i really need to get this lens. i rent the one with IS everytime i shoot a larger concert; have never shot with out the IS. IS is not light and more expensive. i am happy with what the IS produces. any thoughts one this subject?
thelightofsound Goldmember  1,399 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2006 Location: Atlanta More info | Oct 09, 2006 10:41 | #1 i really need to get this lens. i rent the one with IS everytime i shoot a larger concert; have never shot with out the IS. IS is not light and more expensive. i am happy with what the IS produces. any thoughts one this subject? --atlanta photographer michael saba
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SoaringUSAEagle Daddy Of The Crop  10,814 posts Likes: 3 Joined Dec 2005 Location: Cheyenne, WY More info | Oct 09, 2006 11:03 | #2 Well if you are happy and are constantly renting it... Doesn't it make sense to go the extra few hundred bucks and get it? I own it and love it. I wish I had it for the concerts I went to during the summer but only had the f/4 at the time. 5D4 | 50 1.4 | 85L II | 24-70L II | 70-200 2.8L IS II
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badrotation Senior Member 390 posts Joined Apr 2005 More info | Oct 09, 2006 11:28 | #3 Yep, if you can toss the money towards it, get it... It has saved my butt a few times when I would have otherwise needed a tripod (shots around sunrise/sunset). I only have it turned on about 1/2 the time (it likes to suck up batteries), but I definitely use it quite often.
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thanks for the input, but let me change the question. --atlanta photographer michael saba
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JNunn Senior Member 538 posts Joined May 2006 More info | Oct 09, 2006 11:47 | #5 thelightofsound wrote in post #2096805  thanks for the input, but let me change the question. non-IS used for $550 -or- IS new for $1650 and fwiw, i can not afford either right now. If you're just talking hypothetically, the non IS used one is a no-brainer! But if you'd really like to own and buy one or the other, with everything being equal, I'd save my pennies and get the IS. I personally have the f/4 version, am extremely happy with it, and don't intend to upgrade.
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sonnyc Cream of the Crop 5,175 posts Likes: 36 Joined Jun 2005 Location: san jose More info | Oct 09, 2006 11:50 | #6 |
Oct 09, 2006 12:01 | #7 Here is my experience. I have the 70-200 f4 (Of course no IS!) and a 300mm f4 IS. The IS blows me away with how sharper the images are. Don't get me wrong a non IS version of the 70-200 is pretty sharp but it has higher odds of camera shake then the IS version. Christopher J. Martin
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that's y'all for the input. cjm, i think you have sold me on the IS. --atlanta photographer michael saba
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Permagrin High Priestess of all I survey  77,915 posts Likes: 21 Joined Aug 2006 Location: day dreamin' More info | Oct 09, 2006 13:23 | #9 thelightofsound wrote in post #2097179 that's y'all for the input. cjm, i think you have sold me on the IS. as for the $550 used one; that was prob just an "all talk" offer. i don't even have contact information of the person, they just have mine. i guess i'll just stick to renting the IS until i can figure out how to make more money off my photography so i can invest more. Well, if you can buy the 70-200 F2.8 for $550, DO IT! Then re-sell it for almost double (I sold mine a few months ago for almost $1100) and then your extra $ towards the IS version will be taken care of. .. It's Permie's world, we just live in it! ~CDS
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Oct 09, 2006 13:27 | #10 Permagrin wrote in post #2097191 Well, if you can buy the 70-200 F2.8 for $550, DO IT! Then re-sell it for almost double (I sold mine a few months ago for almost $1100) and then your extra $ towards the IS version will be taken care of. great point; i guess i didn't think about that. but next question would be why would someone pay 1100 used when that is the price of a new? --atlanta photographer michael saba
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Permagrin High Priestess of all I survey 77,915 posts Likes: 21 Joined Aug 2006 Location: day dreamin' More info | Oct 09, 2006 13:31 | #11 thelightofsound wrote in post #2097215 great point; i guess i didn't think about that. but next question would be why would someone pay 1100 used when that is the price of a new? LIke I said, I just sold mine on Ebay for that, with shipping. Used L lenses go so high, it's unbelievable. I lost about $100 from my original purchase (and because I got a triple rebate, I actually made money on the transaction). You'd make money, whether or not it was double, it definitely will be close. As long as it's the 2.8 and not the f/4. (which sells for around $500-$525 used) .. It's Permie's world, we just live in it! ~CDS
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DoubleNegative *sniffles*  10,533 posts Likes: 11 Joined Mar 2006 Location: New York, USA More info | Oct 10, 2006 15:37 | #12 IMO, IS on this zoom is a match made in heaven. If you can use the IS and can spring for the extra dosh - go for it. You certainly won't regret it. La Vida Leica!
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well i heard back from the guy that made the offer of selling his non IS lens. he said $500 plus some of my photography. he bought the lens in 99. --atlanta photographer michael saba
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