I've had this lens for several years but only recently decided to test it formally so that I could compare it with my 70-300 f/4-5.6 L lens. During this time, I shot thousands of travel images and it was one of my most used lenses during my trip to Bhutan. The lens's fast autofocus, constant f/4 aperture, and light weight made it an ideal travel lens and it yielded many great pictures of traditional dancers at the Tsechu festivals. Physically, the lens is 3" in diameter and 6.8" in length (Figure 2). ...
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Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 L IS Lens Review
When I first heard that Canon was going to release a new 70-300mm zoom lens, I wasn't very excited as Canon already had a number of zooms covering this range. When I heard that Canon was going to price it at $1600 for a variable aperture lens (f/4-5.6) I thought they were completely nuts. Up until this point I had been using the 70-200 f/4 zoom and the 70-300 f/4-5.6 non-L lens to cover my telephoto needs. However, I was not happy with this combination: The 70-300 f/4-5.6 IS non L lens did not have ...