For the price you cannot beat the cost of this lens. Some may say there's no IS but with a lens this fast and lightweight it is not necessary. It is tack sharp and offers wonderful bokeh effects. My only grip is the cheap plastic hood which was initially a bear to get on and off.

Fast / accurate auto-focus; Lightweight; Nice Bokeh; Strong Construction

This lens is amazing for the price. It is sharp in the center and across much of the frame wide open, but one stop down it becomes tack sharp. AF is excellent in both one-shot and servo tracking modes. Takes the 1.4X extender extremely well - negligible hit in IQ and AF performance.

Very fast and accurate AF; Tack sharp; Excellent contrast and colors; Smaller/lighter than the great whites and much more discreet; Very smooth background blur at wide apertures

None - especially at this price

Awesome value for the price. Used it for over two months and have never felt the need for IS, given its F2.8 A bit soft at F2.8(but still sharper than anything other than a 70-200 F4 IS) but beats everything in sharpness at F4.

Bought this lens a few months ago only one word for it superb

Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM, first released in 1996, replaces the first generation EF 200mm f/2.8L. The lens is priced around US$650 (as of June 2007) and currently is one of the most affordable L lenses available on the market.

The Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM Lens is a fast, high quality 200mm telephoto lens available for a very nice price . If you have used the renowned Canon EF 135mm f/2.0L USM Lens , you have a good idea of what the Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM Lens feels like.

Top-Notch!!!! One of the very best lenses arround, even with my Extender Kenko Pro 300 x1,4 DGX there is no loss of resolution.....

Very sharp; fantastic contrast; no CA′s; no vignetting; tipical L-wise strong colours; excelent construction; quiet handy

Simply NOTHING!!!

Excellent image quality on full frame, across the frame - very uniform. Rich, creamy contrast in darker areas. And yet it's tack sharp - when properly focused. I expected precise focusing to be quite a problem at 200mm, but actually 5Dmk2 autofocuses it more reliably than 85/1.8.

Uniform; creamy contrast across the frame; tack sharp; AF-friendly

Somewhat unbalanced on 5D2 body

Telephoto lens boasting high image quality and carrying ease. With two UD-glass elements and rear focusing to correct aberrations, image delineation is extremely sharp.