Unigor 300mm f/5 Auto

A Good Quality Lens This particular lens, much like the other "L" series Canon lens is built like a tank. So, I suspect it will last longer than me. The image quality is very good, there is really very little or nothing to complain about image quality. They are a bit bulky and heavy - but match up nicely with a 6D or a 5D Mk III which is what I have. My other kit is Olympus and Lumix micro 4/3s so you can imagine how I can feel the difference with a lens like this one. But I'll say it again - image quality is as about as good as it gets in a zoom lens. I don't own a 300 mm prime from any brand so I could not compare the 300 mm end of this lens to a 300 mm prime. Besides, knowing the price and size of a 300 mm prime lens, likely that's not an option for me.

LOVE THIS LENS This lens was recommended to me by a neighbor who has won 3 Emmys for cinematography.... he's a very very talent man. He told me he felt the lens isn't large and obnoxious... "big lenses" tend to make your subjects nervous because you're swinging around an ultra long lens. This lens is short and stubby. But it's 300 mm gets in close without you making people feel uncomfortable. And it isn't all that heavy. I so love this lens.

Another winner from Canon I own a lot of Canon L series lenses. I like them all. Perhaps I am not as picky as some users. It is easy to say that they are heavy, expensive, or not optically flawless. Unfortunately Canon is constrained by the physics of optics, and the realities of manufacturing. You cannot build a perfect lens at a rational price point. I bought the 70-300 as a lens to leave on my camera. I like to be able to grab a camera and get a shot off with minimum down time. This lens works well for me for that purpose. It will handle most any situation that I come on from a portrait to a perched eagle. If it's all I have and I need to shoot a wide angle, I take multiples and stitch them together. It is a manageable size and weight, and I have good success with hand held shots. If I could only have three lenses, it would be this one, a 24-105, and a 400mm DO. Could this lens be better surely. It could weigh nothing and be free. I give it five stars, and I think it deserves it. Read full review