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Yes the Marktwo is a Very good lens,but the new f/4 Version with the image stabilizer is a really good lens, and is much smaller and lighter, and easier to carry. I personally don't see much value in the lens that is only F2.8, when canon has extremely fast f/1.2 F1.4 and F1.8 and F2 prime lenses, in the 85 mm, 100 mm, and 135 mm lengths. The primes are incredibly sharp, and pretty light, and affordable. I personally was never really that thrilled with shooting at F2.8 and I think that most experts have come to see the F2.8 70 to 200 mm lens as somewhat of a legacy left over from the film era.
As I have grown older and more experienced, I have come to see the value of having a smaller easier to carry lens in almost all cases, and nowhere else is this more drew them with the 70 mm to 200 mm him. I sold both my Nikon and my Canon 70 to 200 F2.8 lenses, and I've gone to more of the prime centric lineup, and an older 80 to 200 F/4 constant aperture manual focus Lens from the 1980s
I think if you want a lens for low light conditions, you're better off with a really really fast aperture prime lens, which will be even better at F2.8 than any zoom ever made.
For day trips I think a light weight 70 to 300 mm zoom is actually preferable to a 70 to 200 F2.8 or 70 mm to 200 mm F4. It sounds as if you want to buy this lens in the F2.8 version, and it would urge you to strongly do some more research and look into the merits of the F4 version. Specifically I think you should search around the Kirk Tuck blog. He has access to pretty much any gear that he wants, and he is one of the leading proponents of the smaller and lighter 70 to 200 f/4 as opposed to the much bigger and heavier and more cumbersome F/2.8 models. He has repeatedly written that at the end of the day he shoots better with the smaller and lighter lens.
Damn thanks Darel !
So it’s funny you say that about the 1.4 and 1.2 85mm. I’ve seen and heard that the 85mm 1.2 is like a dream lens for most. Even the 50mm 1.2. Although fixed prime, still incredible quality. That’s why it’s a toss up for me between the EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM, or the 50mm 1.2 or 85mm 1.2...