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Unexpected - Superb Lens

Started Aug 28, 2013 | User reviews thread
bronxbombers4 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,387
Re: Unexpected - Superb Lens

billythek wrote:

What I don't get is why it was "unexpected"? This lens always gets great reviews. The only problem is the aperture, and the fact that the available focus points are restricted excessively on the 5D3.

When it was release it was kind of derided and mocked, for at least the entire first year. Only more recently have people, en masse, discovered that it's actually not a joke, but a pretty useful lens, with top quality (and something unique to the Canon line-up, the Nikon and third party 70-300 type lenses simply don't match up). So I could see how it could be unexpected. It really took a beating, right from the initial press release, for quite a while.

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