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

barrett14 wrote in post #13037548
Under extreme conditions lol

Great shot

Coooooooooooooool

Love this lens. It has easily surpassed the 24-70L in my book.

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Two of little Nyla, too.

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Very nice shots JCG.
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A couple of faux macros (20+12mm tubes stacked).

^ Beautiful shots BoboBird

Great Series Bobo - love' em

indeed BoboBird, impressive!
Can you get a shot showing your setup with the lens additional bits and pieces mounted??
G2

very impressive how many much detail and reflections you got from that drops bobobird!.. amazing!

Thanks pitabread, Will, Gary and marcial.

Gary - the s90 is sitting in the car so will grab a shot later today.

Received my lens the other day and thought that I would share my thoughts.

The first thing that I noticed was the build quality. It is right up there with the 70-200 2.8 lenses and not like the polycarbonate 100l and 70-200 f4. It has some heft but is almost a perfect balance for me (shooting a 40d). This is the only extending lens that I have liked. There is no wobbling of the barrel like I've grown used to with my 17-55. Since I am planning on using this lens for wildlife the great build quality is very welcome.

Image quality is equally impressive. Sharp wide open across the range with virtually no CA's. Images have that clean look that I've only seen from the 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II and prime lenses. I really feel like the iq is close to that lens if not equal, especially around 135mm where it is crazy sharp. Needless to say I am impressed. I also noticed that the lens has very nice bokeh; it's too early to say for sure, but I feel like the bokeh is smoother than the above mentioned 70-200 which tended too be harsh in certain situations. An added bonus is the pseudo macro abilities. I have been floored with the closeup performance. I will definitely be picking up some extension tubes.

The autofocus has been very fast as well. Not expecting miracles in low light but I think it's the fastest lens I have used in this class. No accuracy problems right out of the box and that matters to me not having MA on my body.

Despite my praise there are a couple of cons:
1.) swapping the zoom rings isn't conducive to good hand holding technique in my opinion. I can work with it but on a longer lens it would be a no go.
2.)no tripod collar. Doesn't matter for my uses but it would be expected at the price point.

Just a quick shot around the house, shot at 300mm and hand held at 1/15 second,
pretty cool to be able to do so

You have steady hands Gary. But the IS on this lens is incredible.

Sorry about the setup pic. Forgot to grab the small camera from the car. Tomorrow for sure.

Actually, looks a lot like the 2nd pic here except that the lens is different, the guy is using the full set of tubes - 12, 20, 36mm. Also no ring flash here, only a 430ExII.

http://digital-photography-school.com …acro-incredible-lens.html

Many people don't seem to like cormorants because their poop kills trees and some think they are unattractive to look at - but I like them in an 'underdog' sort of way and find them handsome - love their eyes too- although viewing this in Lr3 - the eye is sharper so its disappointing its not as sharp posted here...

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