Canon - Telephoto zoom lens - 75 mm - 300 mm - f/4.0-5.6 III USM

Product Description

The lightest 4x telephoto zoom lens in its class. Ideal for sports portraiture animals etc. The telephoto effect can make the picture look compressed or have excellent background blur. At the 300mm focal length you can fill the frame with a postcard from 1.5 meters away.

Customer Reviews:

Canon telephoto zoom 75-300mm USM III.......2007-12-09

I've owned this glass around 3 months now. There are many reviews out there that don't rate this lens. Many compare it to Canon L series lenses.
There is no comparison bewteen such lenses. You often get what you pay for, so if you can afford L series lenses in this focal range at over £1000, go for it as they are unbeatable. However, if you want a high performing lens for your Canon EOS camera for little money, this is it.
Its near silent USM autofocus motor is fast and doesn't seem to "hunt" much unless shooting in the dark, which in the main, you won't want to do with this lens. It gives an actual 120-480mm focal length (35mm equivalent) on EOS cameras (which have a 1.6x crop factor due to the APS-C size sensor). My experience of using this lens is that is produces sharp images throughout the focal range, particularly on a bright day.
It doesn't have Image Stabilisation, but I got around this by shotting at 800 or even 1600 ISO on my EOS 400D and there is very little noise and plenty of detail. Its performance in terms of autofocus and the amount of light it pulls in (even though rated at f4-5.6) is better than the supplied 18-55 kit lens for the EOS 400D.
It isn't far off the performance of my best Kino Precision lens for my film 35mm SLR with a 80-200mm focal length. The price of this lens is awesome for the package you get. Well done Canon!
Highly Recommended.

great budget lens.......2007-11-16

I bought this lens about eight months ago for my Canon 350D. If like me you bought the kit that comes bundled with the 18-55mm lens you'll notice there is a big gap when it comes to zoom/telephoto shots, this is a great budget tele-photo zoom lens that does what it says on the tin, and fills the gap nicely.

I bought this usm version, (it comes in an even cheaper non usm version), after reading reviews by other users that complain that the non usm lenses tend be to a lot louder. So if noise is not an issue, you can get this lens even cheaper.

I am an amateur photographer at best and still learning, but after using the lens for a while I was disappointed to learn that the f stop values really do make a big difference - the widest aperture you will be able to set this lens to is 4.0 at 75mm and only 5.6 at 300mm, if your really serious you need a fast lens like f/2.8, and definitely with IS (image stabilisation) - the lens is not that heavy (for me), but during a long shoot it starts to feel like a cannon (pardon the pun), the lens really protrudes out at towards the 300mm end, and if you hold the camera pointing straight down, expect lens creep. Add an external flash onto the hot shoe and expect a real workout!

My wife complains its way too heavy - especially with a speedlite mounted on top, just carry a tripod if you expect to be on a long shoot, or mount the external flash on a tripod (you'll need something like a speedlite wireless remote for this, expensive, but its tiny and weighs next to nothing and gets the speedlite off the camera).

Having said all that, I have got some really great shots with this, and overall for the price you pay for this lens it's a real good value for money. If I'm going to a function, like a party within a hall, I would almost always use this lens (not to good for mid range shots - 50mm better for this, which is why I carry another camera to save swapping lenses about), great for candid photography where you can position yourself at the other side of the hall and take shots without distracting or letting your subjects know they are being shot - just have a strong arm, and good light conditions/flash. For portrait shots, and shots where you slow the shutter speed use a tripod, or you get too much blur/softness. If you also intend to pan the shot, a tripod with a panning handle is also essential.

The other thing you need to bear in mind is the multiplication factor (of the focal length) of your camera. Unless your lucky enough to have a camera with the same focal length as a 35mm film camera, i.e. a full 35mm frame size, the camera may effectively crop the image to fit on the film sensor - the 350D has a factor of x1.6, this means this lens is effectively a 120mm - 480mm lens (!) This is great on the tele-photo side, you get more magnification than you pay for, but not so good for wide angle or down at the 75mm end, where you've actually got 120mm. (Because of this factor, if you want a wide-angle lens and you have a 350/400D then you'd be better off going for ultra wide 14mm).

Bottom line, it's a heavy lens, and no IS, but for the price of the lens very good value for money! I haven't regretted buying this, and unless you're a really serious photographer, and shoot within the limits of this lens you wont either.

good value.......2007-07-29

This a perfect very low budget tele-photo lens that combined with a digital SLR will give you great results.
I have been using it for taking pictures of birds from the local nature reserve and then increase the magnification in the computer.
The lens weights 480 grams and the SLR will still feel well balance when taking pictures in the wild.
For under £150 you can't go wrong as a starting point for wildlife photography.
How ever if you want semi-pro results you will need a USM lens with a lower f value.
I recommend a Hamma filter to make the pictures slightly sharper and a lens hood to prevent glare in the open.

Canon EF - Telephoto zoom lens - 75 mm - 300 mm - f/4.0-5.6 IS USM - Canon EF

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Canon EF - Telephoto zoom lens - 75 mm - 300 mm - f/4.0-5.6 IS USM - Canon EF

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Canon - Telephoto zoom lens - 75 mm - 300 mm - f/4.0-5.6 IS USM - Canon EF

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Canon - Telephoto zoom lens - 75 mm - 300 mm - f/4.0-5.6 IS USM - Canon EF

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