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

Comments about Canon 70-300 mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens:

Great lens for that unsteady hand. Mine is paired with the 50d which when used in full action mode (6.5 fps) an occasional shot is blurry. But overall a great lens.

Comments about Canon 70-300 mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens:

I know absolutely nothing about photography and even my pictures look good! If you can press a button, you can use this lens!

Comments about Canon 70-300 mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens:

I do a lot of nature photography and animals, birds and insects do not hold still so I wanted the image stabilization that my other 70-300 Canon did not have. I have only found one drawback, and that is the lens chatters a lot on autofocus when trying to photograph butterflies and dragonflies because the lens keeps trying to shift between the insect and the bush/branch. I end up using manual focus a lot more that I want unless I use the AE mode and only the center focus point. I got some wonderful nesting bald eagle pictures in Punta Gorda this year. Overall, I do give this lens a very good rating.

Comments about Canon 70-300 mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens:

I recently just got back from an African Hunt, I was the only one of the group that could get any good photos. My girlfriend took it on the site seeing part of the trip and out of 700 photos only four pictures were dissapointing.

Comments about Canon 70-300 mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens:

Used to take personal pictures to enter in Fair's etc.

Comments about Canon 70-300 mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens:

HAS IMAGE-STABILIZATION
HAS ULTRASONIC MOTOR
F STOP STARTS @ 4-5.6
GOOD FOR GENERAL USAGE
GOOD FOR MOST PORTRAITURE
GOOD FOR SPORTS AND WILDLIFE SHOTS

Comments about Canon 70-300 mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens:

I use this lens on a 40D and it's very nice for the price. IS is wonderful on a telephoto of this range. The range is great on a crop-sensor camera like the 40D (70-300mm is really 112-480mm!). I've taken very nice shots of the moon with this lens with just a bit of cropping. Works well with the 28-135mm kit lens on the 40D for a nice range with only 2 lenses. Very sharp and focuses quickly and silently with the USM motor. A nice feature is the 2-stage image stabilizer. One mode is for general IS, the other for panning which stabilizes the vertical-axis only. The end does rotate while focusing, so if you're using a polarizer that could be a pain. It could be a little faster, especially on the tele end, but those lenses cost 2-3x as much, so I consider this lens a great value for it's performance.

Comments about Canon 70-300 mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens:

for not being an L lens, its decent, really sharp, quick to focus, and relatively light and cheap for a comparable lens

Comments about Canon 70-300 mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens:

Great Lens. The image stabilizer is great for people like me who have naturally shaky hands, but still love photography. Great for wildlife, I have taken this lens on many vacations and gotten some great pictures. Also it may seem heavy, but for a lens of its size, it's actually quite light.

Comments about Canon 70-300 mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens:

For the price,this is a very good lens.