OMG I finally have it!!!

[DI-Joe]

I'm absolutely beside myself with excitement. There wasn't much to shoot tonight but tomorrow I'll be shooting all day with this bad boy. And man is it heavy. Good thing I'm a beefy guy and don't mind the extra weight.

Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/2266171700_99e6ae7328.jpg

I'm sure you all have it as well and I'm just late to the game. I'm happy as my copy is super crisp wide open, something i was concerned about but now I can rest assured.

[Ozone]

You'll love this puppy, as I do. Have fun with it!

[Elaine]

Ooohh...I'm a little envious, I must admit! Congrats and have fun with it! :thumb

[OsirisPhoto]

Congratulations :clap

Oh, if you do happen to tire of it.. my birthday is in May :D

[Awais Yaqub]

:jawdropcongrats Images please

[Scott_Quier]

Congrats! I absolutely love mine! I'm sure you will yours as well!:thumb :clap

[zacker]

Ahhh youll hate it, Im serious, but id hate to see you feeling bad about your purchase... if you want to, you can send it to me.. and I will suffer with it.:D

lol... good luck with it, you wont be dissapointed!!

[Augie]

It's only a Canon lens :dunno

JK on the lens

congratats and enjoy

[swintonphoto]

Why is everyone getting so excited about a can of soda?:scratch

[Moogle Pepper]

It's a mighty fine can of soda. :wink

[DI-Joe]

hahaha, yes it is a splendid can of soda..

I decided to display its size by placing it next to some Canon lens for comparison, thus proving that it is, indeed, a properly sized can of soda.

[Moogle Pepper]

That is one expensive can of soda... like those $1200 per slice pizza in NYC...

Very nice! I have the f/4 non IS version!

[claudermilk]

LOL Welcome to the club. Mine does without IS, but is a spectacular lens. No Canon kit is complete without one of the 70-200 family included. :D

[darkdragon]

Very nice. I rented that lens but it was just too heavy for me (even though I LOVED it). I ended up getting the f4 IS which I also love (and is carryable for me).

~ Lisa

[xris]

W O W !

:beer

:thumb

[DI-Joe]

Very nice. I rented that lens but it was just too heavy for me (even though I LOVED it). I ended up getting the f4 IS which I also love (and is carryable for me).

~ Lisa

yeah, I know what you mean. My advantage is that I'm not a little guy to say the least. I'm 6'2" 242lbs (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=72098) and pretty solid(built like a 1D, hahah). So weight tends to not be an issue for me. I just got back from lunch, snapping pics around the city where I work(in Baltimore), didn't really have an issue with the weight.

The one thing that really gets me was the first time I looked through the finder with IS on, it nearly made me toss my cookies. Motionsickness ftl... I think it's a combo of already having a bug and just not seeing what I was expecting.

I will also say that you are completely conspicuous with this lens on your rig. smaller EF-S lenses tend to keep you under the radar, but EVERYONE is just STARING at me while I'm out on the street. Totally not used to it.

[darkdragon]

I will also say that you are completely conspicuous with this lens on your rig. smaller EF-S lenses tend to keep you under the radar, but EVERYONE is just STARING at me while I'm out on the street. Totally not used to it.

That is so true. I take the f4 out and have a few people comment on it (it's funny how people don't think i can hear them as they walk by), but definately not the stares I got with the f2.8.

[DI-Joe]

this is from last night. iso 1250 or something like that... f/2.8 1/25th

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2241/2266171388_ae424f0242.jpg

[W.W. Webster]

I'm absolutely beside myself with excitement.What's that white thing? :huh

[Cuong]

Besides its terrific optical quality, it also doubles as workout equipment to help build neck and arm muscles.

Cuong

[Moogle Pepper]

What's that white thing? :huh

ewwww!

[3rdPlanetPhotography]

Yea and it doesn't even look like a diet!

[bham]

After having this lens for some time, I would say it has been worth every penny and then some.

[KED]

I'm absolutely beside myself with excitement.
There is absolutely nothing not to like about that lens -- it's a workhorse and a masterpiece at the same time. Enjoy!

[TylerW]

Besides its terrific optical quality, it also doubles as workout equipment to help build neck and arm muscles.

Cuong

Good in a barfight, too.

I rented this one last weekend, and I can honestly say I was blown away. I pretty much expect all Canon L's to perform as well as you would hope it would do by reading the numbers, that it will be sharp wide open, focus fast, be built well, but the 70-200 f/2.8 IS seemed like it just sort of bent physics to its will to get you the picture you need. Sharp handheld portraits at 1/25th at 150mm just desn't seem possible. This lens feels like it came from the future.

I'm thankful that I don't need one at the moent, because I can't afforrd one but I'm glad to know that its out there and what I can do, so I can rent it when I think I'll need it.

As an added bonus, its long and sharp enough to pull in a portrait shot from 130' away when mounted on one of Canon's XL video bodies, and in the process it looks friggin' bada**! I chuckled every time I put it on the XL-H1 and booted the camera up - it would flash a message saying that it was an "HD Incompatible lens." The 70-200 L, even at that distance, has far and away more resolving power than the lens that came with the camera.

Congradulations!:clap

[DI-Joe]

Images as requested... Go easy on me as I'm still not used to the focal length or features. I have developed some bad habits not having things like f/2.8 or IS..

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=753370#post753370

enjoy.