Comments on: 70-200mm Zoom Lens Reviews

By: vilas

vilas — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:02:40 +0000

instead of using 70-200mm lens if I use 18-55mm or 24-105mm lens with 2x or 3x multiplier:-
1) will it be cheaper cost wise
2) will it give same results
3) will it be user friendly
4) will it be lighter in weight
please advise.
Thanx.

By: BlueBull74

BlueBull74 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:21:11 +0000

I’ve been shooting with my Sigma 70-200mm II APO for more than a year. Simply love this lens And the photos it is giving me. Non VR or USM is not an issue as my camera holding basics are well observed each time I shoot. Definitely no regrets buying this lens back when I did and the savings compared to getting the Nikon version allowed me to get another lens and an additional Speedlight.

By: Jim News

Jim News — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:14:38 +0000

I use a Sigma 70-200 2.8, mainly on a Nikon D90 and I love it. I shoot sports everyday and this lense is a workhorse. It’s quiet, quick and sharp. I always believe in buying the best glass and I consider my Sigma to be very good piece. With the huge amount of money I saved over the Nikkor, I bought a house!

By: alonzo

alonzo — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:39:42 +0000

I just started to take pictures and am really new about it. I would like to do portraits pics and I don’t to know wich lenses to use. (wich are the best?) Would you guys advice me on that….Would the sigma 70-200mm be a good lens. I was thinking of buying it.

By: alonzo

alonzo — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:32:22 +0000

I’m a beginner and would like to know the same thing as “wal”…what’s the difference between the 70-200mm and the 70-300mm lens.

By: wal

wal — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:56:32 +0000

I m a beginner and i’ve been doing some research on lenses. i mostly find people talking about 70-200mm ,but what about 70-300..? is this lense so bad nobody’s talking about it..? do anyone have any experience to tell. what’s the difference anyway between the two that the price for the 70-300 is way lower.?

By: Marti

Marti — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:24:15 +0000

Nice review. Even nicer are everyone’s comments and input as I’m saving for a nice zoom. Thanks everybody!

By: Tonya

Tonya — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:25:03 +0000

I like the pictures and the review is great, but I was looking for some pictures with the Olympus zoom lens! Does any one have any of those? I am looking to bye a Olympus E 510

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:03:38 +0000

I’ve owned both the Nikon 70-200VR and the Canon 70-200IS – they are both excellent lenses, as already attested to. In my mind, they are the two best zooms (in this range) that you can get. Both have excellent sharpness and contrast, even when shot wide open.

There has been some talk about the Canon being a bit soft wide open at 200mm but I haven’t really seen that in my shooting, but I’m sure they’re probably some variation in lens copies out there.

In terms of weight and size, the Nikon is a bit smaller in diameter and a bit lighter. I also prefer the Nikon hood to Canon’s. The tripod ring on Nikon is also a better system – you can remove it w/o having to detach the lens from the camera body, unlike the Canon version.

Asthetically, I do prefer the “look” of Canon’s L lenses, if that counts for anything. But at the end of the day, it’s the picture quality that we’re all after and I would highly recommend either of these lenses w/o hesitation.

By: Pugglesnprose

Pugglesnprose — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:26:04 +0000

A few months back I rented the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Zoom for my Nephew’s first Yankees game at Yankee Stadium.

In a word– Amazing. I am certainly am an amateur, learning the workings of my Nikon D80, but really wanted a longer zoom and a faster lens for the game. This was all that was available to rent that weekend, and such a good decision. The photos are fantastic.

Only down side is that the lens was super heavy on the light D80, and I don’t have a steady hand to begin with, so I was real careful to limit user-shake when taking photos.

The size of the lens did get some attention among fans, as well…