Rating 4.6 22 reviews
Manufacturer: Canon
ePHOTOzine
20 years ago

Canon EF 300mm f/4 L IS USM

This 300mm prime lens from Canon is a popular choice among advanced amateur photographers as well as professionals due to it's relatively compact dimensions and price tag. Available for inside the $1000 mark, we take a look at what you are getting for your money.
Pros:
  • Excellent build quality
  • Good contrast and colour rendition
  • Retractable lens hood a nice touch
Cons:
  • AF a little slow for class of lens
  • Resolution may not be up to future sensors (although pixel race has now slowed
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The Digital Picture
19 years ago

Canon EF 300mm f/4 L IS USM Lens

The Canon EF 300mm f/4 L IS USM Lens is another excellent lens in the Canon L Series . While it has enough focal length to feel long, this very-well-built lens remains relatively small and light. Image quality from the 300 f/4 L IS lens is excellent.
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photodo
18 years ago

REVIEW: Canon EF 300mm f/4 L IS USM

This 300mm prime lens from Canon is a popular choice among advanced amateur photographers as well as professionals due to it's relatively compact dimensions and price tag. Available for inside the $1000 mark, we take a look at what you are getting for your money.
Pros:
  • Excellent build quality
  • Good contrast and colour rendition
  • Retractable lens hood a nice touch
Cons:
  • AF a little slow for class of lens
  • Resolution may not be up to future sensors (although pixel race has now slowed
Read more on photodo
Images by William Castleman
18 years ago

Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM lens

Review of the Canon EF 300mm f/4 L IS USM Lens 2nd Edition Revised Review This is a sharp, compact and light weight, image-stabilized lens that packs a lot of performance into a relatively affordable package.
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SLR Lens and Camera Reviews
17 years ago

Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM Lens Review

Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM, which replaced a similar model without Image Stabilization technology, is one of about half a dozen telephoto lenses in Canon's current lens lineup.
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LensTip.com
16 years ago

EF 300 mm f/4L IS USM

Originally posted 2008-01-04 on Optyczne.pl The Canon EF 300 mm f/4L IS USM lens was launched in March 1997 as a successor of an EF 3000 mm f/4L USM lens without stabilization, introduced in December 1991.
Cons:
  • average work against bright light
  • stabilization efficient only at the level of 2 EV
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slrgear.com
14 years ago

Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM review by JRenato

Uma lente fantástica!!!!!!
Pros:
  • Exelente em todos os sentidos
Cons:
  • Nada
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photo.net
13 years ago

This article covers both the old (non-image stabilized) and new (IS) versions of the Canon EOS 300/4. The photos are by Philip Greenspun and were taken with a Canon EOS 5D , ( compare prices ) ( review ) for the Africa articles in our Travel section .
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Ebay
13 years ago

Not sharp as they use to be....

I found my copy of this lens unacceptable...Soft wide open. The imaging stabilizing was very clunky as well (IS) -- I use to use these lenses back when I was shooting news and they were always decent...
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Canon
13 years ago

Still deciding

I've shot with a 30D for about 7 years and recently switched to a 7D. All my digital SLR experience has been with these APS-C cameras. I purchased the 300mm IS f4L as a way to get a little more magnification than the 70-200mm IS f4L that I already had.
Pros:
  • Fast auto-focus
  • Superior build quality
  • image stabilization
  • size and weight
  • close-up capability
  • case tripod mount & built-in lens shade
Cons:
  • Semi-sharp images, i.s
  • noise (clunking
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