30, 2009 at 05:46 AM

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p.2 #20 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

200 f/2 IS on 1DMkIIN, JPG straight outta camera except resized for web.
Just trying to show ya that an 8 Mp camera ain't too shabby for cropping either.

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Apr 30, 2009 at 05:03 PM

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p.2 #21 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

It's a great lens, as so many of those photos above clearly show. But it's also a big bulky and heavy lens! The 200/2 makes the 70-200 2.8 IS look like a lightweight carryaround option.

I had the 200/2 on a monopod at Colonial Williamsburg around Thanksgiving last year and people were staring at me everywhere I went with it.

That lens is commitment in every respect. You've got to commit to paying for it and then to carrying it around. But the photos with it really are unique.

Apr 30, 2009 at 05:19 PM

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p.2 #22 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

I'd love to compare this lens (even 1.8 version) with Leica Apo 180/2.8.
I really like the pictures from this lens.

I saw some pictures taken with f/1.8 version, and it's incredible.
85/1.8 can imitate 85L to a certain level, but I haven't seen any lens that would imitate the uniqueness that can be seen in this lens.

I'd love to be able to take picture like this.

http://www.slrclub.com/bbs/vx2.php?id=work_gallery&page=50&sn1=&sid1=&divpage=117&sn=off&sid=off&ss=on&sc=off&sort&no=631952

BTW, the link is a Korean photography forum site.
When you have time, you can look through the over 12000 pages of pictures.

There are some inspiring pictures.

Apr 30, 2009 at 06:37 PM

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p.2 #23 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

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Apr 30, 2009 at 09:40 PM

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p.2 #24 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

PetKal wrote:
Ducks and geese.

Peter,

It does seem like you have flying reflectors everywhere your camera was aiming to. have you ever missed

- they are just awesome images

michael

Apr 30, 2009 at 09:55 PM

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p.2 #25 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!

Thank you, Michael.....that's a very astute observation. I try to get out and shoot when there is good sunlight in the afternoon and early evening.

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