 Elisabeth A. Gay |
Discontinued lens I just got a notification from B&HPhoto about a lens I had been interested in. It's the Canon 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 EF IS USM Autofocus Lens - apparently B&H have discontinued selling this lens. I wondered if anyone had it, and what the problem might be.
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Jon Close |
Canon recently announced an update/replacement for that lens. The new EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 IS USM has much improved optics and the latest version of image stabilization. The older EF 75-300 f/4-5.6 IS USM is being (or already has been) discontinued. I suspect that B&H has sold their stock of the old lens and cannot get any more.
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Elisabeth A. Gay |
Ok thank you for the info Jon.
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Michele Wassell |
I had that lens after owning a Tamron 70-300mm lens or 75-300 lens which I loved. I had a hard time liking the Canon lens you are referring to and the quality wasn't as good as I had expected. I think this new replacement lens that Canon is coming out with would be a better decision of getting. GOod luck. Michele
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Andy |
I had read the spec of the new EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens that is going to replace the EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM. It has quite a few improvement over the older one but it is also $250 more (B&H price). I suggest you also look into the EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM, which is also a superb lens with constant max. aperture throughout all zoom range but without the IS and less costly.
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Michele Wassell |
Remember that the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM was Canons' first IS lens. So, there has been some major improvement with quality with IS lens over the period of time. Michele
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Michele Wassell |
Remember that the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM was Canons' first IS lens. So, there has been some major improvement with quality with IS lens over the period of time. I agree with Andy at looking at the Canon 70-200 f/4 lens as I hear that is a superb lens as well. Isn't there an IS lens option for that lens? Michele
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Andy |
The IS version is for the f/2.8 and the price is more than doulbe the f/4.
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Michele Wassell |
Haven't looked at the price for the f4 and whether or not it comes as IS. Thanks Andy
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