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My Canon EF75-300mm Lens Review
Pros: Cheap
Cons: Cheaply made
Recommended: No
I bought this lens when I was new to photography, and
it was *not* a good choice. It was inexpensive, but it has some real
drawbacks. It's cheaply made. The zoom creeps out when the camera points
down. The front element rotates when focusing. Poor image quality at 300mm.
If you're looking for a cheap telephoto, buy one of the "super zoom" lenses
from Tamron or Sigma. Image quality will be similar, and you'll have a wider
zoom range. If you want to take hand-held telephoto pictures, purchase the
model of this lens that includes image stabilization.
Nonetheless, I did use this lens frequently until I replaced it with the
Canon EF 100-400L IS lens. Pictures are
acceptable for small prints, and it's light enough to carry around.
| I am looking at the EF75-300mm III USM (Micro USM), III (DC Motor), & IS USM Lens (USM), for my Canon EOS Rebel Ti SLR Camera. The type of photo's we take are for Horse Show's and need distance and clear photo's. Could you help me decide the best lens to purchase. Thank you. (11/30/2003, 11:26 AM) |
| The trick is to get the original 75-300 EF lens which has a proper USM and full time manual focus. Unfortunately long discontinued they do come up from time to time (I got one, fully boxed October 2002 for £130). This is a totally different piece of kit from the later models and on a par with any of Canon's prosumer USM lenses. (11/6/2002, 12:42 PM) |
| 75-399 was and is a good lens for 160.00 very satisfied (9/22/2002, 6:53 PM) |
| 75-300IS is just "IS" model of 75-300, image quality equally bad, construction feels equally cheap, not recommanded. (7/19/2002, 7:42 PM) |
| what about canon's 75-300 IS lens? Much cheaper than the 100-400MM and also with IS. (7/9/2002, 12:22 PM) |