Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS

The ‘photojournalists lens’, the 70-200 f/2.8L IS is known for providing extremely sharp images, even with the aperture wide open. Its wide aperture and IS allow handheld shooting and creative opportunities in the most demanding conditions, and the image quality is as good as most prime lenses. If you haven’t used one before, this is a rather heavy lens— twice the weight of the 70-200 f/4L or 70-200 f/4L IS.

It’s a remarkable lens, and by far our most popular rental. We now have 116 copies of this lens and still have trouble keeping it in stock, so we suggest reserving it in advance if possible. For those who know they will be shooting at fast shutter speeds the f/2.8 non-IS offers the same image quality at a lower cost.

The lens does come with the tripod mounting ring and lens hood.

We have one copies of the 70-200 2.8 IS lens rotating out of stock. Both are in excellent condition. The glass and mechanicals are flawless, there are minor scuffs on the lens hood and caps, and a couple of tiny scratches on the barrel, as well as the unavoidable tiny bit of internal dust that does not affect image quality. Selling for $1529. As always, there is a 3 day inspection period with no questions asked return for refund and a 90 day warranty against failure during normal use with this lens.

Roger’s take: Southern English has several advantages over Standard English. First among these is a far more diversified set of curse words. Second is that it has two forms of plural address, one addressing members of small groups (y’all) and the inclusive form for all members of large groups (all y’all). All y’all need to try this lens at least once.