Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 L IS USM

Canon EF 28-300 IS USM Lens This is my favorite summer outside go to lens. Although a heavy lens, I am still able to hand hold on sunny days at ISO 400 and on cloudy days at ISO 1000 -1600. From closeups to wide angle, I am able to get most shots composed just as I want them. I find all of my pictures are focused and if at 300 and doing portrait shooting, the bokeh is great. I over looked this lens for a long time because I had other lenses that I could use for the distances it covers, but to now have it all in one is great. I don’t regret this purchase and would recommend it to everyone.

Canon 28-300 L Series Lens I have been watching this lens for quite some time now and finally made the purchase. I am very glad I did. I have tested it on some professional minor league hockey games. It focuses very fast and can capture all the action using the range of settings from 28-300. Perfect for that size of an arena. I have used it to shoot group photos, I've used it at Sea World to capture Shamu within 10 feet up to some of their shows at quite a distance. It performs very well. I shot the full moon without using a tripod and it did well. I will use it for my all around lens since I can shoot near or far. I will continue to use my 70-200 f/2.8 and my 24-105mm, 85mm for portraits. But this lens is great. The only con with this lens is the weight. It is heavy. For professional shots, a tripod is a must. But for action shots and everyday shots, you cannot get a better lens.Read full review

Beauty and the beast I bought this lens for a general purpose lens to go on my 1Ds Mk II. I'd heard horror stories about dust on the sensor and wanted to cover as much ground with one lens as possible to prevent frequent lens changes. There are two failings with this lens: 1) it weighs a ton, and 2) there is a noticeable loss of sharpness above 250mm, likely chromatic aberation. The later is easily corrected with a decent photo software. Those two things aside, this is a miracle of engineering. A lot of people (including me) are used to the twist-style zooms, but once you get used to it, the slide-style is faster and more accurate, for me at least. I've hand-held shots at 1/10 with excellent results counting both on my steadying myself and this lens's stabilization abilities.