photo:canonef200mmf2
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Canon EF 200mm f/2L lens
introduction
- released in 2008 to replace the lead-glass 1988 Canon EF 200mm f/1.8L lens and which gives closer focus, adds image stabiliser, weather sealing, is lighter and standardises the rear drop in filter to 52mm instead of 48mm
- 7x more expensive than the Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L lenses
specs
- 200mm f/2.0 full frame
- optical image stabiliser with IS mode switch
- white
- 8 blades
- 17 elements in 12 groups
- 52mm rear drop in filter
- close focus 1.9m
- USM AF
- focus limiter 1.9m to infinity vs 3.5m to infinity
- focus preset
- weather sealed
- tripod mount in better location
- sling mounts
- 128mm x 208mm
- 2520g
- lens hood
- $US5699
reviews
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- very sharp wide open even to edges, and slightly sharper at f/2.8
- very minimal CA
- 1.65EV vignetting
- negligible 0.02% barrel distortion
- very resistant to flare
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- sharp in the centre wide open, sharpest at f/4
- at f/2.0 or f/2.8, it is much sharper than the Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L lenses at f/2.8 and the edges at f/2.0 even matches the Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L lenses at it's peak of f/8
- at f/4, it is optically similar to the Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L lenses at f/4 although sharper at the edges, but then it is 7x more expensive and almost 3x heavier!
- edges become softer when used with a 1.4x TC III
- some long CA wide open but gone by f/2.8
- almost zero lateral CA, but much more when used with tele-extender 1.4x III
- spherical aberration well corrected
- almost zero distortion
- even with TC, minimal coma even wide open
- relatively high astigmatism of 7.3% and with TC 7.8%
- smooth bokeh circles but narrow cat's eye in corners wide open of full frame and odd shaped on APS-C or at f/2.8 on full frame
- 1.87EV vignetting wide open on full frame and 0.74EV vignetting wide open on APS-C
- lots of flare if sun hits front of glass
- AF speed moderate - 1 sec (just over 0.5sec with focus limiter on)
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