I ordered this lens
http://www.canon-europe.com/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/EF_Lenses/Zoom_Lenses/EF_70200mm_f4L_USM/index.asp?ComponentID=25945&SourcePageID=26341#1
on a Greek e-shop and they told me that i will have the lens the next week.
It was one of these lenses that i was always dreaming to buy
Can't wait!! :D :D :D

Looking forward to seeing what new and wonderful things you can do with this telephoto zoom lense. How exciting for you!

Great! And this Sunday I get the Sigma (http://www.sigma-photo.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?id=3238&navigator=3). We will have fun next week :D

Olly

I can't wait!!i'm really impatient when i'm going to buy a new gadget :rolleyes: ...and Olly i'm impatient to see the photos with your new lens too

Oh boy! Sounds like we'll be having some fun next week. Douma and Olly taking pictures with their new gadgets and the rest of us getting to see them! :cool:

Oh boy! Sounds like we'll be having some fun next week. Douma and Olly taking pictures with their new gadgets and the rest of us getting to see them! :cool:

If i remember rightly your Canon 20D it's also new ;) Keep sooting,we are waiting your photos too :D

Yesterday i got the lens and i couldn't be more pleased with it,sharp,contrast and well built
I was concerned about not having IS and i was afraid that i would need a tripod,but it's lightweight,small and very comfortable to handhold.
Here is one of the photos that i took today,unfortunately it was a cloudy day and i didn't think to use the flash :o but even so the photo turn out well

http://www.megapixelworld.com/photography/showphoto.php?photo=426&sort=2&cat=500&page=1

I am glad you are pleased with your lens :) I like mine too, I am just waiting for a real sunny day (Saturday, according to the weather forecast). It's pretty cloudy here too.
I think the stabilizer isn't needed because the lens is fast. I am often over 1/1000 even at 200ISO which is the minimum on the D70.

I'm so glad that i don't need a tripod,i had not took the lens on my hand before order it and i didn't know how big it was. :)
The worst here is the humidity,it's like fog,20 degrees,cloudy and humidity :rolleyes:
Can't wait to see more photos with your new lens,the duck looks great!

As you mentioned that lens on the other thread, I will ask more questions here for not hijacking the thread.
Can you please tell me how fast is the autofocus?

The AF is very fast and doesn't hunt in low light situations.To compare,it's faster than the Canon macro 100mm.

I see there is a new one, apparently the same with image stabiliser:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06082414canon70-200f4lens.asp

It looks nice but also a lot more expensive than the normal 70-200 f4 though so I think I will still get the "normal" one to complete the 17-70 I got this week.
Then we can compare the 350D to the 20D :D

It looks great,but it's double priced and i don't think that the IS is so useful to pay double for it.
I can't wait to compare your Sigma 70-200 and the canon 70-200,i have never heard the opinion from someone who has both lenses :)

They both have been tested by the same person at
http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/lenses/canon_70200_4/index.htm
http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/lenses/sigma_70200_28/index.htm
I am mostly looking for its light weight when carrying it in the plane.

Thank you for the links! :)

I have it :)
Well, not physically yet. LOL It has been delivered to my parents place but I will be there in the next days and then I can test it :D

You are going to love this lens!! :D

Well, I am back :)
As for the lens, I like it very much :D It is light, autofocus is fast and we can take photos from a short distance (still one metre something but it is much shorter than with the Sigma 70-200 f2.8). It is well built but it feels less solid than the Sigma (the plastic and probably because it is much lighter too).

One photo taken with it:
http://www.photoboard.eu/photography/showphoto.php?photo=2247

Congratulations!!!!:D

I now have this lens (EF 70-200mm f/4L USM)
first day today!

I AM SOOOOOOOO EXCITED!:D

Very good! I am sure you will enjoy it as much as I do! :D

:) I used it first time taking indoor pics... very convenient as I always have to shoot portraits from a distance... well I know I may seem dum but I was surprised to find out that only three people fit in the frame from the 9m distance I had to shoot. And I needed to shoot 5 people (sitting side by side with distances in between)
So now i'm looking for a wide angle one (maybe the ef-s 10-22 but I;ll post a new thread for this)