70-200 mm f/2.8 Is on Rebel xti

I am an amateur photographer that is interested in buying a 70-200 mm f/2.8 IS. However, I do not wish to buy a "better" camera and would rather invest in a good lens. Will the image quality be affected because of my camera?

Thanks

that combo should be awesome..ONLY if the operator knows how to use his/her equipment. Thats one main reason why I'm buying inexpensive glass... Ineed to learn HOW to use my own stuff.

I' dont think buying expensive glass will improve your shots.

Glass is much more important than the camera body unless you are shooting sports or something that you would be using the burst mode a lot.

beezwax wrote in post #5157498
I' dont think buying expensive glass will improve your shots.

Yes and no really. The 70-200 2.8 IS would be a welcome addition to your XTI.

squashed wrote in post #5157537
Yes and no really. The 70-200 2.8 IS would be a welcome addition to your XTI.

oh.. then I need to go order one right now

mike_85 wrote in post #5157462
I am an amateur photographer that is interested in buying a 70-200 mm f/2.8 IS. However, I do not wish to buy a "better" camera and would rather invest in a good lens. Will the image quality be affected because of my camera?

Thanks

No. I have an XT. I've used my XT and the 70-200mm f/2.8 IS L together before and they work great! Just gotta use it right.


If you can get it, go ahead!

Works great on any Canon body.

We built a decent lens collection before getting into the xxD series.

And I think it was the right way to go.

The IQ will be fine, I use my 70-200's on a 30D and an XT and the IQ is great from both setups.

beezwax wrote in post #5157498
I' dont think buying expensive glass will improve your shots.

It will. All things considered your shots will be better with better glass. If they sucked to begin with they will still suck, but they will be better.

The 70-200 f/2.8 IS is KING on any Canon SLR
My friend has a 70-300 and we swapped lenses for an hour or so. Both of our images were very noticeably better with the 70-200. (shooting kite surfing) I've deleted all of the images from the 300 so I can't show a comparison...but it made me very happy about my decision and he is now considering the 70-200 f/4.

IQ will be quite good. AF, while fast, would be a lot faster on a XXD or 5D and lightening fast on a 1D.

One of the frustrations with faster lenses on Rebel cameras sometimes is that the focus speed and accuracy are not quite good enough. The glass and sensor will perform otherwise.

I have the 70-200 f/4L and a Rebel XTi. The image quality really impresses me each and every time.

The Xti is capable of great photos. Good glass will only increase the quality of the photo.

An extremely good and useable combination. do not hesitate.

I bought a 70-200mm f2.8 L IS (gotta put that "L" in there, it's the only one I have so far!) for my Rebel XT and had wonderful results with the combination.

This is not a reflection on the lens because I noticed the following with any of the lenses I used on the Rebel. The Auto Focus of the Rebel was not truly reliable for me. If I felt the shot was important enough but did not want to manually focus the shot, I got used to snapping a few shot's of the same subject, allowing the camera to refocus a couple of times between each shot. then keeping the best of them.

Don't get me wrong, typically if you are shooting with the XT 70-200 2.8 combo at higher f stops the accuracy is very good, but I found if I was shooting for a narrow depth of field and wanted the subjects eye in focus, not the nose or ear, I either manually focused or did a focus lock a couple of times along with multiple shots. Since upgrading to the 40D I have not noticed this as much as it seems to nail it most of the time.

Sometimes while viewing the photo's online I have to read the exif information to determine which camera I used. All in all I think it's a great combo.

As a side note and this is with both bodies, It seems to me that if I know I'll be shooting with a reliably fast shutter speed. That turning off the IS seems to make the results just a bit sharper or pop more. I can't put my finger on it, even when pixel peeping. But when my shutter speeds are low enough to make use of the IS, the IS is worth its weight in gold.

Edit: As I was posting this I noticed the OP was talking about the XTi I have no experience with that model so ignore my gibberish post.