Canon EF70-300 1/4.5-5.6DO IS USM

Zitat: Until the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 L IS USM was released recently, if you wanted a 70-300mm lens with awesome optics, you had to go for the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM. It offers excellent element quality, great build, and fast focusing using the ring type ultra sonic motor. The image stabiliser is good to four stops so that fact that it only goes to f/4.5 isn´t that much of an issue. Chromatic aberration performance is exemplary and we only have two real gripes; one is that the zoom creep is terrible and we would prefer the zoom ring to be at the front element, the same way that the L lens is. For a lens costing over a thousand pounds, I would expect there to be no creep at all, but maybe that´s just me? There is a locking switch but it only works at 70mm. The great thing about the Diffractive optic lenses is that there´s very little in terms of real competition. In fact, the nearest lens in terms of quality and technology is the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 L IS USM which means that using this lens, you´ll have something more unique and specialist. I hope that Canon take the decision to widen the range of the DO lenses so that the technology comes down and those amazing elements can be passed down through the range. If we needed a telezoom with incredible quality, this is a lens we would certainly consider.

Zitat: Pros: + Good resolution + Excellent build quality + Compact size + Low distortion Cons: - Price - Zoom creep - Less contrast when shooting into the light If money were no object and you wanted a compact telephoto zoom lens with an image stabiliser that produces sharp images at all focal lengths, then this would be the lens for you. Unfortunately, most of us do have to consider the price at some point. This lens costs more than double what the standard EF 75-300mm IS USM does. Although the cheaper lens may be physically larger, it actually only weighs 650g, which is 70g less. This alone makes me question whether the £1199 price tag could ever represent good value.

Zitat: Getestet mit Canon EOS 450D

Zitat: Willing to pay to travel light and save space? You won´t be disappointed with this remarkably bulk-free, satisfyingly sharp, full-frame, stabilized tele zoom.