I have been walking a round for a few months now weighing up and down what lens to get. Do I follow my head or listen to my heart. Do I use caution first or do I jump in with both feet. It is just not any lens we are talking about it is the Canon 70-200 lens. I tried this lens a couple of years ago and I fell madly in love with it, I just loved the clarity and colour. I tried the F4 and Tamara Knight an amazing photographer in Florida who photographed my family used the F2.8 and I loved te depth of field from it.
At first I was going to get the Canon EF 70-200mm L f4 IS USM,this was average price for high end lenses charged at £899 at Warehouse Express. Then I had my photo session with Tamara saw the end result and decided to read reviews. The Canon EF 70-200mm L F2.8 II USM got really good reviews and write up but it is also a much heaver lens at 1490gr. Together with the camera body weighing 950gr this means a total weight of nearly 2.5kg to lift and carry during a session. Can I do this, are my arms strong enough? The last question to ask was… do I wait until I can justify the higher cost of £1799. The question was whether I save and buy the best lens right away or start with the lighter version and explore whether or not this is a lens I am likely to continue to use.
There was no doubt about it my heart said 2.8 mainly because I love to shoot wide open whilst my head said f4. This would be the practical choice, I would most likely use it outdoor so the extra f-stops were not required and walking around it would be practical with a lighter lens. But I always went back to the test and did wonder if I should listen to my heart.
So what do you think I did?
I actually did think with my head this time, I decided it was a huge investment at the time being and that I need to get used to the lens, its use etc before investing in a lens twice the price. So in week 19 it arrived, months and months after I decided to invest in a new lens.
The following day we were set to fly to UK for a long weekend with friends and family, but sadly Widerøe had a strike that weekend leaving us to re-book and re-arrange our weekends break. So to entertain the kids the day we were suppose to fly and meet friends and family we decided to bake a cake. My girls, especially my youngest one loves to lick the bowl and what a perferct opportunity it was to test out this lens and see if it was as expected.
I am planning to write a proper review in the near future. These images has been captured with my Canon EOS Mark II featuring my new news Canon EF 70-200 L F4 IS USM. This is shot in my living room at around 3pm on a cloudy day. I adjusted camera settings to the light conditions and did not use any off camera flash or lighting equipment.
Camera settings was as follow: Manual, F4, ISO 1600, Shutter Speed 1/80secImages has had light editing in Lightroom and Photoshop.
I have decided to share a SOOC image with you to see what the image looked like before I did any editing with it.
Once my life settle down a little I was hoping to blog a little review of my feelings of the lens so far.
