Alex Nail wrote:

This shot is a brilliant example of the Prantl Glaurt Singularity for those of you who are interested in aerospace. Basically transonic flow over the wing causes steep temperature gradients and results in the condensation of water in the air.


wow, crazy shot!

oh damn, i just had to look at this thread during an itch to buy something. :/

Here is the full size shot, just reduced for the web. Looks OK, nice pop, but nothing really special since the subject is so small in relation to the frame:

rjk55425 wrote:But here is a 100% center crop of the same image:

A shot of one at a air show

I used to own this lens two years back when I was still pretty new to photography. I absolutely adored it and still regret selling it. The reasons seem so stupid when you look back. I guess the positive thing now is that I'll have to get myself a 600/4L IS since I'm shooting with a 5D now a days.

Here's my two favorite images with that lens:

A fox shot wide-open with Canon EF Extender 1.4x and EOS 10D. Being the newbie that I was, I managed to screw up the exposure by roughly -1.0 EV so I lost some contrast both because of that and the Extender. Shot in RAW so I was able to compensate for my short comings afterwards.

Nice buttery background on the fox

jdryan3 wrote:
convinced myself the f/2.8 is just too heavy to hike around with....

I used to drag my 300/2.8L IS around all day. With the right backpack, you probably could too. It's extremely portable for being an exceptional 300/2.8L IS, a VERY good 420/4L IS and a (usable!) 600/5.6L IS in the same package (if you have Extenders).

So now you have no excuse to not buy a 300/2.8L IS. You can thank me after you buy it.

One more

The 300 f/2.8 IS is probably my favourite Canon lens. If I want a telephoto when traveling it is definitely the one I choose.

Chris Procter wrote:
The 300mm is a fantastic Lens but if nature is what your looking for a 500mm would be a better bet

Not nature but one of mine



Chris, how did you focus this one? Servo? Manual?

Couldn't resist this... just saw this story in another thread and cringed...

http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/23/allo-paris-we-have-a-problem/

The photo of burning 300mm IS lens (amongst others) from reuters:

1D + 300 f/2.8 IS

With the 1.4X:





With the 2X:

A couple wide open, no converter,

pipspeak wrote:
Couldn't resist this... just saw this story in another thread and cringed...

http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/07/23/allo-paris-we-have-a-problem/

The photo of burning 300mm IS lens (amongst others) from reuters:


This reminds me of someting Debbie the Downer on Saturday Night Live would say

Rented one last weekend.
Nice lens, and about the max size I'd like to carry around with a monopod.

Best with no TC, but works fine with a 1.4x , AF somewhat slow with the 2x.

Quick test samples here: http://www.pbase.com/jackcnd/300_is

Makes nice background blur:

Just had to bump this thread as I am very excited to be picking up a 300mm 2.8 v.soon (admittedly the non-IS). Here's a couple of quick test shots with it

amazing images! Keep posting them up!

Here's a couple with MKIII & 300 2.8 IS

couple of "my" dog.

one from hongkong

j

Edited by Jimbo Jones on Jun 02, 2008 at 04:46 AM GMT