On Fri 30 Apr 2004 Bob Meyer wrote: - --- Gary Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > For what they are they look pretty darned good to > > me. My 70-300 DO (from B&H) should be delivered > > to me early next week. > > It'll replace my 70-200 F4L + 1.4x extender for > > travel (I still have the 70-200 2.8L IS & 1.4x > & 2x for heavy duty stuff). > > > > Thanks for the link. I also have the 70-200 L IS > with TCs, and am trying to decide between the f4 > + TC or the 70-300 DO for travel use. Let me know > what you think after you've shot with it. Hi Bob, Very early days (I've had the lens about 24 hours), but my impressions are that it's very good and suits *my* needs perfectly. I've uploaded some shots taken this morning. They're *straight* out of the camera converted from raw to jpeg with *no* post-processing of *any* kind. They use default (standard) sharpening etc from my 10D, exif data should be available if you download the shots. They are taken at between max aperture and f8, from 1/15 sec to 1/500 sec all with IS on, all handheld, 1 @ 75mm, 3 @300mm. I'm happy with my initial results. As to impressions, it's a solid little lens, squat, large diameter for 58mm filter size. Seems to handle well on the 10D. Build quality is not quite like the 70-200 f4L - the extending barrels, while solid enough are not like a fixed (physical) length lens. Still it's very well built. I think I could/will come to like it a lot. I also think it'll get more use than my 70-200 f4L ever did. Probably more use than my 2.8 IS too. Oh yes, the IS seems very much like the 70-200 IS in operation, just a darker viewfinder due to the smaller max aperture. Files can be found (for the next few days at least) at: http://www.users.on.net/gcfisher/temp/CRW_1122.jpg http://www.users.on.net/gcfisher/temp/CRW_1123.jpg http://www.users.on.net/gcfisher/temp/CRW_1128.jpg http://www.users.on.net/gcfisher/temp/CRW_1129.jpg Cheers Gary This message has passed through an insecure network. All enquiries should be directed to the message author * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
