First BIG move to an L lense.

MaleficZ

[font=&quot]Well its begun. I'm close to having enough money for an L lens. I will use the lens mostly for sports like football, basketball, and even auto racing (night time too). So I'm thinking about the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM lense mostly. Then the 70-200 mm f/2.8L USM. And lastly the 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM with all that zoom but higher f/.

Now out them all, the 70-200 with image stabilization looks to be THE best for what I’ll be using it for, but it also costs THE most. I was wondering if you guys thought it is worth the extra $650 for the IS?
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Khaos

Yes.

It's my favorite and most used lens.

It allows for shooting in the the beautiful light of early morning and late evening without worrying about bumping up the ISO or using a tripod. Fantastic lens. I consider it the best zoom lens ever made.

USAIR

70 -200 f2.8L IS USM very nice lens can't go worng
Good candid and portrait lens little long but works great
Can't wait to see your photos from the new lens

And IS is my friend

Fred

Mike Lane

*cough* lens *cough*

(no 'e' at the end of lens)

I've rented the 70-200L 2.8 IS and I really loved it. I've got to say, for my 20D in most situations it was just too long - I mean it's a 112 to 320 lens on the 20D. Then again I don't know what body you have.

But the pics you can get from the thing... oh man, they are really awesome. I envy anyone with that lens even if it is a tad bit long. Now the 5D / 70-200 would be something to behold;)

Well one can dream can't they?

MaleficZ

Well I really think I'll be getting the IS. I'll have to wait untill spring for the money (other hobbies taking money away). There is one other Automotive Sport photographer in Utah, so this lense weould really put me up and over. Thanks for all your help guys.

Nikolai

IS rocks!

MaleficZ wrote:

Well I really think I'll be getting the IS. I'll have to wait untill spring for the money (other hobbies taking money away). There is one other Automotive Sport photographer in Utah, so this lense weould really put me up and over. Thanks for all your help guys.

I was shooting a lot recently with my boss's 100-400L IS USM, and I can honestly tell you: without IS I'd ruin 95% of all my shots (if not all 100%), even during the daylight, let alone those taken on Friday night football games

I would NOT be getting any tele (zoom) without it. My two current zooms (17-85 and 28-135) are both USM IS, and man, what a difference it makes compared to non-IS versions I used before. Even in non-tele mode it's such a great thing to have: I was able to make totally sharp handheld shots at 1/5s, try that w/o IS!

On the far tele side, shooting sports... Man, w/o IS you'd have to use the tripod; and even with the best tripod + ballhead combo (which is not a cheap equipment, think of $1200) your reaction time would be at least 10 times slower compared to handheld IS.

Get the IS, you'll recover your money fast from the much improved shots quality! And you don't need the tripod then:-)

HTH