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70-300L change of mind

Started Oct 5, 2014 | User reviews thread
kevindar
kevindar Veteran Member • Posts: 4,625
Re: 70-300L change of mind
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Timbukto wrote:

kevindar wrote:

its interesting that you quoted me without properly reading what I wrote, and then proceeded to correct a mistake which was not there Read it again.

Sorry, my mistake. Still I kind of see the 70-300 non-L not lasting in wildlife shots like the pictures he have shown (well if you baby it even in the outdoors it should be ok, but lenses shot by wildlife shooters typically aren't the type of lenses that you can sell on ebay or CL as mint condition)

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I owned the non L for about 4 years, and it saw some good amount of use  It certainly does not have the built quality of the L lens (nor the focus speed, or optical quality), but I find lenses to be precision equipment with glass elements in them and treat them as such.  Keep in mind that if you are abusing the L lenses, even if they dont break, they could very well get out of alignment.

Not to say built quality does not matter, it does.  Additionally the L lenses are more commonly weather sealed.   It just surprised me for someone to go through two lenses (may be with exception of 50 1.8 II) in two years.

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