The new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM

Posted by Matt McGuire in Photography News

Jan
6

Yesterday Canon released news of a new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens. This is the newest model of the lens I have been saving for. It looks like they made some nice improvements.

This news lens has reduced the minimum focusing distance to 3.9 feet. The new lens incorporats a fluorite element and a fifth UD element. The result is a better image quality with improved contrast and resolution.

DPReview.com has a good pre-release review of of the new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II lens.

There is no price associated with the news lens yet and the release date is scheduled for April 2010. This looks like it is going to be a winner. If the price is not out of line with the current version of this lens it will still be my next lens purchase.

January 13, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Pittsburgh Moving Companies says:

Wow, that looks very nice. I have a 70-200mm lens with vibration reduction for my Nikon D80 and I’m pretty happy with it. But i have to admit the white Canon lenses look much cooler

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January 24, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Matt McGuire says:

I agree. I don’t know the price, but when I save enough this will be my lens.

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March 17, 2010 at 10:16 am
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April 15, 2010 at 11:14 am
Clayton from Prince of Persia Costumes says:

This must be being released any day now…I look forward to seeing just how much it costs. Its definitely been getting a lot of buzz in the press recently.
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Matt McGuire Reply:
April 15th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
It’s out and id $2,500. Hopefully the price will drop a bit in the next few months. I am getting closer to buying this thing.

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