Canon 75-300mm Review | Autofocus Test | Pros and cons | Camera Gear Review 

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i got one used for $50. soft & low contrast. this lens works best on FF body. plug in a speedbooster adapter on apsc camera + 75-300mm and whole game changes. max f-stop at 75mm goes at 2.8 and 300mm at 3.5 and that's sick.

I've been doing photography for over 50 years. Mostly with film. I ve done professional work with both slr and dslr. I got my first dslr in 08. A Canon rebel xs. Shortly after that I was given a Canon 75 300 4 used . It was from a slr. I used this already very used lens for 12 years. It's a great lens and nows was able to get another one used for 129 Canadian. I get great images with this lens at all focal lengths. Thanks fore your great video. This lens is great for what ever experience you have.

well i must say i did use this lens yesterday for autumn shots and i find it an excellent lens for the price.i took a handheld shot at a woodpigeon high up in a tree at 300mm and it came out just perfect what a great lens for the price.

I'm curious will the 75-300mm fit on my canon m50 mark ii? I'm pretty new to photography.

Just ordered this for my planespotting! Thanks for making we aware :)

Good review!! I’ve owned this Len’s for over 20 years now and have had great results. I also now have a couple of canon L lenses that I predominantly use these days but have dug this old Len’s out to use again that’s why I looked up the review. I’ll be using it on a 5D mm mk 2.

I just started photography a few weeks ago and today I purchased this lens used for $75 along with an RF-EF adapter for a total of $155, the lens is great (for me) with some form of stabilization

Thanks for the review, on affordable equipment. Question, are you using your Canon DSLR 250?

hey i am a little late, but can you tell me how the autofocus is on this vs your other sigma 600mm lens? looking to upgrade.. thanks!

Since you do primarily wildlife photography, do you use MF or AF most of the time? If AF then what type? Zone or center point?

Well I just bought this lens (used) a few weeks ago for 90usd, of course, there are a lot of better telephoto lenses but what do you spect for that price? It's perfect for beginners, once you learn how to use a telephoto lens you can upgrade, but for low-mid level phographers this is just peeeerfectt. Nice video, cheers mate

Decent lense with a speedbooster on an EF-M mount. Auto focus sucks ass and hunts like mad. Better for manual shooting.

This is by far the worst lens i have ever owned. CA are so strong and the sweet spot is arround f8 to f11 wich makes this lens very limited in use. I wouldnt recomend it for new shooters as it can discourage them

Yoooo!! I love seeing SL users! I have been using the SL1 for 6 years, and im not hard pressed to find an upgrade anytime soon. The 75-300 Kit is really a cool lens! I bought it used, and it officially died last year. It taught me how be steady, and rely on manual focus. Nowadays, i prefer manual focus. Many of my leses have never been used in auto focus. I even tell people that bash the lense, tjat if its really trash, please donate it to me, im poor and will always appreciate a back up. Not a single person has ever parted from this lens, that they trash. lol One Correction Sir 😊 Canon does make an upgraded version of the 75-300, and it does have the Image Stabilization, and USM. I am hoping to get that upgrade if i cant do the 70-200 that you showed. Anyways, I Will Subscribe Sir!! PS: I own a sigma art lens, Irix, and some other really nice lenses; and i share the photos of course. What I truly love the most, is when I put all my lemses away, and just use the 18-55 kit or the 75-300 kit, and share those photos. A lot of people will have a big dump in their pants after knowing that they (the photos) were taken with the cheap lenses. My 18-55 wobbles like an old clunky wheelbarrow, and auto focus is worse than a person with glaucoma, but when it too dies, i will replace it as well :)

This lens is good for moon pix and bird pix. Also good for Bokeh with trees and flowers. I use it with my speedbooster and M6II camera for an extra stop of light while it reduces focal length. I also used the speed booster to take a f/32 pic all the way down our street along the fence lines at 140mm (as calculated by the camera processor).

Thanks for highlighting the LIMITATUONS to use for this lens instead of just relegating it..

Hi Toby what are your setting for bird photography whit 75-300 Canon lens shutter speed apartur and iso thanks your video are interesting

I have this lens and the 18-55mm I mainly purchased the camera and lens for my fishing photos , captures , wildlife etc , I know very little about photography ,point and shoot that’s me , will these 2 lens be ok for my use , Thank you .

Thanks bro appreciate that review ❤

Hi, good review. I am thinking to buy one after your review. I have a old Canon DSLR 20D. do you think it will work with this lense?

I use this lens to do up close shots for my cooking videos. It's a great lens, it has good weight to it. I like it.

Nice honest review and really helpful, thanks very much

Very Good Video 👍

The zoom ring being stiff like it is, is a deal breaker. Would the Sigma or Tamron lens be a lot smoother?

late comment lol just wanted to ask I have canon t5i and want to buy this will it work on it?

Have tried macrophotography? I love it and I bought a reverse mount to do just that at a very, very low price.

I have this lens with my canon eos r10 and it needs an adapter to connect, and it won’t let me use auto focus only manual focus. Is there anything I can do about that?

Hello. Question. For using this camera at a longer range 300mm, could you use a auto focus macro extension to help with less shakiness at that range? Or does that not make a difference? I am still fairly new and still learning what everything is used for.

would this lens be good for portraits will the focus on eyes be very sharp?

would this be a good lens for canon t8i?

I started with this lens and very quickly picked up a used 70-300mm for about the same price, and it's a massive improvement.

Thanks for the information ♥️

Thanks. That was a great review.