70-300 IS DO examples

[ron chappel]

Here are some examples posted allready from the 70-300mm DO lens

http://www.pbase.com/pkimages/canon_70300_do_is

http://www.pbase.com/egilsrud/canon_70300_do_is

http://www.pbase.com/dadas115/ef70-300mmdo

Looks odd to me.Maybe my monitor but they don't look particularly sharp and definitely low on saturation and contrast.At least from what i can see

Man,is this lens made by sigma?? :shock: :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol:
Hopefully it's not as average as these pics seem to show

[roanjohn]

Yeah......the images look a tad soft.............But people will buy it more for the weight and size...........

For that price though.........I would rather build my biceps for better image quailty.

:-)

Ro1

[Guillermo Freige]

Pity. Doesn't seem to be better than my 75-300IS optically at 250-300mm. Same image softness wideopen. It seems I'll save $1200 :)
Regarding the low contrast and washed colors, it seems to me most pictures were taken using AdobeRGB colorspace instead of sRGB. They have the clasic greenish-washed look of AdobeRGB ones , but as Canon doesn´t attach colorspace info in the JPEG files, I can´t be sure

[ron chappel]

I can't say it's a bad look-it's just that a typical L lens is SO razor sharp and contrasty that anything even slightly less is a slight disapointment

I want to see someone compare the DO with the cheap 75-300 IS + the 100-300 8)

[slejhamer]

I can't say it's a bad look-it's just that a typical L lens is SO razor sharp and contrasty that anything even slightly less is a slight disapointment

The problem is that Canon has hyped this as being on par with L glass. And it's priced that way too.


I want to see someone compare the DO with the cheap 75-300 IS + the 100-300 8)

I'd like to see it compared to those two Canons, plus the Sigma 100-300 f/4 and the Sigma 80-400 OS. Hopefully the review sites will do some in-depth comparisons soon.