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Originally Posted by Darkel
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Originally Posted by TT
Once you'll try an L lense all of a sudden this 70-300 feels VERY slow, but in isolation it's very good and IMO it should be heaps better than any Tamron, Sigma or Quantaray in the similar price range
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Never compare some consumer grade lens with a pro L one, your wallet will be grateful 
Nthfinity > be sure you're prepaired to the price of an L IS lens, if you do then don't hesitate a second 
The 2 IS modes on my 70-300 still leave me sceptical, can the IS mode 1 mean Image Shaker when you try to make a panning shot in a rush @ low shutter speeds ?
BTW I've heard many people talking about those magic (and a bit less expensive than the equivalent IS models) 200/300mm f2.8 without IS, it's IMO not that great considering some usual situations when the car is far away and the light is crap, "whoaa f2.8 power" and they end up with 2mm of the front bumper sharp and the rest nicely blurred o_O |
yeah, the price difference is massive
but after using such low quality lenses for such a long time already... its just not something i want to do at all; if that makes sense.
im taking more and more photos, and its something im really loving... and i see it as something of a long term investment. anyway, it will be a while before i buy my next set of lenses... but Ebay doesnt seem like an altogether bad choice for looking either.
BTW, IS mode 2 is for shooting moving objects, IS mode 1 is for stabalizing the whole picture. that should make things work a little better.