Product Review
I purchased this lens as a replacement for the earlier 75-300mm IS lens. I was commonly happy with that lens, but it had definite limitations - I necessary to shoot at f8 or f11 and bump up the ISO to obtain a decent shutter speed. This new version appears sharp at full zoom even wide open, allowing me to make use of a lower ISO setting. Size is comparable to older version, but the IS appears additional efficient - looking through the lens when it kicks in you are able to in fact see the image come to be extra stable and less shaky. I got this over the Canon 70-200 f4 L as a result of the additional reach, smaller size (slightly) as well as the images I've noticed from each are pretty comparable. UPDATE: There have been reports of soft images when utilizing this lens in a verticle orientation - however I have not skilled this on my copy. I'm happy to say that right after months of using this lens, (Read More...)
