Awesome Photos With 70-300 Canon Lens - It's Quietly Magnificent

Out of  all the hundreds of Canon camera lenses available, the 70-300mm Canon Lens emerges quietly, without a lot of hype and advertisement. It just does a great job as a mid-range zoom lens. Find out what this little giant can do for you.

Don't you love a good surprise? They are not an every day occurrence (duh, if they were, they wouldn't be surprises). So when they happen it is a time for celebration and, perhaps reflection.

The 70-300mm Canon lens (not the DO model) is just such a surprise.

Indeed, being one who keeps up with digital photography equipment, this discovery could be one of the better kept secrets in the photographic society. The praises are there about this lens, but they are quietly subtle. The lens is too plain and average. But, when you take a closer look at the reviews and comments, and at the lens itself, you begin to see something special.

Maybe it's because the lens is not impressive to look at, and "real" photographers want an attention-getter on the front of their prized digital SLR.

Or, since photographers take pride in how much they spend on their gear, it just may be that the price is too unimpressive.

No matter the reason, the 70-300mm Canon lens is well worth taking a look at.

The first impressive feature of this lens is its image quality. Image quality has been acclaimed to be similar to that of the Canon "L" lenses.

But that is not what you find when you start looking for reviews and forum comments about the lens. Instead, you see that at first sight, the lens looked rather unsophisticated. You may observe comments such as, "I thought it was a toy." These are more likely to show the first impressions of many first-time users.

The old saying, "First impressions are lasting impressions," is not usually true with this lens. Once they shoot a few frames, their opinion changes. This is because the features include IS (image stabilization) and USM (ultrasonic motor) added to the fantastic image quality already alluded to.

Those who distain the use of a tripod will like these two features.

I love this remark from a guy who found his 70-300 Canon lens at a garage sale. He was not familiar with the lens, but he decided to get it for a relative who was just getting into photography. He figured because of the price and the feel of the lens that it was not a great lens. The seller knew nothing about the performance of the lens. Without any useful information at all, the photographer decides to buy the lens. Price was not mentioned, but under those circumstances, it was probably the deal of the century (except for those Ansel Adams photos that were valued at $4 million).

Upon arriving home, he put it on his Canon 5D to see if it even worked. Took a few shots. The relative never got the lens. This buyer was so impressed with its performance, he stated that it was too good of a lens to waste on someone else.

Surprises are great when they come like this. Garage sales, dumpster diving, estate sales.. these can all be surprise sources of treasure.

For more about the Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, visit www.canoneoslenses.org.

Happy Shooting!

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