The 2.8 made a great difference, mostly to be noticed during the post processing cycle where it must have taken half the time for me to identify and adjust the selected photos. I ended up with about 300 shots, selected 30 of those, and quickly adjusted 20 to be uploaded to the site.
Once at court side, the IS of the 70-200 worked just fine. To help the AF system in a fast moving environment I would push the shutter button half way somewhere close to the action moments before the actual shot. This made things very easy to live with.
I had to constantly watch my body in regard to carrying the weight of the camera. It's completely impossible to carry the thing on my neck, it's just too heavy. I had to hang it on my shoulder while walking around. When I was seating behind the basket the camera was in my hands while shooting or resting completely on the floor or on top of my legs.
Shooting with the long lens is a little bit different now. Because it's heavier I have to have more points of contact on the lens so, now I have to position my fingers carefully at the bottom of the lens and watch my movements or I will unintentionally move the zoom ring.
I was so happy to have the 709-200 again, it brings me really close to the players at either side. I can imagine that some of this effect is lost when you use this lens on a full frame. There are other considerations that would play into it but, in any case, I'm really happy with the combination of the APS-C and this lens.
Technical notes:
Lens: 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM + 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
ISO: 1600
Shooter Speed: 1/320
Aperture: 2.8
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