Bought this lens as the 100-500 was a hassle to use with and extender and the IS was unusable for video. The 200-800 for photo is amazing! But the image stabilization is even worse than the 70-200L and 100-500L series lenses in video and the image can come out quite soft. The image with IS on doesn’t follow your pan and will randomly shift left or right. The potential
I paired a RF 200-800 with my Canon R6 mk 2 , ,for the 2025 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona Fl, I was Very Impressed with the performance of this Budget Friendly lens . . Autofocus was Very Fast and Equally Accurate . . Image Quality was Equal to my RF 100-500 L when my 100-500 L images are Cropped to give the same size as RF 200-800 gives as shot . . Enclosed Images are all JPEG , the BMW M4 head on shot was taken at 800 mm , wide open at f9 , iso 320 at 1/1250 seconds. most shots between 675 - 725 mm range . . I will be taking this Lens and Camera back to Daytona March 8 , 2025 for the Motorcycle Races . .
Great Lens Not as good as the 100-500 rf but almost!! There is no way to go wrong with this lens I have found a way To ENJOY It for all use! I use it for wildlife which is great Panning birds is a challenge but that just me I won't back off *800 LOL