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: Awesome Lens!!
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the best purchases I've made in awhile. Very glad I bought the Canon brand after seeing what a friend of mine went through with an off brand lens. You definitely get what you pay for.Digital camera Review: Awesome lens
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a fantastic lense to use having the feature- image stabilization.
Upon each hand held, photo I took, when slightly pressing the shutter, you could hear a faint motor kick in, and the image stabilizer immediately froze the movement of camera shake, allowing then to snap the photo. It was incredible and the zooming power was great.
Digital camera Review: Awesome lens!
Summary: 5 Stars
This lens was a great investment. It is light in weight, focuses fast and is extremely sharp from edge to edge. The IS works sell under low-light situations.Digital camera Review: Best Canon all-purpose zoom
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this lens a few years ago before I got serious about photography. Since then everything else in my kit has slowly been upgraded, but I just never seem to find a good enough reason to replace the 70-300mm.
The major downsides of this lens are its slightly kludgy focus with a rotating front ring, and its slightly slow aperture compared to whats available.
But then the upsides:
1) 3-stop image stabilizer. I can't give this enough praise. I've taken crisp photos at 300mm with 1/15s shutter speed, sharp enough to make it onto Flickr's blog.
2) Lightweight - as a travel zoom you can't beat the versatility versus weight.
3) Sharpness, colours and contrast are top notch. People who've seen photos from this lens have assumed I had a big white expensive lens, and are shocked when they find out.
Sure it feels very flimsy and isn't weather sealed, but the reality is, mine has been to dusty game drives in Africa and air shows on a windy beach, and is still like new. For similar money one can get a 70-200mm F4L, but for me the lack of IS on a 200mm lens is a deal breaker.
I've often considered upgrading to the 70-200mm f2.8L IS or 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L, or primes such as the 300mm f4, but every time have to ask myself: as a serious hobbyist (rather than a professional), can I really justify the huge expense when this is almost always good enough?
Digital camera Review: Best Lens for the Money
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great lens. Nothing more really needs to be said. If you want to spend money on a "L" Series lens, go ahead, but it won't make you a better photographer and it won't really take pictures better than this lens.