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This lens has good glass and it has a fast USM motor so it adjusts quickly and takes good images. It needs a lot of light to shoot at longer focal lengths so that it can be stopped down to f8. For the price it is a excellent buy for a zoom at that length and it beats all the 75-300mm lens. On a crop senor lens it's even better because the soft parts of the image at the corners aren't in the image. For the current price it's selling for it's a steal.
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Not the best lens out there, but very reasonable. I've found it's very sharp at 100-200mm, but at 300mm it gets distictly soft and a little dreamy. If you like a kind of ethereal look, shoot at 300mm! For those of you blaming the user for the soft images at 300mm (which isn't unreasonable), I've tested with a tripod and remote release and get the same dreaminess. I've also found I get the best results at 250th of a sec--remember this is a long lens without IS, so you have to shoot really fast shutter speeds to stop your movement.
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This lens has become a reliable go-to in my kit. Not missing the absence of image stabilization, and hard to argue with a 480mm equivalant on an EF-S camera body. Low-light performance as expected at full zoom and f5.6.
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Quick, quiet autofocus, compact size, almost the feel of some L lenses, great add on to 18-135 STM, good range, nice for bird pictures while in my kayak. I have a 120-400 Sigma but this is much easier to use in the kayak and about 1/3rd the weight. Had this lens before and got great bird pictures with it, but sold it to get the 120-400, then missed the compactness. Will use 120-400 when landlocked but this is my lens for on the water. With everyone going for IS lenses this is a bargain on the used market.
Detailed review of this lens at Ken Rockwell's page is borne out by my experience with it. It's not image stabilized so a tripod is handy for shots at the far end of the zoom range. I use it on a Canon EOS 5D Mk II body when I want a lightweight zoom, particularly in adverse conditions where I'd be reluctant to haul along the far more expensive (three pound!) 70-200 mm f/2.8 L IS II.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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