« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2013, 04:31:17 PM »
what about people reporting that its not really 300mm on the long end so not providing much benefit over the 70-200 from canon anyway?
It is an industry standard practice to round the values. Canon do it too.
In theory, the front aperture should be 300/2.8=107mm in size. I just put a tape measure across the unobstructed front element of mine. It's near enough 100mm diameter. Therefore either the focal length is a bit less, and/or the focal ratio is a bit slower. It could be either 300mm f/3, or 280mm f/2.8, or somewhere in between. Regardless, it's still a truck load more than 200mm f/2.8.

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