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Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z Lens White
Product Code: 1242590Z
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The Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z Lens White is a high-quality zoom for hybrid stills and video creators, which achieves excellent results from advanced optics and accurate Dual Nano autofocus.
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- High-quality telephoto zoom lens with an internal zooming mechanism, which maintains the barrel length
- Features high quality optics with Super UD, UD and Aspheric elements for crisp, detailed and sharp results
- Dual Nano USM focusing is smooth, precise and silent, which is ideal for both stills and video content
- White version includes a thermal paint barrier for photographers who shoot in bright, hot conditions
- 5.5-stops of optical stabilisation helps to keep shots sharp even when handholding in low lighting conditions
Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z Lens White Summary
The Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z Lens White is a fast telephoto zoom designed for hybrid stills and video content creation, which combines L-series quality with excellent image performance. This is Canon’s first RF 70-200mm lens featuring an internal zoom mechanism, which maintains the lens' length while zooming in and out.
This mirrorless RF lens offers a uniquely short 70º zoom rotation for quick and precise adjustments, and includes a manual Iris Ring and customisable controls, which provide enhanced handling for enthusiast and professional workflows. Additionally, the RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z Lens includes 5.5 stops of optical image stabilisation, increasing to 7.5 stops when paired with compatible Canon mirrorless cameras like the EOS R5 Mark II or R6 Mark II.
Its optical formula incorporates Aspheric, Super UD, and UD elements, which ensure sharp, well-controlled images with minimal distortion, while the 11-blade aperture renders smooth, rounded bokeh and beautiful defocus areas, enhancing subject separation and prominence in the frame.
With its versatile zoom range and bright aperture, the Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z Lens is ideal for numerous subjects from portraits and lifestyle to weddings, sports, and indoor action. The lens' smooth and silent AF, dedicated aperture ring, and zoom rotation also make it a great choice for video creators, especially with focus breathing correction enabled.
Key Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z Features
- Wide aperture telephoto Z lens for stills and video
- 5.5-stops optical stabilisation up to 7.5-stops with camera IBIS
- White version includes a thermal barrier
- Manual Iris Ring with silent operation
- L-series construction
- Internal zoom mechanism
- 11-blade aperture
- Customisable control ring and function button
- Short 70º rotation
- High image quality with maximum sharpness
- Compatible with Canon RF extenders
- Also available in black – RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z Lens Black
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Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z Lens White in More Detail
Exceptional image quality
Canon’s RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z lens offers very high image quality, which is rendered by an optical arrangement of special aspherical, Ultra-Low Dispersion (UD) lenses and UD lenses. Aspherical lenses are specially designed to correct optical issues like aberrations, which can affect image quality. These lenses are particularly useful in wide-angle optics to compensate for distortion, and in fast-aperture lenses to minimise spherical aberrations. Additionally, aspherical lenses contribute to more compact and lightweight designs compared to conventional lenses.
UD (Ultra-Low Dispersion) lenses are made with glass that has a low refractive index and low dispersion, which helps in reducing chromatic aberrations, ensuring better colour accuracy and sharpness.
Dual Nano USM AF
Dual Nano USM (Ultrasonic Motor) autofocus is a sophisticated system made by Canon to provide smooth, fast, and near-silent focusing. It combines the strengths ring-type USM, which is known for speed, and STM (Stepping Motor), which delivers smooth and silent operation.
This makes the focus system in the RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z ideal for both still photography and video recording, allowing for precise and quick subject acquisition while maintaining quiet operation. This is advantageous when shooting video, as it prevents unwanted focus noise from being picked up by the microphone, as well as for events photographers who want silent operation during a wedding, sports event or similar situation.
Users will appreciate the lens’ ability to achieve quick and accurate AF in a wide range of areas, including sports and action, portraits, and events photography, where these are essential.
Extender ready
Enjoy even greater reach and versatility with both the Canon Extender RF 1.4x and Extender RF 2.0x, which provide 98-280mm and 140-400mm respectively, with one or two stops of light penalty.
