Lens review
2007-09-23
Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
6. Distortion
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Distortion is another category in which our tested lens achieves better results than the competition and is closer to the Canon 70-200 f/4L (which achieves good results easily since having a smaller range of focal lengths). The chart below will serve its purpose and no words are needed here. Let me just add that in this lens class, geometric distortions are never a huge problem.
|
|
Canon 70-300 IS |
Sigma 70-300 APO |
Canon 100-300 |
Canon 70-200 f/4L |
Nikkor 70-300D ED |
|
70 mm |
-0.82%
|
0.08% |
- |
-0.49%
|
-0.15%
|
| 135
mm |
0.31% |
1.20% |
0.30% |
0.50% |
1.10% |
| 200
mm |
0.68% |
1.20% |
0.79% |
0.74% |
1.10% |
| 300
mm |
0.88% |
0.90% |
0.90% |
- |
0.90% |
