B&H used to claim they had it in stock, but now their website says "available for preorder." I'm wondering if anyone knows if they really did have it in stock or if the website was in error. (If they really had it, I would expect it to say "out of stock" when they ran out, not "avaliable for preorder")
Just curious. I'm not anxious or anything
I guess Bryan answered my question... looks like at least one was shipped
The IQ looks impressive... better than I expected. I guess if I had ordered with B&H I probably would have it already.
Not that that matters. I'm not anxious in the least.
It does look very impressive. I just don't use my 70-200 enough to justify the $2500 though.
I use mine almost every day. That's probably still not enough to justify $2500, but what the hey. []
Originally Posted by Jon Ruyle
Plus I promised myself that my next lens (especially in this price range) would be the 85 1.2 II.
I second that! $2,500 is to much money to upgrade to another 70-200mm. I'd have to see a more substantial improvement like f/1.8 added.
85mm 1.2 or 50mm 1.2 will hopefully be my next purchase.
I feel good that it is still on-par with the 70-200 f/4 IS which I have. As long as I don't need the extra stop, I got the IQ! I think with the 2.8 II will make the extenders much more attractive, however.
I would really like to have one, especially after checking Brian's iso-crops... but it is definitely out of my budget. I really love and will stick to the f/4 IS
Received the lens last Friday. It was pouring, so no pictures then. But I have since taken it out and am incredibly impressed!!! It is sharp at 2.8, like the mark 1 version is at 5.6...even at 200mm. It is super quiet, focuses like no tomorrow, and the IS is near silent, with no jumping like the previous version. All in all, I would say totally worth it, especially if it is mounted on a camera 90-95% of the time(which is in my case). Here is a sample taken of a fire hydrant(no laughing!), with a crop alongside. I am not disappointed one bit. And the colors and contrast are especially good. More pictures, too, with specs. It is a little heavier than mark 1, but I have a battery grip on my 5D2, and it balances very well, BTW.
Focus was on the "jones" at bottom...5D2 iso 200, 200mm 2.8@1/2500th...no PP, jpg from raw Lr 2.6
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water main pipes iso 200, 105mm 2.8@1/200th...focus on writing on right side...no PP jpg from raw LR2.6
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Picture of my dog, Rajah..iso 200 200mm f4@1/50th...no PP jpg from raw Lr2.6
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Thanks for posting the pics, Gregg. Very impressive.
I got tired of waiting for Amazon and ordered from B&H. It shipped today. All doubts dissappeared after I looking at Bryan's data. (The following comparisons expecially impressed me: new lens at f/2.8 compared to old lens at f/8, new lens at 200mm compared to the 200mm f/2.8 prime, 70-200 with extenders compared to the 100-400. I don't say the 70-200 is better in each of these cases, but it is a lot closer than I expected.)
I'll say it again: I'm not anxious.
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