Canon 70-200 mm or 70-300 mm?

[beagle100]

The word overkill may be strong. I do think though that not everybody needs an f2.8 zoom, and in canon speak the 70-200 f4 are generally considered as good as the f2.8 apart from the coveted "2.8" bit.

i wasnt trying to say the f/4 was bad in any way.

it's just that for many situations f2.8 is better
(but more expensive)