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Canon EF 70-300mm F4-5.6 L IS USM

Rating 4.6 66 reviews
Manufacturer: Canon
price $1,699.00 - $1,705.77
Ken Rockwell
14 years ago

Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 L IS Review

The Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 L IS is a wonderful lens. It's made mostly of alloy; even its filter threads are metal.
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slrgear.com
13 years ago

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM review by Apricane

This lens is simply awesome. It checks every box in the image quality department: it is sharp, has good contrast, essentially normal distortion for such a long zoom, and very little to no chromatic aberration (that I could notice on the shots I took so far).
Pros:
  • Sharp as hell
  • good contrast
  • hefty
  • quick and accurate AF
  • pleasing bokeh
Cons:
  • A tad slow
  • comparatively heavy
  • sizeable
  • and somewhat expensive
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Camera Labs
13 years ago

Canon EF 70-300mm f4-5.6L IS USM

Canon's EF 70-300mm f4-5.6L IS USM brings L quality to this popular zoom range. You get tough build quality, quick and quiet USM autofocusing, full-time manual focusing, effective image stabilisation and great optical quality in a barrel that's comfortably shorter (albeit fatter and heavier) than...
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LensTip.com
12 years ago

It's just a joy to use, and very sharp. It's also a significant step up from the Tamron 70-300 VC, you'll have no worries shooting wide open at 300mm with this one! Perfect on APS-C. Also, do not underestimate how important portability is, it's very compact at 70mm.
Pros:
  • Sharp throughout zoom range at f5.6, colour and contrast fantastic
  • Auto focus is amazingly fast, IS is superb
  • Very compact, not overly heavy
  • Metal filter threads
  • Zoom lock means hood can be stored in reverse orientation and still removed without zooming the lens out
Cons:
  • None, well, maybe price
  • The relatively slow aperture and extension on zooming are not cons, in lens terms they are necessary design compromises to make it the size, weight and focal length range it is
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Roberts Camera
8 years ago

Designed to deliver ultra-high quality images along with lightning fast operation, the new Canon EF 70-300 f/4-5.6L IS USM telephoto zoom lens brings a favorite zoom range to the celebrated Canon L-series of lenses.
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OpticalLimits
7 years ago

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 USM L IS - APS-C Format Review / Lab Test

We've just tested the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 USM L IS within its native full format scope so you may forgive us that we've pretty much copied the introduction. The Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 USM L IS is the latest addition to their tele zoom lens lineup making it, by far, the most extensive system...
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