Just to add a little info to this thread I would like to add;
I bought a really nice copy of the 200 1.8 in early 2006 and used it very happily until the new lens came to market. being a responsible business person I didn\'t think twice about selling the old lens (200 1.8) and buying the new 200 2.0 IS.
Well guess what, after about a year and a half of using the new lens extensively I was consistently reminded that something was missing. The IQ that I was used to was gone!
There is no other way to put it, the new lens is not even close to the original, something is missing. Something about the design or the materials used make the original 200 1.8 is magical, there is nothing in the known universe to equal this lens and if you shoot one you will find out what I am trying so pathetically to explain. It stands alone, nothing that Canon, Nikon or Ziess has ever made comes close to this lens.
And that\'s all I have to say.
Mar 25, 2013 at 09:15 AM
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