A handy, compact zoom lens for versatile and easy subject selection while travelling, etc. The highest optical performance in its class, plus the convenience of focusing as close as 2.3 feet over the entire zooming range. A powerful ring-type USM drive provides silent, high-speed autofocusing, plus the wide zooming range provides an easy, enjoyable picture-taking experience.

The Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM is a handy, all-in-one compact zoom lens for versatile and easy subject selection while traveling, etc. This lens offers the highest optical performance in its class, plus the convenience of focusing as close as 2.3 feet over the entire zooming range.

This lens is also equipped with a dual-mode Image Stabilizer suitable for panning as well as stationary subjects. With full-time manual focus, optimized lens coatings to minimize ghosting and flare when used with a digital camera, high resistance to dust, moisture and water droplets, this is a lens that’s extremely easy to use, and ideal for a wide variety of applications including nature, wildlife, sports, and documentary photography.

• High resistance to dust, moisture and water droplets
• Two-stage Image Stabilization can correct for all types of camera shake or just up/down shake (for use when panning with a moving subject)
• 8-blade circular aperture produces attractive background defocus
• Optical design incorporates 3 UD elements and 2 Aspherical elements for excellent aberration correction and superior optical performance throughout the entire zoom range
• Focus limiter switch

Reviews

Canon EF 28 – 300mm f3.5-5.6L IS USM review by luminous-landscape.com

It’s big, it’s heavy and it’s expensive. All aspects of performance at the wide end of the lens’ focal range are modest, though it improves to quite decent levels at mid and long focal lengths. I am certain that there are photographers who will find that this lens’ performance meets their needs, and for whom its physical and financial challenges are acceptable. But for many photographers two separate high quality zoom lens may well prove to be a preferable solution.

Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 USM L IS (full format) – Review by photozone.de

The Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 USM L IS is an impressive piece of engineering. However, its immense zoom range doesn’t come without compromises – especially on a high resolution full format DSLR. The resolution figures are actually pretty good in the 28-100mm range but there’s an obvious penalty beyond 200mm with rather soft borders at large apertures. This is acceptable in some situations (e.g. for portraits) but if you need a high resolution across the frame you need to stop down to f/8, better f/11 here.

Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 L IS USM Lens Review by the-digital-picture.com

The Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 L IS USM Lens is the right choice for those times when you need a wide range of focal lengths but only one lens can go with you and both lens and image quality cannot be compromised. The 28-300 L is the best Canon do-everything-with-one-lens lens available.

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