Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L USM Lens Review
The Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L USM Lens is regarded as one of the sharpest lenses in the
Canon L Series.
The Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L USM Lens is relatively light, well built and has excellent bokeh (background blur quality).
I like the convenience of having the lens hood built into the front of the lens
(sliding in and locking out).
One of the features the Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L USM Lens is most noted for is sharpness.
This lens is sharp wide open and very sharp when stopped down slightly.
Separating the subject from the background is easy with this lens.
Put a little distance between the Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L USM Lens' subject and the background,
dial in a wide aperture setting
and watch the subject emerge from beautiful, smoothly blurred background.
The Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L USM Lens is a good lens for nature and wildlife photography.
When used on a 1.6x FOVCF body,
the Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L USM Lens is entering the long focal length lens zone -
Roughly the equivalent of 10x binoculars.
When paired with the Canon Extender EF 1.4x
on a 1.6x body, this lens can even venture into the bird photography arena.
After all of the positive comments, you ask why I no longer own this lens?
It takes a very bright day (or high ISO setting) to get a shutter speed high enough
to handhold this lens on a 1.6x field of view crop factor DSLR.
For this reason, the Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L USM Lens did not have enough use to me to justify keeping it.
I am much happier with my
Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L IS USM Lens.
There has been much talk about the Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L USM Lens being far superior to the
Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L IS USM Lens.
I disagree.
I highly recommend the
Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L IS USM Lens over this lens -
IS (Image Stabilization) is well worth any small image quality difference that exists in my opinion.
Another Canon L Series Lens
that often competes with the Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L USM Lens is the
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM Lens.
Be sure to read my
review
before you make your decision to buy this lens.
Also note, the Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L USM Lens has been discontinued by Canon.
It occasionally shows up on the used market, but finding a good copy will take some work.
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