Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS III Review Better than Nikon, Sony, Sigma Tamron Versions

Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS III Review Better than Nikon, Sony, Sigma Tamron Versions





This is a review of the canon 70 to 200 2.8

version 3 now i'm gonna do an unboxing

and sniff test in just a minute but i

remember when i was on the phone with

canon and they were telling us about

this lens and i was like what's

different and they're like nothing the

color and some coating and i sat there

and was like why the hell would you

replace version 2 with a version 3 that

just changes the color and some coatings

well as soon as I used it I realized why

but let's unbox it sniff it tell you who

it's for tell you what it costs tell you

some thoughts and here we go so it comes

in a box just like all the other lenses

get rid of that take this out throw that

oh wait no don't want to throw the lens

will throw that box hopefully they don't

mind some dented corners it always comes

with this pouch and I'm not sure why it

comes with this pouch because nobody

uses it the only person I could ever see

thinking about possibly using this would

be Ken Rockwell because it has a belt

loop and you need to be up there with

those khakis on putting this on his

pants going yet Jarrod I'm using the

7200 it's lovely

anyway let's take it out you've got

bubble wrap boom and there's your lens

and there should be a lens hood inside

so here's your lens hood here's your

lens and look at that color now the

reason I talk about the color is because

this is a 70 to 200 2.8 version one that

is Stevens you can totally see the

difference in color one is a little more

yellow and one is a little more white

now this lens clocks in at 2099 dollars

which is pretty good considering that

the Sony is 2600 bucks and it's whiter I

actually think it is why oh yeah the

Sony's definitely a wider lens and then

the Nikon which is twenty-seven hundred

and ninety six dollars and don't forget

the 95 cents so these are super

expensive compared to what Canon was

able to do and unlike Nikon and Tamara

in Sigma Canon was smart enough to leave

the zoom ring on the inside and the

focus ring on the outside because as you

know I hate the fact that Nikon went

ahead and switched up the Rings which

makes it less stable when you're holding

it now I took this lens out to the

Pennsylvania Renaissance Fair and used

it all day shooting and Steven got to

take it out to probably three concerts

where he stole I mean borrowed the lens

one day when I wasn't here and then took

it to shoot the concerts he had

permission don't worry that's the perks

of working here he took this out and got

some great shots you can see how sharp

and colorful even in low light

situations pushing in the camera to

8,000 ISO the lens still renders

everything beautifully it holds up

really well and at the Renaissance Fair

photographing the joust going on and

getting the subjects which are wearing

bright colors running directly towards

me being able to track them even with

the new Canon EOS R and the lens adapter

it was seamless for autofocus I consider

this to be the dream lens when I didn't

have a system when I wasn't shooting

Nikon yet and I was barely shooting

Canon film I always wanted that white

lens that's 70 to 200 this is the holy

grail of lenses for sports photographers

if you're a sports photographer this

lens is going to kick ass it also is

going to double very well for portraits

and I was able to get some nice

portraits of the Knights after they were

done doing the joust it just looks so

sharp and colorful and I have to say i

sat there and I was like why would you

get rid of the old version too if you

already have it to get a three and I

think the answer is you wouldn't but out

of the three lenses here the Canon by

far is better than the Nikon and it's

better than the Sony now that's my

personal opinion after using them all I

personally own the Nikon version but I

love how good the Canon version is

especially at the price where it's at

now let's talk about the colors I'm able

to pull off of this lens at the

Renaissance Fair shooting the Knights

with all of the bright colors on and not

even punching them up too far in the

computer they look trim

I'm just so amazed at how great this

lens focuses how fast it is how colorful

the the images are I really can't say

enough about this lens on how much I

love it

but let's sniff it to see if I still

love it oh yeah

mmm strohman white bread i haven't had

white bread in a long time but that's

what it smells like so another thing is

you've got a foot on this lens I always

take this tripod monopod collar off I do

this I take it off I put it back in the

bag which is currently on the floor and

I never use it when I go back to sell it

that's when I go ahead and put that back

on now the big question here that a lot

of people need to think about especially

if you're a Canon shooter is the EF line

gonna be dead in the next couple of

years I don't think it will be dead but

you do have to think about they will be

coming out with a 70 to 200 RF lens for

the mirrorless cameras even though you

can adapt this lens to the mirrorless

cameras you do have to question should

you be waiting for the future lens to

come out now if that lens does come out

the 70 to 200 2.8 RF version I do

suspect that that will be around 3000

bucks when it comes out there's been no

talk or announcements about it but

that's my own personal guess on what's

going to happen when they come out with

that lens I think if you have a version

2 of the 70 to 200 Canon you don't buy

this new one you really don't unless you

can get a ton of money out of the old

one and you really want to get you want

to replace it and if you're like Steven

and you have the version 1 then I do

absolutely recommend going up to this

version right here now if you're

somebody deciding do you go with Nikon

Canon or Sony as a new brand if you're

just starting out the funny thing is

with this being $2,000 or $2,100 and

being one of the best lenses you could

ever put in your bag to be a

well-rounded photographer you're gonna

save $700 over going with the Nikon

you're gonna save $500 versus going with

the Sony it may be a reason to kick you

in the ass and say go with the Canon the

question I want to answer is who is the

lenz for now it is expensive at 2,000

bucks if you're just starting out so

keep in mind this is a professional lens

if you're a professional photographer

the $2,000 well it shouldn't matter as

much because you're gonna be making

money off of your photography if you

don't have the $2,000 to spend well

maybe look for a version 2 of this used

or even a version 1 or you could look to

the Tamron 70 to 200 2.8 G - which is a

fantastic lens at only 1,300 bucks and

you're getting a two point eight so the

70 to 200 range is great for sports like

I said earlier it's amazing for

portraits it's great for concerts it's

just an all-around amazing lens that I

would build my entire kit around and

that's exactly what I did when I started

shooting with Nikon back in the day the

first lens I bought was an 80 to 200 2.8

because I wanted to shoot sports you

cannot go wrong with this lens now will

it pass the Windtunnel tests I don't

know but I'm gonna blow all three of

them right now from the side here we go

yeah I got some spit on that one but

anyway yeah I don't think it passed the

Windtunnel tests because it's a little

more girthy it seems than yeah yeah I

don't know the Windtunnel tests doesn't

make don't tell anybody it doesn't make

sense but it does make sense if you ever

say the Windtunnel tests doesn't make

sense I will delete your comment but

really guys if you want to download

sample raw files that I captured with

this lens you can do that over on the

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