Canon have developed the EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 USM telephoto zoom lens to meet their usual high-performance standards. The lens is marketed at those who require a lightweight lens that is ideal for sports, portraiture and animals. In other words: close up stuff or stuff that moves quickly. With such a lens you can also take advantage of a telephoto effect whereby a photographic image can appear compressed or have excellent background blur. The lens is suitable for all cameras that have are adaptable with the Canon EF mounting. This is a very lightweight compact zoom even though it appears a lot heavier. This is probably due to the lightweight plastics they use ...  Read the complete review

This lens was the first one I bought for my Canon 350D almost three years ago. It has a wide focal length range covering portrait to fairly long telephoto and is extremely well priced. The lens is well constructed, and despite being inexpensive, does not look cheap. It is, however, quite light, and for such a long lens, balances well on the small Canon cameras. There are textured grips to adjust both for focal length and manual focus. These work smoothly and lightly, but the requirement to turn the lens body to the left to increase the focal length does not feel natural to me. There is no collar fitted to connect to a tripod, but the lens is light enough not ...  Read the complete review

I have read several positive reviews about the Canon 75-300mm USM III lens but I don't share other people's enthusiasm because it is not nearly as sharp as I would expect from a Canon lens. Of course, compared to the Canon L Series lenses, this is an incredibly inexpensive item and, in its defence, I do find that my Canon EOS 50D, with it's jam-packed 15mp APS-C sensor, is very difficult to marry up with a lense to get the most out of it (unless you are prepared to spend thousands). At the close end of the focal range, the picture is crisp and sharp but unfortunately this tails off quite noticeably as the lens is extended (as does the auto-focus ...  Read the complete review

Canon's Luxury line of multi-coated, heavy, expensive lenses will set you back many hundreds of pounds and even thousands. But what solution is there for enthusiasts or hobbyists on a budget? Well this low budget telephoto zoom lens provides an answer to that question. I've got a 300mm L lens but I've also got this great cheap and lightweight lens for everyday usage. Out and about when I want to travel light and also it has a good zoom range of 75mm (a good portrait range) to 300mm (great for sports and wildlife photography). Having a broad zoom range means carrying less lenses anyway. One thing about it being lightweight (only 480g) is the difficulty to ...  Read the complete review

I bought this lens to add to the Canon 400D with 18-55mm lens that I purchased last year. I found the 18-55 a bit limited to snapshot type photos and wanted a lens that could add more to my very limited repotoire. The lens itself is well constructed and its appearance obviously matches the camera perfectly. The lens gives the appearance of being heavy, this is not the case, for its size it is quite light and well balanced even on full zoom. The motor used for Auto Focus is smooth, quick enough for my needs and not noisy. I now use the lens the majority of the time since it compliments the full range of shooting programmes that are available on the 400D. Portraits are ...  Read the complete review