L . ▁Two ▁later ▁versions ▁were ▁announced ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁The ▁first ▁of ▁these , ▁the ▁EF ▁ 2 4 – 7 0 mm ▁f / 2 . 8 L ▁II , ▁was ▁announced ▁by ▁Can on ▁in ▁February , ▁but ▁would ▁not ▁ship ▁to ▁customers ▁until ▁September ▁of ▁that ▁year . ▁This ▁l ens ▁replaced ▁the ▁M k ▁I , ▁and ▁had ▁an ▁MS R P ▁of ▁US $ 2 2 9 9 ▁when ▁introduced . ▁The ▁latest ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁family ▁is ▁the ▁EF ▁ 2 4 – 7 0 mm ▁f / 4 L ▁IS ▁US M , ▁which ▁became ▁available ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁The ▁f / 4 ▁version , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁the ▁family ▁to ▁include ▁image ▁stabil ization , ▁was ▁initially ▁reported ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁standard ▁k it ▁l ens ▁for ▁the ▁Can on ▁E OS ▁ 6 D , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁appear ▁in ▁ 6 D ▁k its ▁in ▁most ▁mark ets ▁until ▁late ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁and ▁ 5 D ▁Mark ▁IV ▁k it ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁Like ▁its ▁prede cess or , ▁the ▁f / 2 . 8 ▁M k ▁I ▁l ens ▁was ▁often ▁considered ▁to ▁have ▁excellent ▁contrast , ▁color ▁rend ition ▁and ▁decent ▁sharp ness ▁wide ▁open . ▁However , ▁some ▁samples ▁of ▁this ▁l ens ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁reported ▁to ▁exhib it ▁def ic ien cies ▁and ▁oper ational ▁problems ▁not