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Canon 300/4 versus 300/2.8
I can't see myself using a lens as big and heavy as a 300/2.8, but maybe there is a reason to. Besides being a full-stop faster, what else is different about the two lenses? Big difference in optical quality? Focus performance? Image stabilization differences? Just wondering what makes it 4X the money. -
Re: Canon 300/4 versus 300/2.8
I'm one of the ones who's said bad things about the 2x. To be fair to Canon, I've only used it on the 300 f4. Based on what PF has posted, I shall have to try it on the 300 f2.8. I admit to be skeptical, especially wrt stacking the 2x and the 1.4x, a combination which was just brutal on the f4. I find it hard to believe… -
Re: Canon 300/4 versus 300/2.8
I own the Canon 300 f2.8 IS L and like it a great deal. Like its reputation, it is tack sharp wide open, and relatively light and small. I said relatively. What I really like about it, Bill, is that I can use it with a 2x extender and still have an f5.6 hand-holdable 600mm lens that AFs fairly quickly even with a 20D. The… -
Re: Canon 300/4 versus 300/2.8
I will be very interrested in your results too, Sid. I don't know if they will vary from lens to lens or what. I never would have thought that stacking a 1.4 on a 2x was a good idea for a professional quality image and I have not rec'ed it either... But... GO to Art Morris's website www.birdsasart.com He always lists the…
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