Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM Lens Review
A word of warning: this will not be a full-blown, technical review. Others have done much better than me at The Digital Picture, Deep Green Photography and Ken Rockwell.
Instead it is an emotional statement. The very first tests, un-scientific and even a touch anarchic, are still leaving me speechless. Such is the consequence of using pro-grade glass.
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM at 300 mm - Full shot
Until now, I have shot everything that fitted the 100mm + range with a kit-like, fantastic for its cost but still ordinary, Canon EF-S 55-250 f4.5/5.6 IS lens. Kit lens grade. It got me some amazing results while game watching in South Africa's Kgalagadi National Park, but I was pushing the envelope of what the lens could do.
In comes the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM, thanks to the generosity of someone I love very dearly. Much bulkier in cost and size, it still can be called a travel lens and it is the smallest of the entire Canon L series telephoto zoom lenses.
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM at 300 mm - 1:1 crop
As soon as I got the lens, I did a few test shots. The images in here, mind you, are not your typical pictures. They
A Bridge Not Too Far
Walking back from a very colorful lunch in a small Greek restaurant in Queens recently, we ventured further east to the river which we followed for a while to the John Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. Three more bridges remained above us to the Long Island Sound and six more separated us from the ocean to the south.
Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
The other bridge
Back on the subway, which runs above ground this far north
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