Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM Lens Sample Photos and Specifications

Devilgorgor		12-Mar-2008 05:41
to me, this lens is not sharp than 200mm 1.8L USM

Tim Rucci		04-Oct-2007 13:57
For anyone considering the Canon 300 f2.8L IS lens, I can tell you that it's worth every penny of the price. The lens is super sharp, and can be shot wide open at f2.8 without the fear of getting soft images. It focuses super fast, and is also equipped with a focus preset that allows you to photograph two different subjects in quick succession. You can be photographing the pitcher delivering a pitch at a baseball game from behind the plate and also photograph the batter swinging at the same pitch by using the focus preset that you have set beforehand on the batter. With it's wide f2.8 aperture, it will provide 4 times the shutter speed of a typical f5.6 zoom lens, and that's one reason why you see a bunch of these white Canon super telephoto lenses at nearly all sporting events. This wide aperture also allows you to nicely blur backgrounds to make your subjects stand out in the photo. The image stabilization system is very effective and the 3-stage focus limit switch allows you to choose the distance range to make focusing even faster. The 300 is the smallest of Canon's super telephoto lenses and weighs only 6 pounds, which is exactly half the weight of the 400mm f2.8. This makes the 300 easy to carry around and use hand-held without getting tired, and is great when used with a monopod. I have carried mine around and shot it hand held for nearly half a day with no problems. The 300 f2.8 is probably the best glass you can possibly own in the Canon system. I've used it with the Canon 1.4x extender, and plan to get the 2x extender to use with it soon. You can see many photos taken with this lens in my pbase gallieries.

Pedro		03-Sep-2006 10:40
terrific crystal clear handheld pictures.