Tuesday, June 8, 2004
Review Of Canon EF28-300mm L IS Lens
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "ARTICLE" @ 11:00 AM
"This is a large and heavy lens at over 1.6Kg. It covers a 12X focal length range, from medium wide angle to telephoto. The lens which is finished in Canon's off-white coloured metal and has rubberized zoom and focus controls. It comes complete with a removable tripod collar, lens shade and carrying case. The closest focusing distance is a very reasonable .7 meters at all focal lengths, and it takes 77mm filters.
There are four mechanical switches on the left side of the lens for focus range limiting, AF/MF, Stabilization On and Off, and Stabilization Mode. The rear lens mount features a rubber gasket for weather sealing (as do most Canon high-end lenses over the past couple of years)."
"Because of advances in computer-assisted lens design and also the use of exotic glass elements, zooms lenses have become very good indeed. The best ones are almost as good as the best primes, and much more versatile. But they are relatively slow. In fact few if any manufacturers are even producing new prime lens designs anymore, and some are even being discontinued due to slow sales."
It looks like this is designed to be a lens for DSLRs and has a fantastic 12x zoom. With it being capable of wide angle as well as telephoto, 12X zoom covering full-frame 35mm, this lens may be worthwhile for many photographers, even though it doesn't produce the best quality images in all cases. Read the review to find out a lot more.
There are four mechanical switches on the left side of the lens for focus range limiting, AF/MF, Stabilization On and Off, and Stabilization Mode. The rear lens mount features a rubber gasket for weather sealing (as do most Canon high-end lenses over the past couple of years)."
"Because of advances in computer-assisted lens design and also the use of exotic glass elements, zooms lenses have become very good indeed. The best ones are almost as good as the best primes, and much more versatile. But they are relatively slow. In fact few if any manufacturers are even producing new prime lens designs anymore, and some are even being discontinued due to slow sales."
It looks like this is designed to be a lens for DSLRs and has a fantastic 12x zoom. With it being capable of wide angle as well as telephoto, 12X zoom covering full-frame 35mm, this lens may be worthwhile for many photographers, even though it doesn't produce the best quality images in all cases. Read the review to find out a lot more.
