Hi Marco, I was once deciding between the two lenses you mentioned - went with the 70-200F4L (cost me only 520 after a mail in rebate at that time) - I could not have been more happier with my decision. Light, handholdable lens, constant F4 aperture across all range, FTM is very convenient - I can shift the focus slightly ahead or behind without worrying about any "flick" of a switch, while never even taking my eye off the viewfinder.
Build, weight, construction, quality wise and ease of use wise (big and easily grappable focus and zoom rings) - top notch IMHO. Tack sharp as a zoom. I think it is one of the (if not THE) cheapest L lenses available. Only thing missing for me ? IS - yes indoors, without flash the only option is the poor man's IS: tripod (slower shutter speeds). I would highly recommend pairing this puppy with the Canon TMRA (B) - Tripod Mount Ring A (Black) which is cheaper than the TMRA (W) - White ring and works perfectly fine with this lens, except that it is black. It is a godsend for switching between portait & landscape mode - can't be any easier with this gadget. Finally I use a smaller ball head tripod mount and it fits with the BP-300 battery pack attached with the lens on the TMRA (B) without any problems. However some have reported problems with this setup - depending on their camera gear. What one loses with the 100mm shorter focal length is much more than made up by the quality and price/peformance ratio (the 70-200 IS costs an arm, a toe and a few scrapes of the skin off the neck ;>). The lack of IS perhaps the only major drawback IMHO but it in my case it is compensated by the other features. Good Luck with your decision and hope that helps, - Harman __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
