Customer Ratings & Reviews

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Excellent quality, this lens is very sharp, the focusing is quick and precise. This is a good investment and its ability to consistently get the shot makes it a lens that will very rarely get left home.

Thinking the Nano version would really help with focus this lens really let me down. Very seldom hits focus at anything over 70 mm and you need lots of light for that. I tried it on full frame rp, crop 80d and a T5i. None could make it work. Missed several shots of elk that were too far away for my 24-70 L lens. I am returning this and may try a Tamron instead. Don’t use zoom that much as most shots are landscape but I needed it on this trip. Very unhappy.

You get what you pay for buy a little better lens.

The Canon 70 – 300mm f/4 -5.6 IS II USM features a nice build and contemporary sleek design with a little LCD screen for information on focal length, etc. (depending on settings). The Image Stabilization and especially the almost instantaneous auto focus are excellent. At wide open apertures, the pictures might appear slightly soft in the center of the frame. Overall, the optical quality is what can be expected in this price range. On a crop sensor DSLR the 70-300mm focal length range provides a 112 mm to 480mm-equivalent angle of view, making this lens great for big outdoor sports fields, more distant wildlife or zoos with large habitats, as well as airplanes and such. Weighing 1.6 lb (710 g), the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM is in comparison lighter than the TAMRON 70 – 300mm f/4 -5.6 VC USD with 1.7 lb (765 g), for example. However, on an objective scale the Canon lens still is a fairly heavy lens to carry around. The Canon 70 – 300mm f/4 -5.6 IS II USM is a reasonably priced lens with a very useful focal length range, featuring Image Stabilization and instantaneous auto focus in a - by comparison - small and light weight package. Highly recommended.

Extremely sharp lens. I'm very happy with it. I use it to photograph birds and also wolves at the local zoo. It focuses in an instant. Much sharper, faster and quieter than version 1. I read some bad reviews and was hesitant, but I'm not sorry I got this lens. I'm using it on a 80d body.

This lens takes sharp, vivid pictures and has a good IS. I use it on a T2i. I couldn't find anything wrong with it yet. I believe this worth the extra money. I would recommend to buy it. I have this lens for over a month. I got this for the exchange of the Canon - EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM which has weak picture quality and the IS is not so great, I wouldn't recommend to buy it. I had two copies and both had the same issues.

Bought this lens to go on a trip to Rocky Mountain National Park and got some great photos! This lens is a bargain for the price especially since it has "NANO" USM that not even the L lens version has. The built in LCD screen is also cool but not needed. One cool feature of the LCD is that if you're on a crop camera such as a Rebel or 00D, etc. series, on the LCD it will show you 112-480mm rather than 70-300!