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

Wow Amazing shots. Bald Eagle is my favorite, hope someday I can take some pics like these.
I got my 70-300l yesterday, still no chance to go out and play...

Thanks to all the posted pics and advice here on the Canon 70-300L, I decided to add one to my collection. I received mine today and though I didn't get much time to shoot outside I grabbed a few quick shots of a squirrel in my backyard. The sun was setting and I just put the lens on my 7D and took some quick shots. Let me say I am very pleased.

I had purchased a Tamron 70-300 trying to save some money (I actually tried two of them). Though it is a nice lens, it just didn't have what I wanted. I feel my Canon 55-250 was equal or maybe even a tad sharper then the Tamron lens.

Believe me, it took a lot for me to purchase a $1500 lens, but now that I have it in hand I am very glad I took the plunge. This is my first L lens, and now I know why I hear so many say "WOW" when they get their first one.

I thought I would post a few shots I took tonight. Please know that I am not anywhere near a professional photographer, so keep that in mind when looking at the photos. I cropped the pictures in Lightroom, but did not apply any settings. These just quickly show what a "regular guy (or gal)" might expect from this lens. There is nothing scientific about these shots.

The first two shots are ones that I took with the Tamron. I had much better light, and I really took my time. I took many shots using the Tamron of the squirrels, and all turned out pretty much the same.

All photos were taken hand-held.

you get what you paid for... I think the tamron and the 70-300L lens are in a different league... even it was hard to me paid 1600$ for my first L.. I'm very pleased when see back my 55-250 shots in similar conditions with my 7D... of course is 300$ lens but they're fine for people who don't want to spend all that money for pro lenses...

a floating nest.... 300 mm at f5.6

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nice shots folks - nice to see this L deliver the goods at f/5.6 @ 300mm....

AI focus, single shot mode with ISO 200 at 300mm wide open. 7D+ 70-300 LIS

oldcanon wrote in post #12015561
AI focus, single shot mode with ISO 200 at 300mm wide open. 7D+ 70-300 LIS

Can you tell which IS method did you used for this image? I'm a bit confused which one is the best for this kind, not sure if pos. 1 or 2

Oh Pretty dog BTW

Alex, in this case I shot with IS mode 1 (vertical and horizontal stabilisation) with shutter speeds of 1/3200th for the top shot and 1/1600th for the lower shot.

The dog belonged to someone else, we were there with our Grandson (who was also rushing about having a great time! )

After 3 wks or so I finally had a nice sunny day + time to shoot.

Was testing AI Servo - which I was not impressed with but only because I should have known better than to use f/6.3 (next time f/7.1 or f/8 to help get more in focus)

The first two are SOOC - the remainder- edited.

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Wah!! The shots are all very nice & sharp..

I have one shot to share.

T1i+70-300L at 300mm 1/1000 Shutter-Priority AE f/5.6 Spot Metering ISO 800 AI Servo AF

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Well done Pete! There looks to be plenty of detail there

What is the cheapest price in the united states I can get this lens new? Anyone selling theirs?

rjx almost all retail stores sells the lens at $1499, a $100 instant rebate from the original price. it's still a new lens to see a drop in his price beyond this.

another one taken today, a big iguana...

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Yikes Marcial4 that iguana is pretty sharp. Nice one!

thanks alex.. at the same time I took the photo of the iguana, I took this shot of one of my cats when they were watching this visitor

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whisker sharp! (nice cat too)