Comparison of Zooms

[BoySpot]

I am looking at getting myself my next expensive piece of glass. I have seen that there is a 28-300 L glass lens coming out. I have also looked at the 100-400 with IS. When looking at B&H, they have a 35-350mm L glass lens which doesn't have IS. This isn't on Canon's site any more. Is it a discontinued lens? I assume it's not a pup!

What experience have people got of these various lenses (not much for the new one I guess) and do you have any recommendations?

Thanks

Rob

[defordphoto]

A ton of us have the 100-400 here and love it. It's a great performer and a great price. The 28-300 isn't available yet so we don't have any real-world stats on that yet. The 35-350 is supposed to be pretty soft, but there's also some people flitting around saying the 100-400 is soft and sucks dust into your camera, which is just ludicrous.

I have a friend who has the 35-350 that I'll be able to putz with soon when they come down to visit (I think) in two-three weeks. I don't know if anyone here has one.

Key question: What do you shoot? Or, what are you wanting to shoot?

[BoySpot]

Thanks for the prompt feedback. The longer lens stuff is often aircraft (although it tends to come in handy for a variety of other things at times like landscape long shots and even occasional wedding photos). I use a 100-300 at the moment which has been fine to date. Having just got my 10D, a won't have any problems with getting the aircarft to fit the frame given the increased effective length.

I have seen a lot of people talking about the 100-400 here. Hadn't seen much mention of the 35-350 at all which is why I posted.

Cheers

Rob

[DaveG]

I am looking at getting myself my next expensive piece of glass. I have seen that there is a 28-300 L glass lens coming out. I have also looked at the 100-400 with IS. When looking at B&H, they have a 35-350mm L glass lens which doesn't have IS. This isn't on Canon's site any more. Is it a discontinued lens? I assume it's not a pup!

What experience have people got of these various lenses (not much for the new one I guess) and do you have any recommendations?

Thanks

Rob

Another thought might be the 70-200 f2.8 (IS or non IS) and the 1.4 extender.

[CyberDyneSystems]

FYI, Canon has discontinued the 35-350mm which is replaced by the 28-300mm...

No comment on the 28-300mm as it doens't appear to exist just yet,.. a few months I think.. but I would definately take the 100-400mm over the 35-350mm IMHO

[KennyG]

FYI, Canon has discontinued the 35-350mm which is replaced by the 28-300mm...

No comment on the 28-300mm as it doens't appear to exist just yet,.. a few months I think.. but I would definately take the 100-400mm over the 35-350mm IMHO

I agree. I tried the 35-350. It was decent in the middle of its range but very soft at full reach and exhibited CA at the short end.

The list price of the 28-300 in the UK is £2,050 according to EOS magazine, which makes it 30% more expensive than the model it replaced. I would think the US price will be in the $3,000 region.