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Hi All
had this lens a couple of weeks now and been very impressed so far.


- Autofocus is fast and quiet for a long lens
- Light enough to carry around (especially when compared to 24-105L!)
- Results very good, decent sharpness and contrast

Shot from Nene Valley Railway at 70mm


Shot from Nene Park of a swan at 300mm


To see the full size images go here (especially to appreciate sharpness)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hairyfrog/ ... 432114053/

Cheers all.

Hmm image tags no worky ...??
-----------------EDITED BY THOMAS----------------
I've made your images show. Look at how I did it by editing your post, hairyfrog!
Thanks Thomas.

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EOS 40D / Ixus 500 / S95, Canon 24-105 F4L, 50 F1.8, Canon EF 70-300 F4-5.6 IS, Canon 10-22 IS, Speedlite 430EX II, 580 EXII
My flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/hairyfrog/

Hi hairyfrog,

Thanks for adding another lens to our Gallery. It's particularly useful having a link to the full-sized originals.

Sorry to trouble you, but could you clarify what lens this actually is?

There is a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM and a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM. I presume, from your partial name, that you are referring to the latter as that lens starts at f/4.5. Confusingly, I note from your Signature that you also possess a Sigma 70-300 F4.5-5.6 and it occurs to me that you might have meant the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM but wrote F4.5 out of habit.

If you edit the title of your post with the full lens name then that should also rename the thread. If not then give me a shout and I'll do it. Thanks.

Bob.

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OM-D E-M5 + ED 12-50mm, H-PS14042E, H-F007014E, L-RS014150E, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm 1:1.8.
Gitzo GT1541T, Arca-Swiss Z1 DP ball-head.
Astrophotography: TEC 140 'scope, FLI ML16803 camera, ASA DDM60 Pro mount.

Yes I was indeed thinking of the sigma! Too many lenses ....

It is indeed the F4-5.6 non DO version.
Thanks

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EOS 40D / Ixus 500 / S95, Canon 24-105 F4L, 50 F1.8, Canon EF 70-300 F4-5.6 IS, Canon 10-22 IS, Speedlite 430EX II, 580 EXII
My flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/hairyfrog/

I agree its a great lens!

I'll post a few photos that I've shot later on with it.

hehe, to many lenses, one can never have to many lenses!

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Canon EOS 5DmkII + BG-E6 + Canon EOS 40D + BG-E2N + Canon EOS 33
Canon 17-40 F/4L USM + Canon 24-70 F/2.8L USM + Canon 28mm F/1.8 USM + Canon 70-200 F/2.8L USM IS + Canon 85mm F/1.8 USM
Canon Speedlite 580EX II + Canon Speedlite 540EZ + 2 x Nikon SB-80DX
Cactus V2s Wireless Trigger - 5 x Cactus V2s Wireless Reciever

MY FLICKR!

Thanks.

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OM-D E-M5 + ED 12-50mm, H-PS14042E, H-F007014E, L-RS014150E, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 45mm 1:1.8.
Gitzo GT1541T, Arca-Swiss Z1 DP ball-head.
Astrophotography: TEC 140 'scope, FLI ML16803 camera, ASA DDM60 Pro mount.

I've been surfing the web to find more sample-pictures with this lens. I used pixel-peeper.com.

I'm not sure.... but i cant find that many pin-sharp images.

Would be nice to hear from more users of this lens and how you rebuff my critisism that this lens dont seem to be very sharp.

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Canon EOS 40D - Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM - Canon EF 50/1,8 II - Canon EF 70-200/4L IS USM - Speedlite 430 EX - Lowerpro Nova 4 AW
My Flickr

I have had this lens for about 3 weeks now and so far I have been really impressed with it.

The range is excellent, image stabilizer works wonders, AF is fast even when fully extended to 300mm and the pictures I have taken are nice and sharp.

For me it was between this and the 70-200 F4 L. After trying them both at the local shop I opted for the 70-300mm even though it cost more because of the rebate on the L glass. End the end I am very happy with my choice, the image stabilizer and extra range more then make up for not having the L glass in the lens.

Only thing I wish I could do is turn the focus ring while the lens is set in AF mode. If you want to do any type of manual focusing you have to flip the switch.

Sample pic I took last night of the moon:



Canon 40D
70-300mm IS USM, taken at 300mm
F 5.6
1/400
ISO 400
Post processing: just cropped

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Canon 40D W/ Canon BG e2N | Canon 17-40L | Canon 70-200 2.8L | Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro | Canon 50mm F1.8 II | Canon 580ex II | Manfrotto 055xprob w/ Manfrotto 488RC2

well this lens doesn't seem to be that popular for some reason I aint sure why, and i might be wrong.

However i collect mine from the shop tomorrow lunch time, i will give my opinion and sample pictures in due course.

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UPDATED 11th June
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now i have this lens i like it alot, very smooth & quite, yes its heavier than my other 17 - 85mm but it almost twice as long so it bound to do, i have only took a few shots to be honest so take a look



Exposure 1/320
ISO 100
F5.6
Focal Length 300mm



Exposure 1/160
ISO 320
F5.6
Focal Length 210mm

I feel the quality is very good from my first attempts

Daz

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Canon EOS 40D & Canon EF-S 17-85mm f4-5.6 IS USM Lens & Canon EF 70-300mm f4-5.6 IS USM Lens

I got this two today, a very cloudy day in Brazil.
Canon 40D
70-300mm f4-5.6 @ 300mm 5.6
ISO 400

For my personal taste, it could be a little more sharp (specially at 100% crop), but I think it is pretty much OK for that focal range.

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Canon 40D and lots of lenses.
my Flickr

Pic from the weekend - light was poor and at ISO 800 still
only managed 1/25 at 300mm.

Shot still came out sharp tho demonstrating the excellent IS on this lens.
Cheers

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EOS 40D / Ixus 500 / S95, Canon 24-105 F4L, 50 F1.8, Canon EF 70-300 F4-5.6 IS, Canon 10-22 IS, Speedlite 430EX II, 580 EXII
My flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/hairyfrog/

Can you please give the 100% Crop, I just want to see the detail . Thank you so much in advance.

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Canon EOS 40D, EF-S 17-85 f/4.0-5.6 IS USM, EF 70-300 f/4.0-5.6 IS USM, EF 50 f/1.4 USM, 580EX II
My Gallery

Swans..

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Canon 450D | BG-E5 | 430 EX II | 50mm f/1.8 II | 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM | 17-50 2.8 VC | 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

Anyone would recommend this lens for the 5D mark ii?

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I love cameras ... to keep my memories alive !

Absolutely, you can't/won't always want something huge, white and unwelcome attention-getting. This is the Canon best lens that fits that bill, except maybe the DO version.

50D 200mm f/5



50D 165mm f/5 1/400s



50D 25mm extension tube 200mm f/8