Newegg has the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Telephoto Zoom Lens for $165 - coupon code EMCMNMV35 [Exp 12/23] + $7 shipping = $157 shipped. Micro ultra-sonic monitor (USM) makes autofocusing quicker and quieter than before; 4.9-foot close focus distance.
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Consumer grade lens. Good for family snapshots.
Not even consumer grade. Unless you have a really steady hand, anything over 200mm will require a tripod since this lens doesn't come with a image stabilizer.
#2 - Well, it can still be used at the maximum zoom under very bright conditions, stopped down, and with a high shutter speed. Those pictures might look okay. Anything else will be soft and blurry. I am going to guess that this lens isn't anywhere close to sharp until you hit f/8.
As long as the speed is (or more than) double the focal length with a decent corresponding f-number then the image should be fine.
Well, you are not really going to use it at 300mm inside an apartment or a family room. Sure f/4-5.6 is nothing to brag about but I had similar lens from Sigma (70-300mm f/4-5.6) and took great outdoor shots with it.
Any way you shoot, this lens is a waist. Why buy a DSLR and put a crap lens like this on it? There are other budget lenses available that are much better than this.
To quote Bryan Carnathan of www.the-digital-picture.com, "If you care about great image quality and sharp photos, the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM Lens is not for you. And Photoshop cannot enhance details that are not there."
There is no Image Stabilization on this lens so a tripod is necessary
Good lens on an older camera would take much better pix than a bad lens on a great body. That said, it's still a usable lens. I would not buy it. But if that's your budget, enjoy it! You would have to save up quite a bit more to get an "L" lens.
not to mention that only the crop bodies will buy this, so now your shooting at 480mm on the long end at 5.6 without IS. on the flip side, you can buy a good used car with the money you would have to spend on a good lens that covers this FL.
As an entry-level consumer lens, I would expect versatility. If I can only take out the lens in the perfect lighting conditions and stop down or increase the iso to get a faster shutter speed just so I don't get shake on my image, then the use is very limited and I would not recommend this lens to anyone.
As an entry-level consumer lens, I would expect versatility. If I can only take out the lens in the perfect lighting conditions and stop down or increase the iso to get a faster shutter speed just so I don't get shake on my image, then the use is very limited and I would not recommend this lens to anyone.
It's a 120-480 on a 1.6x crop-body DSLR. Good luck keeping that thing steady.
Putting this lens on any full-frame DSLR would be a crime.
$255 will get you the serviceable EF-s 55-250mm IS for crop-sensor bodies.