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

Lenses are changing and evolve so quickly, I am pretty used to look and observe in the mm of my focal lens. Luckily I have accesses to a Canon s mark III that convinced me to invest in lenses, since the body is there for me to use. I have bought two legacy canon lenses. the Canon 50 mm f/1.0 which I will find the time to write in the future, and the Canon zoom EF 28-300 mm f/3.5-5.6.

I am usually photograph street scenery on my way to work, or on a short trips around my apartment. I like to travel and look for stuff that capture my interest and edit it at home. looking for and ideal lens that will cover large range and will let me choose quickly my cropping and setting on the shoot brought me to the zoom world. Up until now I have either used a fixed wide lense usually around the 28 mm or my old Horison panoramic camera. I looked for a bright clear and the widest range possible. THis was a very pricy investment, after watching talks of a celebrities photographers over youtube, they need quick and fast soultions, I decided to get it.

It is like all the review post a very heavy lens. On the other hand you do walk with one lens that will give a huge range. As you can see from the sample at the white house shot covering the full max. and min. of the focal zoom.


The canon 28-300 zoom is pretty bright compare to the other zoom lenses and the big saver in a digital age is the use of ISO as a variable that you can change just aperture or shutter speed. Night shoots in the sample made on a tripod show the full zoom or the wide option (this wide is cropped to feel like panoramic photography). Those shots were taken with a low ASA and a long exposure.





an extreme ISO push and photoshop enhanced night shot in a night street scenery



On other hours of the day like sunset I had found it quick clean and very simple to use





There were lots of complains on places I searched about the zoom that move forward and backward, I find it very intuitive and quick to use. Some wrote that it brings lots of dust and particles into the camera. I am traveling to dusty place at lease once a year desert and see shores with sand. I did not get any unusual dust and and problems then the regular lens use I have don prior to this lens.

The great versatile of the zoom is the fact is also has macro option which does a very nice work when you do encounter a need for a close up option. It is a sharp enough to be use as is or with a little help of photoshop bring a very nice shot.



In general it is a match for me now when I can still carry it around, I guess in the future I will tolerate less the wight and will be happy to find some lighter options but for now it is a great street hunter lens.