Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM

[ssriraman]

Pictures taken using EF300mm f/4L IS USM. I use crop body XTi.

Ashy Crowned Sparrow Lark


SandPiper


Indian Roller


Painted Stork

[marekjoz]

Is this lens really so NOT popular?
5D2


Polonia Warszawa - Jagiellonia Białystok by marekjoz, on Flickr


Polonia Warszawa - Jagiellonia Białystok by marekjoz, on Flickr


Polonia Warszawa - Jagiellonia Białystok by marekjoz, on Flickr

[neuroanatomist]

Is this lens really so NOT popular?

It's a very nice lens, if a little long in the tooth.  I had one for a while, sold it after getting the 100-400L (wanted longer than 300mm, and the 300mm + 1.4xII wasn't quite as good as the 100-400 from an IQ standpoint).


Rebel T1i, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM, 1/500 s, f/4, ISO 200

[K-amps]

Is this lens really so NOT popular?

It's a very nice lens, if a little long in the tooth.  I had one for a while, sold it after getting the 100-400L (wanted longer than 300mm, and the 300mm + 1.4xII wasn't quite as good as the 100-400 from an IQ standpoint).


Rebel T1i, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM, 1/500 s, f/4, ISO 200

Looks like you had to PP this a bit to get some details out of it. I thought about getting one since the 70-300L I had and sold was sharper than the 100-400 I had (and sold)... and thought of using the 300F4 with the 1.4x iii but base don your observation... I might skip it.

By the way did you switch out your 1.4 mk.2 with a mk.3? Did you notice much difference?

[neuroanatomist]

Looks like you had to PP this a bit to get some details out of it.

It was straight from camera JPG (literally - I was still shooting just JPG in those days, not RAW).  I did shoot it with +1 EC, and the image is cropped a bit.

By the way did you switch out your 1.4 mk.2 with a mk.3? Did you notice much difference?

I did go from the 1.4xII to the 1.4xIII, yes.  But I never compared them side-by-side on the same lens.  Since I was getting the 600 II, I wanted the MkIII for the improved AF with the new supertele lenses, and I used the 1.4xII so rarely that I just sold it after I ordered the 600 II and 1.4xIII.

[K-amps]

It was straight from camera JPG (literally - I was still shooting just JPG in those days, not RAW).  I did shoot it with +1 EC, and the image is cropped a bit.

Probably in cam sharpening? The halo around the duck's head is noticable. Not a bad shot overall though.

[dsiegel5151]

The 300mm f4L IS is still one of my favorite walk around telephoto lenses. I use it less since getting the 70-200 f2.8L IS II, but it still has a place in my bag.

[marekjoz]

Great animals' photos above.

A few more from me. 5D2, ISO 1600+


Poland - RSA by marekjoz, on Flickr


Poland - RSA by marekjoz, on Flickr


Poland - RSA by marekjoz, on Flickr


Poland - RSA by marekjoz, on Flickr

[marekjoz]

From yesterday soccer game...


Polonia Warszawa - Ruch Chorzów by marekjoz, on Flickr


Polonia Warszawa - Ruch Chorzów. by marekjoz, on Flickr

[marekjoz]

Park Skaryszewski by marekjoz, on Flickr

[marekjoz]

Legia Warszawa - Piast Gliwice by marekjoz, on Flickr


Legia Warszawa - Piast Gliwice by marekjoz, on Flickr

[marekjoz]

5D2, 300 F/4 L IS @F4, 1/1500s, ISO 3200 (this is the ugly noise come from)


Polonia - Korona by marekjoz, on Flickr


Polonia - Korona by marekjoz, on Flickr


Polonia - Korona by marekjoz, on Flickr

[eric23]

20D f4  1/640 ISO-200

[brad-man]

Park Skaryszewski by marekjoz, on Flickr

And I thought I had problems with ear hair

[pwp]

This lens is one of the real sleepers in the Canon L range. I sold mine when I got my 300 f/2.8 but I'm seriously tempted to get another one primarily for it's incredible light weight, sharpness wide open, surprisingly close minimum focus distance, 77mm filters and the small space it takes up in the bag.

-PW