Canon 7042A002

98% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

this lens is a great lens the boken and compression you get from this lens is incredible

this lens is heavy

this lens is a great lens the boken and compression you get from this lens is incredible

this lens is heavy

Its a great lens when you use it. I used it a good bit for a while at different sporting events. I thought I was a sports photographer. I sold pictures to parents (not enough to pay for the lens). I got some pretty impressive pictures at high school...

It cost a lot of money to sit in a safe. It is too narrow of a focal length for most gatherings. I found that I would put it on 70mm and back up a lot. I've owned it for nearly 5 years but rarely go to it anymore. I bought the 24-70 2.8L (which is a...

What a beautiful piece of glass! I can't imagine using anything else for 'gym lighting' situations again. If you're taking photos for fun and pleasure, you can find something cheaper (non L class Canon f/4, Sigma non-IS, etc) that will do, but if...

What everyone else said... hands are cramping like a teenage boy that just 'figured out how to do it'. Heavy lens. But so pretty! If you want a lens this quality you'll just have to deal with the weight.

Great Lens, I purchased it for sports photography (rowing to be specific) and it delivered everywhere: 1: IS is outstanding, the panning mode works well even in a moving boat 2: The aperture range allows you to blur your backgrounds, and pick up fast...

1: Heavy, as others have said, this lens is heavier (and bigger) than the 100-400, but its worth it 2: Expensive, you could but 4 sigma lenses for what you buy this lens for, but as with everything, you get what you pay for

Superb images

Heavy, price.

Great lens

Canon has announced an upgrade to this lens, so this may be the "original" rather than the "latest / greatest".

This is the MUST HAVE lens if you shoot canon.

Maybe too good to be compared with anything else ? :p

Not much to say about this lens that hasn't already been said. It's excellent and everything I thought it would be based on all the reviews I have read. TOTALLY satisfied with the lens.

Same con that everyone else has...it's heavy. But, I still love it!

I reasearched months for a top quality lens realizing that it was going to cost me some change. All the reasearch pointed to this lens. The main reason for purchase was for indoor concerts and the kids indoor sports as well as near dusk outdoor sports....

Like the others comments this thing is heavy and the cost is much higher then I would like but you "do" get what you pay for. A deeper zoom would be better but at my budget this lens and an extender will do the trick to remedy that.