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Review on Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens - Optimized for Canon EOS SLR Cameras by Somsak Pornthip ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The purchase brought only positive emotions.

I've been using it for over 2 years now. He took over 20,000 photographs. I am satisfied with the quality, the photos are quite interesting, the noise is within the normal range. The only thing, but - the hood should always be worn, which greatly increases the overall length. The stabilizer eats the battery, but with additional. With a pen (battery), the problem disappears, but putting it on the table is already a problem, you have to put it with the display down. For 2 years, dust (a couple of particles) got inside through the outgoing trunk, I had to clean it. What I don’t like is that it’s not convenient to use the focus ring, it’s too small, while it quickly “twists”, I would like it (the ring) to be more inert. In general, a good telephoto for crop / amateur photography. For prof. use would recommend 70-200 L f2.8, more expensive, but better (separate topic).

Pros
  • - Price quality - Stabilizer - 58mm filters (same as 50f/1.4) - fairly high linearization - blocker "falling out" when carrying - relatively light
Cons
  • - Play front - drop in quality at the long end (200-300) - dust slips at 300mm (zoom) - slightly "fades" the pictures - darkish - the front optics rotates when zooming, which complicates the work with polarizing (and other circulating) filters - no focus correction in auto focus mode (example as in sigma)