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I plan to replace that with the new 70-300 IS DO at some point


I picked up one of those in Dallas back in October, and carried it around Australia for a few weeks recently. It packs up nice and small, but is quite heavy for the size -- a sign of good optics and construction, I suppose. The 300m reach was very useful -- just enough to capture birds and small animals/reptiles in the rainforest, and the Image Stabilization is top notch.

Suprisingly long (physically) with the included lens hood attached -- I had to get (yet another) camera bag, one deep enough to accomodate it when mounted on the camera: LowePro Omni Traveler. Decent bag, great for fast lens changes and carries a lot of stuff. But it would be better if it had external attachment points or mesh pockets.

EDIT: Oh yeah, the lens.. lots of nice photos from Oz with it, but it definitely has a big weak spot: don't even think about shooting "into the light" with it. I'll post some samples to show what I mean, eventually.

Cheers


Edited by mlord (24/12/2004 12:40)