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70-300L change of mind

Started Oct 5, 2014 | User reviews thread
Timbukto Veteran Member • Posts: 4,988
Re: 70-300L change of mind

drbird wrote:

It was the none L 70-300…which is a nice lens for what it is.

The sealing against moisture is just not good enough when you camp in the rain forest for two months (was the first one hitting the bin) and neither does it like sand when working in the desert. I agree I don’t pamper my equipment but then they are tools for me which have to earn me my living. Whereas my L lenses often are not that much better in terms of IQ they really take bad conditions and treatment much better than their less expensive relatives.

That would certainly do them in.  Based on what I saw the 70-300 non-L seemed very 'drafty' in its design.  My 85mm 1.8 does not have any extending barrels and internally focuses and collects dust like a vacuum.  So to see a large telephoto that pretty much ignores weather sealing of any kind is inviting failure in the conditions you cite.

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