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> several other significant improvements compared to the original EF 70-
> 200mm f/2.8L USM, which will remain in Canon's EF lens line-up.
It will be interesting to see if the price for the current model drops
significantly.
> Designed to maintain a consistent aperture ratio of f/2.8 throughout
> the zoom range,
How timely! :-)
> Other improvements include a reduced minimum focusing distance of
> 1.4m/4.6 ft.,
Wow--I never realized that the current model had such a long close-focus
distance. Ok, I admit that I'm not much interested in this lens in either
configuration--there are certainly other lenses I'd buy first if I had $1500 to
spare--but the notion of a 70mm lens with a minimum focusing distance of 1.5m
isn't all that appealing, in a way similar to that in which a zoom lens that at
the long end is 135/5.6 or 200/5.6 isn't very attractive.
> suggested list price of $3,000.
Ouch! I could save a little more and get a 500/4.5L . . . Yum!
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