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From: "Marco Gamba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 2:13 AM
Oggetto: Canon 75-300 f/4-5.6 IS USM vs Canon 70-200 f/4 L + Canon 1.4x
extender
Good morning board!!!
I have a 75-300 IS (not the new 70-300 IS) and i think that at 300 is REALLY
soft...
So I'm interested in changing it and buy a 70-200 f/4 that seems to be one
of the sharpest tele zoom for the EOS...
Ok considerations..
- Lose 100m long end... I think I will also buy a 1.4x canon to reach 280
f/5.6 with good results (witch I do not have eith the 75-300) - At 5.6 I
still have AF on...
- Lose IS...... Ok can get faster speeds (f/4 against f/5.6) use a little
higher ISO (not so mutch noise at 800 with my 350D).... Use tele mainly in
bright light conditions, so I think thin will not be a "great" problem...
And 70-200 f/2.8 IS will REALLY kill my budget...
- Gain excellent quality build (L lens)
- Gain non rotating/extending lens
- Gain FASTER AF!! 75-300 hunst a lot especially at 300 and is really
slow...
- Gain FTM...
I was thinking to use more tripod of course, wont buy the optional collar
for the 70-200 f/4 (too expensive) do you think i can use it with no problem
using tripod attacched to the battery grip?
Gonna changhe my "crap" tripod (50€) to something better:
manfrotto 055clb tripod triminor classic balck
manfrotto 484rc2 ball head mini rapid take off
What do you think?
Thanks for any advice
Marco
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Marco,
The new 70-300IS in another league, optically. However, there is a well
documented problem in portrait orientation at the long end that Canon is
aware of, though hasn't officially acknowledged. IF this is corrected I'll
buy another straight away (I tried 3, they were all more or less identical).
Might just be worth waiting awhile?
CraigZ
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