Product Description

Quantaray's lightweight, compact, high-image-quality telephoto zoom lens with macro capability of 1:2 that can be used with digital cameras. This new lens is a Di type lens using an optical system with improved multi-coating designed to function with digital SLR cameras as well as film cameras.

With this 70-300mm telephoto zoom lens, flipping a macro switch in the focal length range of 180mm to 300mm obtains a maximum magnification ratio of 1:2 at a minimum focus distance as short as 37.4-inches, enabling close-up shots of flowers, insects, and other objects that normally require the use of a specially designed macro lens. Moreover, this is a zoom lens that casually offers the distant capture and foreshortening effect pleasures of the 300mm ultra-telephoto world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33751 in Camera & Photo
• Brand: Quantaray

Customer Reviews

Love this lens
Nice lens. Size is just right. It isn't too long to bring on trips yet it zooms far enough to get lots of great shots.

Quantary gets the job done nicely.
This lens is very light for lenses with this focal range. I've tried out the Canon 70-200 with IS wich is far superior, but far heavier since it is an L-series lens. If you don't have the $1500 to spend on the Canon, then this is a good starter lens until you know your ready to spend the big money.

I take pictures of my daughter at her soccer game with it and I've also done some nice lunar shots at night with it. The quality is good and I can't complain. With an aperture range from 4 to 5.6, it's not bad and I've also gotten some great portraits with the lens.

I highly recommend it if you aren't making money shooting pictures and you want a nice wide focal range.

Alright for a budget lens...
I'm a relative newbie to the photography world and received this lens as a gift shortly after purchasing my digital SLR camera (Canon Rebel XTi). On the whole the lens is a so-so lens, especially for the price and wide focal range. The image quality is okay and the color is okay... I usually end up boosting the contrast and color a bit in photoshop, but it's decent enough. At the longer end (300mm) the bokeh is nice and good for amateur portraits. I did notice some chromatic aberration in some shots though...

It's handy to have the wide focal range... though it's a bit heavy, focuses a little slow, and is a bit loud when focusing.

However, if you're a newbie, and want to have a lens that will give you more options than the Canon SLR kit lenses (14-55), this may be a good starter option, especially b/c it's so inexpensive. If you have a bigger budget and can afford something more, I'd save for a Canon lens. Better build and image quality.