Canon EF 600mm f/4L II USM Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by: wylu
(Professional)

Review Date
April 12, 2002

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
2 votes

Review 1 of 3

Price Paid: $6500.00 from TAIWAN

Summary:

The best lens for wildlife photography- especially birds. Extremely sharp. I love this lens so much that I even got a 2nd one!(used)

Strengths:

Sharpness and Contrast: excellent!

Weaknesses:

None at all. All right, a bit heavy.

Similar Products Used:

Canon FD 500/4.5L Canon FD 800/5.6L Leica 400/2.8 APO

Customer Service:

Not very good in TAIWAN.

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Rating
Reviewed by: D. Robert Franz
(Professional)

Review Date
January 18, 2000

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Review 2 of 3

Model Reviewed:
EF 600mm f/4L II USM

Summary:

Probably as good as any supertelephoto ever produced until Canon announced the new IS lens. Still there are features on this lens that the new one doesn't have and will be missed.

Strengths:

Extremely sharp, fast focus, handles well

Weaknesses:

None

Similar Products Used:

Most Canon L lenses

Customer Service:

Excellent at CPS.

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Rating
Reviewed by: Rob Sheneman
(Expert)

Review Date
January 5, 2000

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
4 of 5

Review 3 of 3

Model Reviewed:
EF 600mm f/4L II USM

Summary:

A fantastic lens for sports, wildlife, etc.

Strengths:

This lens is a SUPERB supertelephoto. The user selected three-range MF feature is VERY useful (too bad they dropped it in the new IS lens). All the L-series lenses are extremely well built...and this one's no exception. When used with the matched Canon 1.4x and 2x converters is creates a flexible, fast and SHARP combination for wildlife, sports and other applications needing "big glass." NOTE: The new IS version of this lens mean a lot of the older lenses are offered on the used market at reasonable prices (about $6k).

Weaknesses:

This lens wiights about 14 lbs.! But all the big lenses are heavy, just be aware of that before purchasing!

Similar Products Used:

EF500/4.5

Customer Service:

Canon has great customer service!

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