Performance of a Canon EF 100-300mm f/5.6 L Lens? The subject lens can be purchased for under USD 200 from ebay, which seems like a bargain for a Canon L-series lens. It's my...

JasonC Loc: Houston, Texas

The subject lens can be purchased for under USD 200 from ebay, which seems like a bargain for a Canon L-series lens.

It's my understanding that this is one of the first EF L-series lenses, placing its introduction in the late 80s? So, it's old technology, but Canon certainly had good optics back then.

What kind of performance could you expect from this lens? Obviously it's slow (f/5.6) but what about chromatic aberration and sharpness?

Thank you for any feedback on the expected performance of this lens.

Jason

JasonC Loc: Houston, Texas

Wow, I must have posted the most uninteresting topic UHH has ever seen!

Or, this lens is so incomprehensible that it impedes all potential comments.

Or, folks are bummed because they have to put up with weird relatives during Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow.

Or,...

Jason

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

JasonC wrote:

The subject lens can be purchased for under USD 20... (show quote)

There are not many people who know this lens exists - only old timers like me ....it is a push/pull design which makes it good for following moving subjects - but the AF is quite slow. Optically it is pretty good - I would only question the AF speed for moving subjects.

For about $400 you can get the latest 70-300 IS II nano which truly is a great lens - and a much better investment IMO.

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JasonC Loc: Houston, Texas

imagemeister wrote:

There are not many people who know this lens exists - only old timers like me ....it is a push/pull design which makes it good for following moving subjects - but the AF is quite slow. Optically it is pretty good - I would only question the AF speed for moving subjects.

For about $400 you can get the latest 70-300 IS II nano which truly is a great lens - and a much better investment IMO.

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Thank you for the response! And for the confirmation of the "pretty good" optics for this lens.

I don't care about the auto-focus capability, so paying less than $200 for 300mm lens is looking good to me!

Best,

Jason

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It had a super reputation when it was current so
you should expect to at least get your money's
worth at that price range. Mine is the non-L. It is
optically the same but built cheaper and AF is so
sketchy that it's really for AF-S only, in practical
terms. And acoarst it will creep. OTOH, if all you
need is the optics, and you're not gonna beat it
up, a lens like mine is about $80 and is easier to
find, cuz cheaper lenses sold in greater quantity.

It's olde skool, so the focusing unit spins and the
MFD is several feet. Filter size is cheap, 58mm.

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Ronald540 Loc: Sandy Utah

JasonC wrote:

The subject lens can be purchased for under USD 20... (show quote)

I owned one of these lenses years ago and it was noisy and slow, but for macro work it was Steller, that what mostly what I used it for.
There are still groups out there, just a few below.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/1371409@N20/
https://www.flickr.com/groups/canon100-300mm56l/

Me
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44706084@N00/

cheers ron

JasonC Loc: Houston, Texas

Ronald540 wrote:

I owned one of these lenses years ago and it was noisy and slow, but for macro work it was Steller, that what mostly what I used it for.
There are still groups out there, just a few below.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/1371409@N20/
https://www.flickr.com/groups/canon100-300mm56l/

Me
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44706084@N00/

cheers ron

Hi Ron and thank you for the lens links.

I enjoyed your photographs, especially the old buildings. The "Kozy Cafe" and "Modern Motel" really caught my eye. Where did you find them?

Best,

Jason

Ronald540 Loc: Sandy Utah

JasonC wrote:

Hi Ron and thank you for the lens links.

I enjoyed your photographs, especially the old buildings. The "Kozy Cafe" and "Modern Motel" really caught my eye. Where did you find them?

Best,

Jason

Echo Utah pretty much a ghost town. I think in 2010 census only 56 people still lived there it is in Summit county Utah The new freeway passed it by.
Some links here.

https://www.intermountainhistories.org/items/show/18
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Echo,+UT/@40.9790657,-111.4573841,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8752371734c257b3:0x965ec4185ca3c902!8m2!3d40.9778985!4d-111.4413165

https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x87523eafc447ae6f:0xc0bf48690a544002!2m22!2m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i20!16m16!1b1!2m2!1m1!1e1!2m2!1m1!1e3!2m2!1m1!1e5!2m2!1m1!1e4!2m2!1m1!1e6!3m1!7e115!4s/maps/place/summit%2Bcounty%2Bcourthouse%2Bcoalville%2Butah/@40.9179027,-111.3994515,3a,75y,69.29h,90t/data%3D*213m4*211e1*213m2*211sb0g6RONJ1LWxdFIhoeEjYQ*212e0*214m2*213m1*211s0x87523eafc447ae6f:0xc0bf48690a544002!5ssummit+county+courthouse+coalville+utah+-+Google+Search&imagekey=!1e2!2sb0g6RONJ1LWxdFIhoeEjYQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAtdqapOjeAhV0LH0KHbf-D1kQpx8wDnoECAQQCw

cheers ron

JasonC Loc: Houston, Texas

Ronald540 wrote:

Echo Utah pretty much a ghost town. I think in 201... (show quote)

Thank you for the links. Utah definitely has terrific photo possibilities.

Jason