75-300 is usm lens

is the 75-300 is usm lens any good? any experience? i just purchased one and have yet to recieve it and was wondering if i made a good purchase.:p

No. Lousy. All the EF 75-300s are.
Somebody had to say it.

70-300 IS = good
75-300 NON IS***= horrible..

Depends on what you're using it for. It's sharp, the IS works well, and has a very nice range. Not great in low light if you're trying to stop action, it just isn't fast enough... but it is a nice affordable tele. For general use, it's a great lens... just don't expect something like shooting sports at night to be great and you'll be fine. The 70-300 IS is the best of the 70-300(ish) lenses by far.

The 75-300 lenses are generally reported to be soft across most of the zoom range and very soft past 200mm. Given the modest price difference, the 70-300 IS is a much better lens value.

Next time you plan to order a lens perhaps ask questions and do research before placing the order. There seems to be a cart / horse sequence issue here.

illrooster132 wrote in post #8328004
is the 75-300 is usm lens any good? any experience? i just purchased one and have yet to recieve it and was wondering if i made a good purchase.:p

errrr...shouldn't you have asked these questions BEFORE you went out and made the purchase?!! lol that cracked me up.

personally, I'd have advised you to get the much better 70-200 mm f4 L, but the 75-300 is an awful lens. the 70-300 mm IS is better,but no match for the 70-200.

well it kinda went like this . i did some research and found good reviews from users. compared the prices round . and found that im paying less than half. i have been using other brands in the same range and found that i like the regular canon 75-300 for my use. but i found this lens and sold the other one and replaced with this one .
the lens is going to be use for outdoors mostly so is fast enough for me . i do have a tamron 28- 105 2.8 pro. for indoors use.

either get a 70-200 f4, or a sigma 70-200

the 75-300 dosn't really have any resale value...unfortunatly it seems as if you are stuck with it

well those lenses are expensive. i shoot for fun not bussiness.
i wish i could afford those but i think the is usm is goin to be a good lens to use .

illrooster132 wrote in post #8331984
well those lenses are expensive. i shoot for fun not bussiness.
i wish i could afford those but i think the is usm is goin to be a good lens to use .

well thats a perfectly fair comment. also, your 75-300 mm will challenge your skills, too...shhot at anywhere between f8 and f11 you might get good results, crank up the iso to get a decent shutter speed and maybe use some noise reduction software to compensate for the noise?

I have been fairly happy with my 75-300mm IS f4-5.6. For the price, it's a nice lens!

There must be a whole bunch of "bad copies" of the 75-300 IS USM lens out there because the one my wife uses produces great images. This is in the hands of someone who doesn't know the difference between P and Av and is shooting on an older D60 body.

I borrowed one of those lens from a friend for a 2-week Safari to Kenya and Tanzania. I used that lens almost exclusively shooting hand held from a Land Cruiser. The IS is very good and buys you about 3-stops in motion reduction. It may not be tack sharp at 300mm, but for the price it's a good day. I'll let you judge for yourself. You can view some of my photos at: http://brownwarbler.co​m/africa/index.htm

I used this lens on a 50D.

For what my opinion is worth, it isn't that bad of a lens. I find it very susceptible to camera shake, but I have found it a good learning experience for me, and I have taken many shots that are pretty good (subjective I know). I have just purchased a new lens but I do expect to have some occasional use for the the 75-300