Scott Merryfield
Senior HTF Member
My old black 70-300mm would get warm to the touch in prolonged sunlight, and the 70-200mm L lenses (including the f/4 versions) are bigger. How much this affects performance I cannot answer, but as I said above, the white color doesn't bother me anyway.
I did notice when we were in sunlight for long periods on a catamaran whale watching in Hawaii that my white 70-200 f/4 IS still stayed pretty cool to the touch, and we were on the boat for 2-3 hours each time.
I did notice when we were in sunlight for long periods on a catamaran whale watching in Hawaii that my white 70-200 f/4 IS still stayed pretty cool to the touch, and we were on the boat for 2-3 hours each time.