Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens for Canon EOS SLR Cameras by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens for Canon EOS SLR Cameras
Digital camera Review: A good telephoto lens: pros and cons
Summary: 5 Stars
This lens is very useful for different purposes. Not only as a zoom-in lens that allows you to approach distant subjects but also I find it suitable for portrait photography. In fact, you can say this is a non-intrusive lens -so to speak, when it comes to taking face close-ups. With other lower focal distance lenses I have noticed that people, and especially children, get bored or uncomfortable. Besides, it's extremely easy to achieve a significant "bokeh" (diffused background) given the amplification factor that a large focal distance produces. Taking portrait pictures at 300mm the background starts to get out of focus just a few feet behind your subject. The role of aperture is not key anymore because depth of field (DOF) isn't what matters most. The IS works great and the sound it makes isn't too noisy. I have achieved very sharp images even in middle or low light conditions, thanks to this feature. Now the flip side! This lens is heavy and too large for transportation. Definitively it's not a good choice for traveling or if you are concerned for your safety. The lens is expensive and easily catches people's attention. If you hold it for some time in your hands while it is attached to the camera body, you start feeling tiredness. Due to the weight and size the gravity balance point of the camera shifts from to body to some point along the lens so I tend to grab hold of the latter instead of the camera body, as usually happens with any other lens. When it comes to focusing, the process is a bit slow though I think it's a normal behavior. Under low light conditions (for example, bulb lights) the lens might find it difficult to get a subject into focus. If that happens the focusing barrel goes back and forward till it gets something into focus. Over all: good lens!!!Digital camera Review: A len that goes beyond mechanical len
Summary: 5 Stars
Cannon's auto focus and image stabilizer technique allow you to take picture in actions. I have catched moments of flying birds, soccer games, and water ballet of ducks where three bottoms were in the air. Even a professional photographer may not be fast enough using traditional lens.Digital camera Review: A note for beginners...
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this lense as a Christmas gift for my Digital Rebel (so I haven't had it very long) but I was absolutely blown away. When I was looking to upgrade to a lense with a larger range (from the original 18-55 mm lense that you pretty much get with the camera), I read through most of the reviews and compared prices between the different lenses. I wasn't sure if getting the IS was worth the significant extra money over the other lenses offered, but decided it was worth a shot. On my first picture, I zoomed all the way in with the IS turned off and noticed a large amount of shaking just from me trying to hold the camera still. Then I flipped the IS on and decided right then that it was worth the money. I can't believe how well the IS works...
The only thing I wasn't really expecting was the weight of the lense. I don't have much experience with others like this, so I don't really know how it compares, but I realized it was much heavier than I was expecting. The only other disadvantage is that it sucks battery power like there is no tomorrow. My next step will be investing in a higher mAh battery... and now a bigger camera bag to hold this monster.
Digital camera Review: A step in the right direction
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this lens as a replacement for the EF 75-300, The reason I decided to upgrade is the internal stabilizer that the EF 70-300 has and the EF 75-300 does not have, that after I got a lot of blurred photos when shooting with the EF 75-300. The EF 70-300 lens 's IS works very well, and there is an additional benefit of a brighter view when shooting with this lens. I took some shots of birds flying near an overflowing dam with this lens and was very satisfied with the results.Digital camera Review: AWESOME LENS!
Summary: 5 Stars
THis is an awesome lens that enables me to get shots that would be impossible to get (hand held) w/out the IS feature. I am VERY picky about sharpness and in the same lighting/conditions, this lens produces images as sharp as my L lens!! I LOVE how light it is and it is quick to focus! Of course to some people the "lightness" makes it feel cheap, and I'm sure it may not be as durable as a heavier L lens but I like the ease of carrying it around. I can hand hold at 1/10 a sec (I do have steady hands though) and get a decent shot...of course THOSE aren't tack sharp shots but w/out IS I wouldn't get the shot at all and they are still pretty good. If you are debating between this lens and the L zoom (70-200mm) I can tell you I use this lens A LOT and I LOVE it, it's light, it focuses quickly (I mostly use manual though), it is capable of VERY sharp images and gives so much low light capability due to the IS...the L 70-200 zoom in this price range doesn't have IS so you won't get as many low light shots and the extra 100mm is great also. People will tell you that the "L" zoom crop at 200mm is sharper than a 300mm shot from this lens but i have not seen that to be the case yet. I am 99.9 % sure that if you buy this lens you will be VERY pleased with it!!!!