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upgrade from EF70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM to 70-300mm f/4-5.6l IS USM

Started Jun 28, 2013 | Discussions thread
Steve Balcombe Forum Pro • Posts: 15,582
Re: upgrade from EF70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM to 70-300mm f/4-5.6l IS USM

Mosh wrote:

I'm an amateur photographer and I mainly shoot indoors - friends and family, and outdoors - scenery and wildlife when traveling. I currently use the 70-300 DO on an aincent 20D and I'm about to purchase 6D, my first full frame DSLR (with the 24-105L lens). Since I'm already stretching my budget I was wondering how essential it is, in terms of image quality, to upgrade the 70-300 DO lens to an L lens.

The 70-300 DO has well-documented image quality issues whereas the 70-300L is superb, the best 70-300 (or similar) you can buy. I think you would be blown away by the difference.

But is it "essential"? I would say yes, if you are going to get the full benefit of the new body. But on the other hand the 6D won't make the DO look any worse, and you may even get a slight overall improvement in situations where you can fill the frame - i.e. where you can shoot from 1.6x closer or use 1.6x the focal length to utilise the whole frame.

You could do as Lemming51 suggests - get the body only and see how you get on with it, if only to defer the cost of the 70-300L until a later date.

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