@star wrote:
cicopo, she would use this lens for a wide variety of uses. Trade Shows indoor as well as outdoor. I'be seen this lens a few times and was truly impressed...so I bought it for her thinking lens were " universal" in there fitment ? Please keep in mind my knowledge of cameras is as follows...my Note 4 has an awesome 16 Meg camera, best I've ever had. See where I'm coming from... 😉
Wow. I'm blown away that people buy $2000 lenses with little to no understanding of the uses and requirements.
As mentioned above, it's probably the best lens in it's class (out of all manufacturers) and one of the best all around lenses made. It's incredibly sharp and has terrific autofocus capabilities - when paired to a Canon camera. 70-200 is telephoto range, or "zoomed" for non technical jargon. You can shoot a half body portrait in a medium sized room, zoom into someone across the street (a reasonable amount), or (probably it's biggest use) get in close from across the room like in event shooting.
What type of shooting you do matters on the camera body you choose. The most common choices at the moment for a lens of that caliber would be:
- Canon 6D: Full frame, absolutely terrific low light ability, poor quality auto focus, very cheap for the level of image quality you get.
- Canon 5d Mark III: Everything mentioned above, but also terrific autofocus. The most expensive of the three
- Canon 7D Markk II: It's a smaller sensor, not as good in low light. This camera is built for speed, and taking photos of things that are moving. Has a great autofocus system, probably the best in manufacture right now. Also the most recent, so has all the latest bells and whistles. Mid price between the two.
In general, if you're worried about getting things that are moving you'd get the 7d2, if you're worried about taking clean pictures in low light you'd get the 6D, and if you want both and have the budget you get the 5d3. As with an generalization, take it with a grain of salt.
