70-200 2,8 (black)?

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Hi, a friend of mine offered me a used lens to buy, itīs a canon 70-200 2,8L but itīs not white; itīs black. Can someone tell me the differences between this lens and the white one, is the white one better?,should i look for a used "white".Thank you in advance.

pd: what do you think about the Sigma 175-500?

-- Javier Boscolo (jboscolo@ciudad.com.ar), October 23, 2001

Answers

Javier:

I believe the lens your friend let you borrow is the EF 80-200 f/2.8 L. This (black) lens was the predecessor to the EF 70-200 f/2.8 L which was introduced in 1995 and was offered in the off-white color. A friend of mine also has the (black) 80-200 and likes it very much. The optical quality of the 80-200 is suppose to be as good or perhaps better than the newer 70-200. The main difference in the two lenses (I believe) is the 80-200 doesn't have the USM allowing for full-time manual focusing, as does the 70-200, and it won't accept Canon 1.4X and 2X extenders.

I don't have any experience with the Sigma 175-500.

-- Gary Russell (gr_russell@earthlink.net), October 23, 2001.


I've never heard of a black Canon 70-200/2.8 lens. Perhaps its the EF 80-200/2.8L.... (The 80-200 is as sharp or sharper than the newer 70-200, but lacks full-time manual focus and cannot use Canon teleconverters.)

-- Dave Herzstein (dherzstein@juno.com), October 23, 2001.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1289085476 is that is the lens you are talking about, it is a good lens, but does not offer the use of teleconverters or full time focusing, but if you dont reallyneed these features, its a great buy.

-- Jake F. (JakeF@nowhere.net), October 27, 2001.

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