Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM
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Review Date: Aug 5, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Extremely versatile: works well from bees to landscapes, from wide-angle groups to zoomed in faces. Image stabilisation works very well. Also, about 15kg lighter to carry than my kids.
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Cons:
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F gets to 5.6 quite quickly, so not good for indoor or low light shots.
Doesn't work with extenders, so what you see is what you get.
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My first high quality camera was the Canon 5D Mk II, which came with the surprisingly good 50mm F1.8. The 28-300 was my next lens. I didn't fully appreciate it until I got some more lenses. Superb flexibility and everything just worked.
It's only more recently since I've got the 70-200mm F2.8 that I realised how much the ISO rating took up the strain of the F5.6 limit on indoor shots. But then, 70mm is a bit long for these, so even then I miss the 28mm end of the 28-300mm.
My nearest improvement to this single lens is a combination of F50 1.2L for wide angle (I'm a bit short of lenses at the wide end!), the in-comparison-narrow-zoom-range 70-200 F 2.8 for low light and x2 extender for longer reach.
Conclusion: for a one-lens holiday, this is the one.
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