Mini review of Canon 70-300is lens

davev

I like it.

Canon D Reb 300.
All pics hand held, lion and gorilla pics were shot through glass indoors.
Post work done in Photoshop Elements 4.

1/125s f/5.6 at 130.0mm iso200



1/8s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso1600



1/125s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso200



1/10s f/5.0 at 120.0mm iso800

TristanP

davev wrote:

I like it.

"Mini review". Now that's truth in advertising.

Nice results you have there. The gorilla and lion shots are impressive for such a slow shutter speed. I guess you like the IS capabilities?

Ric Grupe

Very good shots.

What I would like to see is a 100% crop at 300mm of a well focused shot and no post processing.

Please.:help

davev

Ric Grupe wrote:

Very good shots.

What I would like to see is a 100% crop at 300mm of a well focused shot and no post processing.

Please.:help

This is a tough request today. The sky is dark and grey, but I gave it a shot.

Of course I picked a dark model, that helps even more on a day like today.
I shot hand held. This probably isn't quite what you wanted, but I tried.

Taken with a D Reb 300.
The dog is 8 to 10 feet from me.

3 pics

1) I PP'd this so you could see how it would look if I were to post it in a thread.
2) The full frame pic after resizing
3) The 100% crop from where I focused

1/40s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso400



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3



I know that when I resize, I lose some sharpness, that's why I posted the
PP'd version.

Maybe tomorrow the sun will shine and I can get some better shots.

Ric Grupe

Thanks.


The reason I asked is I would like to be able to shoot birds with this lens, and typically they fill only a small portion of the frame. So being able to crop at 33-50% is a necessity. The 75-300 IS that I have now just doesn't cut it at 300mm.

Still debating!

davev

Well Ric, like I said, today was bad.

The original resized.

1/320s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso400


100% crop, no usm, but I did a little shadow/highlight on it. If I wouldn't have,
there wouldn't be much to see but a black blob.



Maybe this helps.

Ric Grupe

davev wrote:

Well Ric, like I said, today was bad.




Maybe this helps.

Yes it does!

While this is better than my 75-100 IS, it still isn't what I want for my purposes. I was hoping that it was since it would save me about $800!!!

I really appreciate you taking the time to help me with my decision, Dave. At least now I won't wonder if I was foolish on spending the extra cash.

BTW, your new lens is undoubtedly an improvement over the older version, and would be perfect for other purposes....as your photos clearly show.

davev

I'm throwing a few more at ya Ric.


Finally some sun, shot through a window at a nature center.

1/400s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso400




1/320s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso400





1/500s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso400





Here's how I would make the final cut on the nuthatch.



Thanks for looking.

Ric Grupe

davev wrote:

I'm throwing a few more at ya Ric.


Finally some sun, shot through a window at a nature center.




Thanks for looking.

My edit:



Decent, but, still not enough detail. See how the colors bleed to other areas?

I guess I just have to decide what I really want vs. what I would accept. I'm sure that initially I would be pleased with the 70-300 IS....but as time passed?????

pathfinder

Ric,

Just my 2 cents worth, but for shooting small birds I never found 300mm anywhere near long enough. Occaisionally one will let you get close enough, but usually they just won't allow me to get anything near a full frame shot at 300mm. I find 400 is not enough frequently. Sad but true.
And when you get out past 300mm, primes are a lot better than zooms. Again, I wish that were not true, but facts are facts. The one good thing is that good primes accept the 1.4 AND 2x TCs very nicely.

Ric Grupe

pathfinder wrote:

Ric,

Just my 2 cents worth, but for shooting small birds I never found 300mm anywhere near long enough. Occaisionally one will let you get close enough, but usually they just won't allow me to get anything near a full frame shot at 300mm. I find 400 is not enough frequently. Sad but true.
And when you get out past 300mm, primes are a lot better than zooms. Again, I wish that were not true, but facts are facts. The one good thing is that good primes accept the 1.4 AND 2x TCs very nicely.

I know what you say is so. :cry

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My youngest graduates college this year. That will free up some finances!

pathfinder

Hopefully more than just some It certainly did for me when my two sons finished their schooling.