Quite solidly built, an old film lens that gives fairly good performance on an EF-S body, although the lack of IS and small aperture at 300mm make it a lens for good light.
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Lens specifications
Focal Length & Maximum Aperture |
75-300mm 1:4-5.6 |
Lens Construction |
13 elements in 9 groups |
Maximum Magnification (x) |
0.13 |
Minimum Aperture |
45 |
Closest Focusing Distance |
1.5m |
Filter Size |
58mm |
Max. Diameter x Length, Weight |
71mm x 122.1mm, 495g |
Canon EF 75–300mm f/4–5.6 lens |
Attribute |
(original) |
USM |
IS USM |
II |
II USM |
III |
III USM |
Key features |
Image stabilizer |
No |
Yes |
No |
Environmental Sealing |
No |
USM |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Technical data |
Maximum aperture |
f/4–5.6 |
Minimum aperture |
f/45 |
f/32-45 |
f/45 |
f/32–45 |
Filter diameter |
58 mm |
Physical data |
Weight |
500 g |
495 g |
650 g |
480 g |
Max. Diameter |
73.8mm |
71.1mm |
78.5mm |
71mm |
Max. Length |
122mm |
138.2mm |
122mm |
Groups/elements |
9/12 |
9/13 |
10/15 |
9/13 |
Aperture blades |
7 |
8 |
7 |
Closest focusing distance |
1.5 m |
Retail information |
Release date |
March 1991 |
June 1991 |
September 1995 |
July 1995 |
March 1995 |
April 1999 |
EF75-300mm f/4-5.6 USM reviews and articles
- Canon UK / US Information Page
- Amazon
- Northlight Images
- Canon CPN article
- Fred Miranda
- Lens Tip
- Digital Picture
- PhotoZone
- SLR Gear
- Lens Review
- ePhotozine
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Sample images