Just brought Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Camera Lens and..........

rainbow6six · 20 Nov 2008 at 15:19

wondered what everyone thought about it and whether I got it at a good price @ £79.99 unused. I'm told it is a good len and the price I got it at is a steal :confused:

As you can tell I don't know that much about Photography, but I'm learning!

rG-tom · 20 Nov 2008 at 15:35

where did you bring it from?

for 80 quid it's a good lens, good work

rainbow6six · 20 Nov 2008 at 15:56

rG-tom said:
where did you bring it from?

for 80 quid it's a good lens, good work

I won it...............if you know what I mean........

Glad to hear it is rated well!

Raymond Lin · 20 Nov 2008 at 16:11

It's ok for £80.

Obvious there is a sliding scale on most things in life, more you spent, better it is.

Bang for bucks - Yes
Best lens for that focal range - No

A.N.Other · 20 Nov 2008 at 16:45

I'd say that's a pretty good buy for 80 notes.

Look forward to seeing some shots with it

AndyBorzi · 20 Nov 2008 at 20:32

I have one, bought about 5 years ago for just over £90. Its an ok lens, pretty good upto 200 beyond that it suffers abit. F8 is probably the sweet f-stop - for me anyways.

I don't use mine a lot but for the price it does the job.

Gaffer · 20 Nov 2008 at 22:00

rainbow6six said:
wondered what everyone thought about it and whether I got it at a good price @ £79.99 unused.

Good luck with it.

It was a lens very much like this one that I started with, 20 years ago:

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/lens/ef/data/telephoto_zoom/ef_100~300_56.html

(The picture in the link is of the "L" version. mine definately didn't have the expensive red ring)

It had a micro-motor instead of USM. It had no image stabilisation. Just like yours...

I shot hundreds of rolls of film with it. Eventually wore out the lens.

It's the lens that got me hooked...

Andrew