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Action shots - Faster lens options (EF preferred) and camera software settings

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nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,073
Re: Action shots - Faster lens options (EF preferred) and camera software settings

xtam667 wrote:

I would highly recommend that you NOT purchase the 70-300mm DO. Of all of Canon's 70-300mm lenses, it has the worst image quality of the bunch. While it collapses down smaller than the other 70-300mm lenses, it is heavier than all of them except the 70-300mm "L". If your 55-250mm lens listed in your original post is the "STM" version, that is already a much better lens than the 70-300mm DO in all regards. If you don't have the "STM" version of the 55-250mm, get it.

The DO's reputation is undeservedly bad in my view. The only real drawback is that is not that sharp above 200mm.

Which is exactly the range where someone would primarily want to use a 70-300mm.

But it focuses very fast so you can get reasonably sharp pictures in situations where all other consumer 70-300 zooms would fail.

That is an exaggeration.  As a USM lens, the DO is reasonable quick, but it far from class leading in any measure.  The EF 70-300mm II is faster to focus, lighter, and optically superior by a wide margin.

Up to around 150mm it really is good. Mine was close to the 70-200mm f4 IS L in that range.

On the other hand, the 55-250 STM is a better match to a small APS-C camera because it is much smaller and lighter and it is indeed sharper at the long end. But with its slow STM motor it is not what I would use for fast action.

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