Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L

price, usability, design, reliability, size

99% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

price, usability, design, size, reliability

100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Sharpness across the zoom range ; weather sealing ; autofocus speed

Good but not great for chromatic aberration

The Canon telephoto delivers fabulous image quality through its zoom range, along with the some of the best lab scores for sharpness for a lens of this type.

Excellent optical quality; Superb build quality; Very effective image stabilisation; Fast to focus; Sealed against weather and dust; Light weight

Sometime miss-focuses near minimum focus distance

Every now and then EOS, the goddess of mercy, seems to speak to the Canon lens designersand this time they listened carefully. The Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 USM L IS may well bethe very best tele zoom on the market today - it is certainly the best Canon...

Great build quality; Good and consistent performance for price; Silent and quick autofocus

Tripod mount not included in the price

At almost a third of the price of the big brother lens, comparisons are a little unfair. This smaller, lighter, slower version is a very nice lens for the money and produces excellent results. Being that much smaller and lighter, it makes a good...

Overall, the f/4 lens clearly plays second fiddle on paper but it is a very easy lens to carry and to use. Though it is expensive it is only roughly half that of the f/2.8 version, based on Canons SRPs. So there's probably a case for saying Canon has...

Excellent optical quality; Superb build quality; Very effective image stabilisation; Fast to focus; Sealed against weather and dust; Light weight

Sometime miss-focuses near minimum focus distance

There is no doubting that this is a fantastic piece of optical engineering. The build quality is excellent, it focuses quickly, the image stabiliser works well and above all it's sharp throughout the zoom range, at least in the centre.

Great build quality; Good and consistent performance for price; Silent and quick autofocus

Chromatic aberration on the borderline; Tripod mount not included in the price

At almost a third of the price of the big brother lens, comparisons are a little unfair. This smaller, lighter, slower version is a very nice lens for the money and produces excellent results. Being that much smaller and lighter, it makes a good...