Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM

I bought this lens because Canon (CPS) stopped servicing my original 200L 1.8 lens. I reluctantly sold the original 1.8 version and bought the 200L IS 2.0 in 2009. I used this lens for well over 2 years till I sold it. The 200L IS 2.0 is sharp and makes lovely pictures but... Let me explain.

Fast subject acquisition; great IS and great IQ

The magic of the 200L 1.8 is not here

Lente ultraluminosa e con uno sfocato da sballo.

E' da circa due anni che l'ho acquistato ed ne sono molto soddisfatto. Luminosità, sfocato cremoso, AF silenzioso, preciso e veloce. Perfetta stabilizzazione che consente di scattare a 1/30 a mano libera. Lente molto costosa ma ne vale la pena.

Superb Portrait Lens

Sharp wide open with a unique look of soft background and compressed perspective that cannot be achieved by another lens. An 85mm f1.2 will give the soft background but it will not give the compression that is so attractive in dreamy portraits. A unique lens for a unique lens.

Better Than I Expected

"This is the lens that came with my Nikon D7000 and the more I use it the better I like it. It's at its optical best in the 24mm-50mm range which suits my style. Actually this lens outperforms my 35mm f1.8 prime for centre sharpness.

Canon's bokeh monster

To me, the CANON 200MM F2 has always been a Holy Grail sort of lens, that you often heard of but rarely seen. As a professional portrait and wedding photographer it has been a lens i have coverted for a very long time.

Durable; Full metal construction; Great Features; Great Picture Quality

Bulky; Super expensive

Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM Review

The Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM ($5,999 direct)($5,699.00 at Amazon) is an incredibly sharp, and incredibly expensive, telephoto lens for Canon D-SLR cameras. It captures twice as much light as the other 200mm prime lens in Canon's lineup, the EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM ($819.99), a less-expensive lens that can focus just a bit closer, but lacks image stabilization. If you're considering purchasing or renting the EF 200mm f/2L IS USM for professional work you'll be happy to know that it's very sharp from edge to edge, even at f/2, which earns it our Editors' Choice award. The EF 200mm f/2L is big enough to ship with its own hard-shell carrying case. It measures 8.2 by 5 inches (HD) without its hood attached, and weighs in at 5.6 pounds. Attaching the hood extends the height by about 6 inches.  The front element is huge, but there's no filter thread; instead there's a rear drop-in filter holder that supports 52mm gelatin filters. A tripod collar is built into the lens; it can rotate fo...

The Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM is an ultra-sharp telephoto lens with an ambitious aperture. It's absurdly expensive, but also a top-performing optic.

Incredibly sharp from edge-to-edge; Wide aperture; Supports drop-in filters; Optically stabilized; Built-in tripod collar

Very expensive; Limited close focus ability; Heavy