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New life of Canon EF 300mm f/4 L

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I'm the owner of some good Canon and legacy manual lenses, so my main purpose of using Sony A7ii is for adapting those lenses, especially the telephoto ones. With the IBIS, the telephoto lenses really shine and I don't have to replace them with much more expensve IS versions. In the case the EF 300mm f/4 L, the IS version is even not as sharp.

I really love this lens, it's among the best lenses Canon ever made (beside the EF 200mm f/1.8 L that I also have), and while it's a 300mm lens, I still can manage to carry it for walking around (which I can't with the f/2.8 version). I use the Viltrox adapter and the autofocus sucks, but I don't need anyway since taking photos from distance allowed me to manually focus more slowly and carefully. Once the focus point is reached, it's really sharp, and very little CA was shown even at the most contrast part of the image. All the photos here I shot during my visit to Philadelphia and Washington. They were shot handholding at wide open all the time, and of course, with the help of IBIS. If you want to see better resolution, click to each photo to go to its Flick link. 

Thank you Sony, that's the whole new life for my lenses.

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Hi have you noticed any improvements in af with the lastest firmware updates?

Yes, big improvement, now A7ii can work with most of my adapters, even the cheap ones. However some old lenses are still not fast and the accuracy is adapter-dependent.

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