Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens

Pros: Price; Build Quality; Image Stabilization; Excellent Focal Length Range

Cons: Focus Speed; Rotating Front Element

The Bottom Line: The Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM is an excellent bargain considering what you get. It is a very practical lens.

Review: For a while I have wanted to complete my camera lens collection. I had the 10-135mm range covered beautifully by my C anon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM primary lens, and T okina 10-17mm ...

Pros: Accurate autofocus, good balance between lens speed, IS and zoom range.

Cons: Little heavy on lighter digital SLRs.

The Bottom Line: Works like you'd expect it to for a price that is reasonable.

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Pros: Very good lens quality, affordable, black and more compact than L lens

Cons: L lens has better build, faster focusing, sharper.

The Bottom Line: Get this lens if you don't like the hassles carrying an L and want a quality all around zoom lens with IS.

Review: I'm just a novice who is part of the huge wave of consumers buying DSLRs on the market now. I bought the Canon Rebel XT series, one of the most popular models. Anyone who buys a DSLR does it to get the flexibility of using different lenses. So the ...

Pros: Excellent picture quality throughout zoom range

Cons: focus ring turns in AF mode

Review: I use my Rebel XTi mostly for auto racing photos and recently added the 70-300 mm USM IS to my lens collection. This is a really fantastic lens for my purpose. It tracked the fast moving cars accurately, colors are very nice, and the lens is quite ...

Pros: Great build, great quality photos, and a moderate price.

Cons: Too grande for the Rebel. You'll want a bigger camera body with this lens.

Review: I was shooting with this lens and a Rebel XT and wasn't having a lot of fun doing it. I also own the wonderful L-Series 24-105 and this same thing holds true. What I discovered was the Rebels are really not meant to hold these lenses, at least in ...