jennifer
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2024
This is an amazing lens. Has a few technical details to learn. It’s extremely heavy. I’d recommend buy a body harness camera holder instead of a neck strap. It’ll take its toll on you otherwise.It’s well worth the money.Only issue I have is with the shipper. It was shipped in its box. No exterior box. No packaging. The box its self was only sealed with a round clear sticker. I do not like paying 1k for something and having such chintzy shipping. Anyone could have popped the box and taken the lens since it’s in the lens box advertising what it is.I’m giving the lens it’s self 5 stars. The shipper/seller gets zero stars. They need to step up their shipping practices.
Bfrev
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2024
I wasn't sure if the quality of the lens would be good , but the detail and sharpness is definitely there. Works great for long distances and is very clear and sharp. Very pleased with the lens.
Daniel Roberts
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2024
I should preface this with the fact that I use this lens primarily for wildlife photography/videography so I'm taking the lens to its absolute limit.The image quality is perfect. You'll have more issues with heat waves and whatnot then you will with the quality of the glass itself.It does have some issues that hinder it sometimes. It's pretty good for photography but not the best for videography. The auto focus will often just not focus or it will focus just a hair out of where it should be. The biggest issue for me, however, is the image stabilization. When photographing it will like detach the IS lenses (presumably to conserve power) but when it does this the whole image jitters while the lenses are being positioned. This makes it a bit difficult to focus in the right spot (we're talking a tiny bird in the distance here) when you press the shutter button and the whole image shifts around while it's reattaching the lenses (or whatever it's doing).For videography, it's even worse. Not only do you have to disable the image stabilization whenever you put the camera on a tripod (and sometimes even if you're just holding the camera incredibly still) but it seems like sometimes the IS isn't doing much. Sometimes when filming the IS will just lock on and it will pretty much look like the video was captured on a tripod even though it's handheld. But this rarely happens, it normally just doesn't stabilize very well.With all that said, I would recommend this lens for being at the price it is. It still works well even if it does have a few quirks.
bdowns
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2024
This lense was everything I hoped it would be and more. It works perfectly with my camera and makes this amateur photographer look like a pro. The range is just what I needed to shoot from my porch or any other long distance situation. You can see the difference in the photo I attached. The top was a cheaper manual zoom lense and the bottom is this one (same distance). I’m sure a good bit of it was user error but there is no comparison to the detail and quality this lense provides to the image. Money well spent!
Alex Tallent
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2024
Absolutely awesome lense! I love some of the really amazing shots I've gotten with this lense, so much so that I've neglected my 18-55 and 75-300. The only downside of this lense I have is the weight if you plan on keeping it on a strap around your neck for extended periods of time. 10/10 absolutely in love with this lense.
Chase Faulkner
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2024
This lens is incredible for wildlife more specifically bird photography. My wife originally had one and I was incredibly jealous of the shots she was getting despite the fact that my set up was substantially more expensive. As soon as I switched over to this lens I noticed a drastic change in the sharpness in my images. The lens preforms overall well. It is a bit heavier than most lenses.
Pleased
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2024
This lens works perfectly with my camera to take extremely good photos! I cannot afford the white professional lenses, but this one is working just as good and is within my budget. I would recommend to anyone who wants to take really good pictures.
Mark in NC
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2024
The lend is a really good value for the money. I have it mated to my Canon 5DS (50 mega-pixels). It doesn't perform as well as the Canon EF lenses, but they can cost 5 to 15 times more than this lens. Is not great for sports, but there is a model for that at under 2K. It weighs around 3 pounds, so you need some strength to hold it by hand. I have used it with my monopod with some success. I suggest gong on YouTube and watching as many videos on the features and how to use the lens. The training really improved my pictures from the lens.
Agus
Reviewed in Mexico on April 3, 2024
Que puedo decir, es una excelente lente a muy buen precio, recomendable. La probe con una canon 90D, la imagen es nítida, tiene buen bokeh.