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Canon EF 300 mm f/2.8L IS USM
Specifications:
| Manufacturer | Canon |
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| Model | EF 300 mm f/2.8L IS USM |
| Lens style | Telephoto |
| Focal length | 300 mm |
| Maximum aperture | f/2.8 |
| Angle of view | 8.2 o |
| Closest focusing distance | 2.5 m |
| Maximum magnification | 1:7.69 |
| Minimum aperture | 32 |
| Number of diaphragm blades | 8 |
| Auto focus type | USM |
| Lens Construction | 17 elements / 13 groups |
| Filter diameter | 52 mm |
| Macro | No |
| Available mounts | Canon EF |
| Dimensions | 128 x 252 mm |
| Weight | 2550 g |
| Additional information | Marketed July 1999 |
Average rating (3 owners reviews).
| Build quality | 5.00 |  |
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| Optical quality | 5.00 | |
| Value for money | 4.33 |  |
| Overall | 4.78 | |
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Owner since: more than 10 years
Price:
User profile: Semipro
Cons: a bit heavy, price (but the mark II costs even more !)
Pros: superb quality: sharp, fast, takes extenders very well, built quality, can even be used handheld
Summary: superb for bird photos and wildlife in general
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Owner since: 1 year
Price: 4200 ̈́
User profile: Semipro
Cons: Don't see any cons, this lens is just perfect - okay, the finishing could be better. Even in a non professionel use and very carefully handling the coating could be scratched! It's made out of MG-alloy, totaly different to the other Ls with plastic fantastic. In wintertime the barrel feels very cold ;-)
Pros: Very good build quality, even a good handling without tripod (could be used for a whole day on a walking trip, not a problem for me), very good resolution on the 7D, even with a converter! 2.8 is totaly usable, stopping down to 3.2 breaks all expectation.
Summary: Don't see any great disadvantages to the new 300 2.8 IS II, maybe less CAs by using it with a TC and the 7D (pixel pitch), maybe more resolutin at 2.8 - but there's actual no need for it. The new 4-stop IS seemed to be not worth to spend more money over the new model.
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Owner since: 2 years
Price:
User profile: Amateur
Cons: none if you have the money but you really get what you pay for!
Pros: sharp even wide open, great with TCs, bokeh, colors, AF, build quality, the lot
Summary: The best lens I have used so far. For animal photography you may want a longer lens but this one is relatively easy to carry and you can handhold it for a long time. It's actually pretty useful for "normal" photography too. Portraits, close ups, landscape...
