I'm starting to get the feeling that my 70-200 shots aren't as sharp as I thought i've seen around online. I know I know, post examples. I will get to it asap, as I just had 3 brutal engineering exams this week. But hey, 89% on one, 96% on the other... still waiting on applied thermodynamics.. =\

Mine has the IS, so you should get at least as sharp pics as these are. All the crops are straight from the raw converter with zero sharpening or any other editing in Photoshop.

<img src="http://personal.inet.fi/surf/photography/boy_full.jpg">

<img src="http://personal.inet.fi/surf/photography/boy_crop.jpg">

<img src="http://personal.inet.fi/surf/photography/baboon_full.jpg">

<img src="http://personal.inet.fi/surf/photography/baboon_crop.jpg">

<img src="http://personal.inet.fi/surf/photography/safari_full.jpg">

<img src="http://personal.inet.fi/surf/photography/safari_crop.jpg">

<img src="http://personal.inet.fi/surf/photography/fisherman_full.jpg">

<img src="http://personal.inet.fi/surf/photography/fisherman_crop.jpg">

sorry for the delay - had to find the pics - the 70-200 is my least used lens. I'll try to dig out some from my old non-IS later...

I think I missed the focus a bit on this one (shirt sleeve instead of the face), but you get the idea...

200mm, ISO 400, 1/400, f/2.8

100% crop, unsharpened:
<img src="http://tarkhan-mouravi.com/test/20070513-_W2L4577crop.jpg">

Full frame, for reference:
<img src="http://tarkhan-mouravi.com/gallery/albums/nikaliza/20070513_W2L4577.jpg">