i'm interested to know if the optical quality of the 200mm focal length of EF80-200 f/4.5-5.6 is better than that of 75-300 f/4-5.6 ?

-- legnum (legnum212@email.com), February 20, 2002

Answers

hi legnum,

i don't know much about 80-200mm lens but i can say that the 70-300mm lens is not good at the longer end, especially as you go beyond 200mm. at around 200mm its fine but not so satisfactory. all you need is a grainy film/slide and a tripod to have sharp photos with that lens.

-- sajeev (chack74@yahoo.co.in), February 20, 2002.

I owned the 80-200 for a long while, and then changed to the Sigma 70-300 APO, which is similar to the canon 100-300 optically (ie slightly better than the canon 75-300). It was difficult to tell much difference between the sigma and the 80-200 (except that my technique improved considerably). I think the 80-200 has fine optics for the money, and is wonderfully light and compact.

-- Isaac Sibson (isibson@hotmail.com), February 20, 2002.