Canon

Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM

📏 70-200mm 💡 f/2.8 🔌 Canon EF Mount 🔍 Zoom ⚖️ 1480g 📷 IS 🌧️ Sealed

MSRP $2,700

📖 Overview

The Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM is a professional telephoto zoom lens, celebrated for its outstanding image quality and fast f/2.8 aperture, with 442 SampleShots available. It's excellent for sports, wildlife, and portrait photography. While an excellent performer, it's a heavy and expensive lens.

📸 Browse 466 real-world sample photos taken with this lens by photographers worldwide on SampleShots.

📋 Specifications

Focal Length	70-200mm
Max Aperture	f/2.8
Min Aperture	f/32
Lens Type	Zoom
Mount	Canon EF
AF Motor	Ring USM
Image Stabilization	Yes
Autofocus	Yes
Weather Sealed	Yes
Min Focus Distance	120.0 cm
Max Magnification	0.21x
Elements / Groups	23 elements in 19 groups
Aperture Blades	8
Filter Diameter	77mm
Weight	1480g
Dimensions	88.8 x 199.0mm
Release Year	2018
MSRP	$2,700

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🖼️ Sample Photos

Real-world photos taken with the Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM, sourced from SampleShots.

Audience seated at a West Virginia National Guard promotion ceremony in Charleston; foreground features a woman in red holding a bouquet of yellow roses, with other attendees nearby and a softly blurred crowd behind. — West Virginia National Guard

Camouflage-clad service member hands a wrapped bouquet to a seated couple in an indoor ceremony; the man wears a tan blazer and the woman a houndstooth cardigan, with guests blurred in background. — West Virginia National Guard

Uniformed officer speaks at a microphone on stage before a large American flag backdrop; flags flank the stage as camouflage-clad attendees sit in the foreground. — West Virginia National Guard

Speaker at microphone during a military promotion ceremony with a seated officer on stage, audience in foreground, and a large red-and-white striped flag backdrop with multiple flags. — West Virginia National Guard

West Virginia National Guard officer in dress uniform speaks at a podium during a colonel promotion ceremony, with U.S. and state flags in the background at Joint Forces Headquarters in Charleston. — West Virginia National Guard

Col. Scott Applegate speaks into a microphone while holding a ceremonial medallion during his promotion at Joint Forces Headquarters, Charleston, WV, with Maj. Gen. Seward nearby and a red-and-white flag backdrop. — West Virginia National Guard

Army officer promoted to Colonel during indoor ceremony at Joint Forces Headquarters, Charleston; civilian in tan blazer and a woman in red flank the central figure, with a large red-and-white flag backdrop. — West Virginia National Guard

Uniformed officer receives colonel insignia during a promotion ceremony at Joint Forces Headquarters, Charleston, WV; a presenter pins the insignia as a colleague applauds, with a red backdrop. — West Virginia National Guard

Col. Scott Applegate in uniform center-stage as a civilian presenter pins the insignia during a promotion ceremony at Joint Forces Headquarters, Charleston, WV, with a red-and-white backdrop. — West Virginia National Guard

Waist-up view of a uniformed officer and a civilian in red at an indoor military promotion ceremony, with a large U.S. flag in the background. — West Virginia National Guard

Two soldiers in woodland and desert camouflage conduct a weapons-qualification drill during the Best Warrior Competition at McCrady Training Center; the shooter aims a compact rifle as a teammate uses a blue handheld device, with a sunlit pine forest backdrop. — SC National Guard

Two soldiers in camouflage on a rifle range; in focus a shooter in woodland camouflage aligns a rifle, while a desert-pattern teammate stands in the foreground blurred; trees in the background. — SC National Guard

SC National Guard soldier fires a rifle on an outdoor range; left hand supports the fore-end, right hand on the stock, blue GAFPB qualification card visible in the left hand; other competitors are out of focus. — SC National Guard

South Carolina National Guard soldier lies prone with a rifle while a camouflaged teammate assists nearby on a dry, sunlit firing range; cap label EDMISTON visible. — SC National Guard

U.S. Army soldier leads a three-person team across a dry grassy range during weapons-qualification at the 2026 Best Warrior Competition, McCrady Training Center, Eastover, SC. — SC National Guard

Four SC National Guard soldiers run across a dry field during the Best Warrior Competition at McCrady Training Center, with range targets 2–4 visible in the background. — SC National Guard

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South Carolina National Guard marksman with rifle and optic during German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge qualification at McCrady Training Center; another shooter is blurred in the foreground. — SC National Guard

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