Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens

[Daniel Browning]

i am more interested in using
the 200mm, rather than the 70mm end

Sounds like the 200mm f/2.8 prime is a good choice for you. It's an excellent lens. It's easy to take handheld shots. It has much better balance on a crop body than the 70-200 f/2.8, for example. But without IS, of course, camera shake can be a big problem.

at what kind of shutter speeds can you still get sharp images at - especially when using an APS-C crop camera?

At 12x18 print sizes, I need at least 1/500 to take care of motion blur. but if I'm just doing web-size images, I can get away with 1/125. (It helps that the lens is smaller and lighter than the 70-200.)

do you find it has limited use because of the fixed 200mm focal length

Yes, that's why I don't have it now.


It is amazingly sharp for the price.