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from Jessops UK Summary: The Canon 75-300mm consumer zooms - I've owned and used both the IS and non-IS versions - are pretty average at best and poor value for money. Not only soft, as people rightly say, but also prone to flare which reduces colour saturation and contrast. I was very disappointed by the quality of shots taken in intensive use of the 75-300mm IS in sunny and photogenic Crete a couple of years back, and subsequently traded it against the 70-200mm f4L instead. Best move I ever made. Now that the 70-200mm f4L is dropping in price it is even better value. Save up for the 1.4x converter to go with it and/or use it on a digital body - THAT combination can give you great results where the 75-300mm will probably always disappoint you too. Strengths: Decorates camera bodies for sale and is not quite as bad as the (dire) 22-55mm or the(mostly poor) Canon standard kit zooms. Weaknesses: Most important, the versions I have used seemed incapable of making sharp, saturated images whatever care was taken. Prone to flare and colour degradation. Cosmetically they feel flimsy and plastic.
I do appreciate that not everone wants or can afford L glass, but there are much better non-L lenses for the money. Similar Products Used: 70-200mm f4L;
70-200mm f2.8L;
(both with 1.4x and 2x canon converters)
80-200mm Leica f4 ROM. Customer Service: Unless it is free it would be wasted on one of these.
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