Fast constant aperture
With its fast f/2.8 maximum aperture, the RF 70-200mm Z lens is excellent for capturing sharp subjects while achieving a shallow depth of field, even in low-light environments. This wide aperture also lets you creatively play with subject separation, making it particularly useful for filmmakers, portrait photography, and situations where isolating the subject is key.
An 11-blade aperture contributes to image quality overall, with smooth defocus areas, resulting in beautiful, rounded bokeh that enhances images with a shallow depth of field.
Intuitive handling
The lens features a dedicated Iris Ring for precise manual control when required, while a customisable control ring and function button allow for tailored settings, perfect for content creators on the move.
Exceptional reliability
Built to Canon’s L-series standards, the telephoto zoom lens offers professional levels of reliability, with a thermal barrier reflecting heat away on this white version. The addition of a Fluorine coating on the front element also protects against dirt and moisture, which reduces the need for frequent cleaning and ensures the lens can endure the most challenging conditions.
What’s in the box
- Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z Lens White
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Our Verdict
The Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z Lens is a telephoto zoom option for hybrid creators, which offers the versatility of a broad focal range in a compact, internal zooming design. As one of Canon’s flagship L-series lenses, it delivers superb image quality, which is due to an advanced optical formula that incorporates Super UD, UD, and Aspheric elements. These work together to reduce aberrations and produce pin sharp, high-resolution images across the zoom range, making it a compelling choice for professionals and advanced enthusiasts.
Compared to the RF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM, this f/2.8L version provides a wider aperture, which is better suited for low-light shooting and offers greater control over a shallow depth of field. The internal zoom mechanism keeps the barrel length constant, which is particularly useful for videographers and event photographers who rely on precise, smooth handling.
Canon’s Dual Nano USM provides silent and quick autofocus capabilities, ensuring that this lens is a perfect fit for both stills photographers and filmmakers. Built-in image stabilisation of up to 5.5 stops (or 7.5 stops with compatible bodies) adds extra stability, especially when shooting handheld and working in low light. Photographers who work in brighter conditions will also appreciate the thermal white paint coating, which is designed to keep the lens cool during extended shoots under the blazing sun. An RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Z Lens Black is also available for photographers who require a stealthy zoom, better suited to discreet shooting.
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Condition guide
Our used products are subject to wear and tear in comparison to brand new products. This also applies to accessories that are supplied with the camera including batteries which may have a lower optimum performance level/life expectancy.
- Like New – The equipment is in a condition as if you have just bought it from the manufacturer. The item is still considered to be ‘Like New’ even without the original packaging and accessories. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect working order. Lenses are optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Excellent – The equipment should be close to being ‘Like New’ but there may be some small cosmetic blemishes that lower its grade. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect excellent order.
- Cameras – Should have no marks on the LCD screen
- Lenses – Should have no marks on the elements and optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Very Good – The equipment may have some slight cosmetic wear to the paintwork and cosmetic blemishes with only light signs of use and the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – The LCD screen may have small signs of wear that does not affect its display
- Lenses – The mount of the lens will start to show signs of wear
- Good – The equipment is showing more obvious signs of cosmetic wear and blemishes, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen may have scratches or wear that is starting to affect the display.
- Lenses – May have slight dust inside that does not affect images. The mount shows signs of use.
- Well Used – The equipment will show significant signs of wear. The paintwork will be coming away in large areas exposing the metal work, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen is heavily worn either by de-lamination or has scratches to it. Rubber grips are starting to come away from the body.
- Lenses – The lens has dust inside that may affect images. The rubber zoom/focus ring is coming away from the barrel of the lens.
*All of our used items are listed with the accessories that are included. If they are not listed, then they will not be supplied at the point of purchase.
Peace of mind with our 6 month warranty
This product has been thoroughly tested by our team of photographers and we are happy to give a 6 month warranty as a result. The number of tests depends on the individual product but we are confident in this product having tested all the major functions. Anything that isn’t as you would expect, we then make a note of and show this in the condition notes on the page.
So you can be confident you are buying a great piece of kit that’s been looked after by a fellow photographer and seen many extraordinary sights, tested by our team of photographers and now looking forward to being set free to capture more great images!
