Maybe I'm not looking in the right places, but I haven't seen many reviews of the 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM. The one that seems most-referenced is The-Digital-Picture's , which touts the lens's "price-to-performance ratio".
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EF 70-300mm f4-5.6 L IS experience?
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Steve Balcombe
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You're right - delete "consistently" from my comment, there haven't been enough reviews to say that yet.
dave_bass5
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It also states
"As determined earlier in the review, the 70-300 IS II is optically similar to or slightly softer than the last 70-300 IS I lens we tested."
The first one was never that good over 220mm to start with.
I actually sold my first 70-200 f/4 Is to get the old one, and lived with it for a couple of years, but the long end was very disappointing and it got to the point where it wasnt used over about 200mm.
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Right. And the previous paragraph said
"Not so long prior to this review, we tested a decade-newer copy of the 70-300 IS I and received a lens that performed significantly better than our original test model, raising the bar on what I expected from the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM Lens and its new optical design featuring 17 elements (including 1 UD element) in 12 groups. The image quality delivered by a lens can make or break its inclusion in your kit and success in the marketplace and I was optimistic for this one."
I wonder from where/whom that 70-300 IS I was received and objectively how much difference there was between it and the decade-older original test model.
So I'm still left uncertain what conclusions to draw about the new lens and planning to buy a 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L. Please, no one intimate a version II of it is coming.
cybersimba
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dave_bass5
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True. Im guessing there is more sample variation in the non L lenses so that could also add to the issue.
I did try two MKi's and both were softer at the long end than any other lens ive owned.
I have been very impressed with the latest STM lenses though, so maybe this new lens is up to the same standard optically. Still wont match the 70-300L though.
Are you not going to get the 28-300 f/4 then?
Blokfluitist
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Steve Balcombe
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In my case they overlap almost completely - shows how difficult it is to generalise.
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Ok, I'm not into this argument ;-) but did sell my 70-200/4 L for the 70-300L.
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stratobill
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"Price to performance ratio" is what I call damning with faint praise. It basically means "ok for the money", which you could say about most any lens.
Geronimo73
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70-300L cannot be used with Canon extenders. It's the main reason I sold it and got the 100-400 ii. But I still miss the size of the 70-300...
dave_bass5
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It works with the Kenko extenders. I don't use minbe much though but IQ doesn't suffer too much as long as the light is good.
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