28-300 L

[agent006]

Anyone got one? Anyone not got one, and why (other than lack of cash)?

Pondering getting one to replace all my lenses (Except ultra wideangle), but i've heard the occasional gripe about them. Variable focal length not true zoom, bit heavy, hard to use etc.

Any light to be shed?

[joust]

Why not get the L series to cover the whole range in separate lenses? It costs pretty similar, but gives you soooo much more choice?

J

[agent006]

Mainly because i'm fed up with missing shots because i'm in the middle of a lens change.

Plus there's the issue of cost. I can barely afford one L lens, let alone a number of them.

Edit:
What lenses would you reccommend? For a multiple L approach, i'd assume the following:
24-70 = £930
70-200 = £1400
100-400 = £1100

Making a grand total of just over £3400. Or, in PH terms, a perfectly decent trackday car.

>> Edited by agent006 on Wednesday 29th June 22:51

[joust]

7dayshop.com prices

I'd go for

24-70 f2.8L USM (£849)
70-200 f2.8L USM (£769)
EF 2X II EXTENDER (£194)

Cheaper would be

24-70 f2.8L USM (£849)
70-200 f4L USM (£399)
EF 2X II EXTENDER (£194)

Or

24-70 f2.8L USM (£849)
100-400 f4.5/5.6L USM IS (£1039)
(although this leaves a "gap"

All against

28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 L IS USM (£1499)

Food for thought...

J

[badbeachbuggy]

I can't afford an L lens but I have a Sigma 28-300 and it really does stop you having to swap lenses around all the time

[agent006]

joust said:

Food for thought...

It is indeed. As a purely image quality solution then yours wins out.
I've missed countless shots switching lenses, and it's only a matter of time before my cackhandedness leaves at least one piece of my kit heading rapidly south towards a hard surface; so one lens to do the whole lot would be a nice thing to have.
Plus with a teleconverter i'd have the option of a 56-600 (albeit a rather dark one).

[poah]

I have EFs 17-85, sigma f2.8 70-200 - want 100-400L, 24-7 f2.8 L, EF 100mm macro

[Phil S]

joust said:

Cheaper would be 24-70 f2.8L USM (£849) 70-200 f4L USM (£399) EF 2X II EXTENDER (£194)

But 70-200 f4 with 2x extender will give you a 140-400 f8 lens, a bit slow for track day use (especially in cloudy old England..)

[srider]

Why not just get a second camera?

[Bee_Jay]

some very interesting comments here: www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=217&sort=7&cat=27&page=3

[joust]

Phil S said:

But 70-200 f4 with 2x extender will give you a 140-400 f8 lens, a bit slow for track day use (especially in cloudy old England..)

True - I did say it was the cheaper option. I suppose it depends what you want the images for - if mainly "for the web" then you can crank up the ISO and then when you sample them back down to web size the noise will get removed.

J

[anonymous-user]

I just got a 20D with a 24-70L. Will be purchasing the 10-22 and the 100-400L in next few weeks and that, I believe, is a pretty good way to get you from 10-400 with 3 lenses!!! Sure, missing 71-99, but I can love with that!

[Phil S]

garyhun with artistic impersonation said:

I just got a 100-400, I can love with that!

[Bee_Jay]

Phil S said:

garyhun with artistic impersonation said: I just got a 100-400, I can love with that!

Fantastic, good to see you are keeping up with the typos required as a young member of the "Dark Sdie"

[V6GTO]

Why has nobody mentioned this lens?...

www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/EF_Lenses/Zoom_Lenses/EF_35350mm_f3556L_USM/

Martin.

[joust]

It's a "push pull" design (more prone to dust ingress), concensus seems to be image quality is lesser than other L's, quite high f-stop means you need lots of light and no IS version are it's main downsides.

However, for "street" photography it's probably ideal!

J

[Bee_Jay]

V6GTO said:

Why has nobody mentioned this lens?... www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Cameras/EF_Lenses/Zoom_Lenses/EF_35350mm_f3556L_USM/ Martin.

The 28-300 'replaced' the 35-350...

[joust]

You can still get them though, and they are still listed on Canon's list...

J

[V6GTO]

They were the lens of choice for news snappers once.

Martin.