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Sleekjet From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 2045 posts, RR: 24
Posted (9 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 1488 times:

Hey experts: Soon I'll have my grubby hands on the Canon 300D. I can only afford another $500-600 for a lens suitable to take wonderful shots at the airport.

I'm trying to decide between the Canon 75-300 f/4-5.6 IS USM

and

the Canon 70-200 4 L USM

Obviously, one is the great "L" glass...the other has IS.

What would you do? Or is there another lens in this price range I should consider?

II Cor. 4:17-18

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Wietse From Netherlands, joined Oct 2001, 3809 posts, RR: 57
Reply 1, posted (9 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 1477 times:

the L, no doubt.

Why? Sharp, light, reasonably fast. You will upgrade eventually to bigger and better lenses. Once you do that you will actually still use the 70-200 F4 because it is such a nice lens in a great zoomrange. If you get the 75-300, I dont think it will be out of the bag once you have other L lenses.

Wietse

Wietse de Graaf

Portcolumbus From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 1612 posts, RR: 4
Reply 2, posted (9 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 1467 times:

Go for the L. I have that lens and I love it. It's very fast, sharp, and easy to carry around, and it looks good.

Sleekjet From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 2045 posts, RR: 24
Reply 3, posted (9 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 1462 times:

Looks unanimous so far....thanks for the comments, too.

II Cor. 4:17-18

INNflight From Austria, joined Apr 2004, 3765 posts, RR: 62
Reply 4, posted (9 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 1459 times:

I would go for the 75-300... IS is not a "must have" on a lens, but more zoom is always good Smile

regards, Florian

Jet Visuals

Wietse From Netherlands, joined Oct 2001, 3809 posts, RR: 57
Reply 5, posted (9 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 1455 times:

You can always get more zoom later on. Then you will have a lot of zoom AND a lens you still use. If you get the 75-300, you will want to replace it eventually with something like a 100-400. If you do that, the 75-300 will be redundant.

Wietse de Graaf

INNflight From Austria, joined Apr 2004, 3765 posts, RR: 62
Reply 6, posted (9 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 1453 times:

Well... there, you're of course 100% right Wietse!

Sleekjet:

Why not save up some more money and buy a big zoom lens ( like the 100-400?) a few weeks later? Insane

regards, Florian

Jet Visuals

Mikec From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 247 posts, RR: 15
Reply 7, posted (9 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1428 times:

You could always get a 1.4x extender to put on the 70-200 if there was a situation where you definitely needed more than 200mm. That takes it to 280mm with AF retained. You do lose 1 stop of aperture, but I don't find that a massive problem in most situations. I can't see any real loss in image quality with the extender on mine.

Michael.

Mia777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2002, 1165 posts, RR: 6
Reply 8, posted (9 years 1 month 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 1397 times:

It's amazing how much smaller this lens (70-200/4) is compared to the faster model. Definitely go for this one though because the IS on the 75-300 is only stationary mode (or whatever it is called, mode 1). This means you cannot pan with it and for aviation photography I think IS is only worth it with mode 2 as well.

MIA777

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