Canon Cameras US EF 70-300 is II USM 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Fixed Zoom Camera Lens, Black (0571C005)

Excellent lens. Razor sharp quality and worth the price!!

Great telephoto lens. Works beautifully on my Rebel t7. Nice wide scope of field. It is a bit heavy if that is a concern for you.

This lens works GREAT with starter cameras and is very quiet. The lens is sharp (if your in good lighting) and it takes amazing closeups!

I LOVE this lens. I got it when I purchased my Rebel T8i. My 15-year-old Rebel Xsi was just not cutting it for me any more. I can't believe the difference. This lens focuses SO fast, and when they say it focuses to 4', they mean it (see photo of my bearded dragon Rayne out enjoying the sunshine today). I took it at 4', at the full 300 mm. I didn't edit or touch-up the photo in any way.

This is a sharp and stable lens. The IS (image stabilization) is especially impressive. I got a few sharp hand held images at 300mm shot at 1/25th sec. with a higher success rate by 1/80th sec. [Photo of squirrel was 1/80 sec. @ 300mm] This far exceeds the recommended 1/300th sec. for this focal length on a full frame camera.As others have mentioned, this is not an "L" caliber lens from Canon ($1350.00) but a less expensive zoom with a more manageable weight. The new LCD information window is not useful to me as focal length is already printed less than an inch away on the lens body and depth of field may be better determined with the "preview" button or by looking at a test shot. I have not tested the focal responsiveness of the new nano focus feature but I will assume it is on a par with my 18-135 lens with the same engineering. Nano focus is used for continual fast auto focus, especially while shooting video. For stills, the auto focus is fast and responsive. My tests so far have been on my full frame Canon 5D Mk IV and even the corners appear sharp. See the red hibiscus image where the yellow stamin in the corner is sharp.My 300mm f4 L series prime lens is slightly sharper with more contrast but it weighs more, can't zoom and costs significantly more. This zoom is a fine vacation lens where the weight reduction is greatly appreciated. The IS (rated at 4 stops) means the loss of light from a 5.6 lens can be somewhat compensated with a slower shutter speed (with a stable subject). The lens bokeh (out of focus background blur) is pleasant and useful to isolate the subject (see the image of the dove).All of the attached sample images were hand held. I will further test the lens on a crop sensor Canon 80D and will report any changes here. On a crop sensor camera, this lens becomes a 112mm to 480mm zoom.

amazing

This device captures outstanding images.

The image stabilization is nice. You can hear it engage and disengage, but it's no louder than a shutter click. Focusing makes virtually no noise at all. I don't use the LCD on top of the lens at all, but it functions pretty nicely if you did need to use it. You'll definitely need to make sure your shutter speed is high enough to get clear shots with this lens, especially when fully extended, but that's to be expected. Also, while this lens can stop down to f/4-5.6, you'll definitely want to have it set at least a bit higher for really crisp shots. Another thing to note, the focus ring on this lens is electronic, meaning the lens has to be powered in order to change focus. This isn't usually an issue, but if your camera goes to sleep or low power mode after a little while (like mine), you will have to wake up the camera (for example by half-pressing the shutter button) to change focus. So, if you plan on using extension tube(s) (aka the poor man's macro adapter) you will not be able to change focus.