A very interesting NEW Canon lens...

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ranplett
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Posted Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:34AM
This lens is looking very good!

Canon 70-300 IS USM

For about the same price as the coveted Canon 70-200/4L, you get an extra 100mm on the long end, very useful IS, black finish (great for travellers), in a slightly smaller, shorter (when in bag), adn many people are reporting that it is optically superior to the f4L.

The downside is that it is slower aperture, weaker build, slower focusing, and rotating front element.

Since I will soon to be traveller, this lens, along with a Canon 17-85 IS USM will make a sweet kit on the 20D. The range will be equivelant to 27mm all the way to 480mm, all with IS and decent build quality. A 1.4x teleconvertor will render 672mm f:8 with IS.
iridescent
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Posted Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:31PM
"optically superior" isn't what's reported... perhaps "optically comparable" or "up there" the microcontrast / sharpness / colors of the L are unmatched
ranplett
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Posted Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:54PM
I'm going to bet it is optically superior, given the smaples I've seen. Check out this guys gallery...

Tonnes more full res. images from a 1dII

Those photos are tack sharp, especially between 70-200. SWEET!!!!

(Edited on 2005-10-19 17:56:55 by ranplett)
ranplett
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Posted Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:26PM
KiwiRob
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Posted Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:06PM

Beat this, 'L' glass, since you think you are so great...

1/8 second, f5.6, 300mm.


With a tripod yes!
ranplett
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Posted Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:42PM
People were saying that, occasionally, they could get decent results from shooting as slow as 1/8 second at 300mm since the IS is so effective.

If that were shot with a tripod (properly), I'd expect sharper results.
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Posted Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:39AM
I had the old 75-300mm IS and wasnt satisfied with the results on the long end, but maybe they have improved this a lot with the new version? Still I saved up a lot and got the 70-200mm f2.8L IS instead and the results are just brilliant. Sure it costs a lot and weights 4 times the 75-300 but if you are picky about quality then its great. Also being able to shoot at f2.8 will enable you to take shots with the background wonderfully out of focus so it doubles up as a nice portrait lens too. But of course, for the money I guess you cant beat the 75-300. One of the things that annoyed me with the old version was the focusing speed, and they seem to have improved this in the latest version from what I read. My 70-200 is really fast at focusing though.
ranplett
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Posted Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:55PM
I had the old 75-300mm IS and wasnt satisfied with the results on the long end, but maybe they have improved this a lot with the new version? Still I saved up a lot and got the 70-200mm f2.8L IS instead and the results are just brilliant. Sure it costs a lot and weights 4 times the 75-300 but if you are picky about quality then its great. Also being able to shoot at f2.8 will enable you to take shots with the background wonderfully out of focus so it doubles up as a nice portrait lens too. But of course, for the money I guess you cant beat the 75-300. One of the things that annoyed me with the old version was the focusing speed, and they seem to have improved this in the latest version from what I read. My 70-200 is really fast at focusing though.


Heh, if I could afford the 70-200/2.8L IS, I'd buy that. For now, since I'm travelling, my 70-200/4L is heading for ebay. It seems IS is essential for me.

I tried an old 75-300 non IS and it was a piece of junk. I trust this newer version with IS should be much better.
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