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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
The Digital Picture
20 years ago

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens Review

With the introduction of the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens, Canon has replaced one of its most popular lenses and its first image stabilized lens - the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS .
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Ciao
19 years ago

"Canon"

This is a good quality product that offers good value for money in the very short term. Although as with most products of this type, the value will deteriorate over time and should be able to get a cheaper version next year. It's a great device with plenty of features that I would highly recommend.
Pros:
  • Good Lens
Cons:
  • None
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Newegg
18 years ago

Great Lens

If you're on a 1.3x or 1.6x crop body (the XTi for example) will give you 112-480mm, which is nice for the extra distance, however, if your wanting to be up with your family and friends and get full body shots you have to be standing quite far away.
Pros:
  • Excellent image quality while not an L series lens with a wide aperture it still rocks in cloudy/low light conditions
  • I've taken 2,000+ images with this lens and it has not let me down
Cons:
  • Louder auto focus than other USM lenses, not by a lot though
  • Autofocus hunts in lowlight at 300mm
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digicambuyer.co.uk
18 years ago

Canon EF 70-300mm f4-5.6 IS USM

Good performance, decent value and excellent image stabilisation. However, it's pretty bulky and suffers from ‘zoom creep'
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Pop Photo
17 years ago

Lens Test: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM AF

This long, Tele stabilized zoom replaces Canon's popular 75-300mm f/4-5.6 full-frame IS lens, the industry's first IS/VR lens, introduced in 1995. The new model delivers better image stabilization (to three stops instead of two) and a wider zoom range.
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SLR Lens and Camera Reviews
17 years ago

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens Review

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM replaces an earlier generation EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM model that was discontinued in mid 1990s. The lens is one of about a dozen telephoto zooms in Canon's modern lineup, and is one of the only two consumer (read non L, non DO) telephoto zooms that implement an...
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photo.net
16 years ago

In September of 1995, Canon introduced a revolutionary new lens, the EF 75-300/4-5.6 IS USM. The revolutionary aspect of this lens was the incorporation of an optical image stabilizer system which allowed the lens to be hand held at shutter speeds two stops slower than could be done with a...
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Shutterbug
15 years ago

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM: The Long & The Short Of It

Canon offers five different 70-300mm zoom lenses in its product lineup. Why so many? They obviously think this is a popular and practical focal length range and I happen to agree. I even own one of them myself-the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM-but the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM tested is the mac daddy...
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PhotoReview
15 years ago

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

Canon announced the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM, on 26 August, 2010 in the lead-in to September's Photokina Trade Show. Targeted at professionals and advanced amateur photographers it's surprisingly compact for its specifications and usable with all of the company's DLSR cameras.
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DPexpert
15 years ago

[REVIEW-CANON LENS EF 70–300mm f4–5.6 IS USM]

This medium telephoto zoom is one of a number of lenses that Canon make in the 70–200, 300mm range. It is middling in price and performance, ideal for anyone looking for a good lens for occasional use.
Pros:
  • This is a sweet and smooth lens in use
  • Auto focus is fast enough and the feel of zoom and focus controls is good
  • It is light enough to carry around without getting a pain in the neck, yet not so light that there are worries about durability
Cons:
  • There is slight barrel distortion at the wide end – nothing to worry about in field use – and slightly more pincushion at the 300mm end
  • It is easy enough to correct in Photoshop
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