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EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 1
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM EF400mm f/2.8L IS USM EF500mm f/4L IS USM EF600mm f/4L IS USM
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Instructions
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 2
... before taking it requires a shutter speed [1/focal length] second or faster to warm environment. Canon's EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM, EF400mm f/2.8L IS USM, EF500mm f/4L IS USM and EF600mm f/4L IS USM are high-performance super-telephoto lenses, for advance storage of one . Handling Cautions
● If the lens is available after it has warmed gradually. Then take out the...
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 4
...
STABILMIZOEDRE 1
2
FOCUS PRESET
SET
Rubber ring (→ 4)
Contacts (→ 4) Lens mount index (→ 14)
Tripod mount (→ 14) Orientation locking knob (→ 14)
● The illustrations used in the explanations in this manual show the EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM, but the EF400mm f/2.8L IS USM, the EF500mm f/4L IS USM, and the EF600mm f/4L IS USM are all used in the same...
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 5
... not operate properly.
● If the contacts get soiled, scratched, or have fingerprints on mounting and detaching the lens. To attach it is replaceable by a Canon Service Center at cost.
● After detaching the lens, place the lens with the dust cap. and water-resistance. To remove it with the rear end up to prevent the...
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 6
.... - ∞
EF400mm f/2.8L IS USM 3 m/9.8 ft. - 10 m/32.8 ft.
10 m/32.8 ft. - ∞
4.5 m/14.8 ft. - ∞
EF500mm f/4L IS USM 4.5 m/14.8 ft. - 10 m/32.8 ft.
10 m/32.8 ft. - ∞
5.5 m/18.0 ft. - ∞
EF600mm f/4L IS USM 5.5 m/18.0 ft. - 16.2 m/53.2 ft.
16.2 m/53.2 ft. - ∞
ENG-5 To shoot in manual focus (MF) mode, set the focus...
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 7
...the EOS A2/A2E/5 and 10S/10 set to the AI Servo AF mode and continuous shooting, AF will not resume even after you use AF from outside the specified focusing distance range, the lens may stop focusing when it reaches the... halfway down again.
4. Press the shutter release button halfway to the camera's instructions. Switching the Focusing Distance Range
If you let go of the AF stop button.
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 9
... following cases, the focusing distance scale will not affect the image. • When you press the focus preset button. •... or right, press the shutter button completely. ● The lens will focus at the preset
distance. ● If the focus preset switch was
set the switch to , the beeper will sound twice.
●... will be correct.
● When not using the focus preset, set to .
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 10
... PRESET
Select the stabilizer mode.
● MODE 1: Corrects vibrations in a vertical direction.
6. STABILIZER ON OFF
12 STABILIZER
MODE
Set the STABILIZER switch to ON.
● If you are not going to use the image stabilizer in the viewfinder is mainly effective for shooting still subjects.
● MODE 2: Corrects vertical camera shake during following...
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 11
ENG-10 Tips on Using the Image Stabilizer
The image stabilizer for this lens is effective for hand-held shots in motion. 7.
ON
OFF ● When panning subjects in the following conditions.
● MODE 1
● MODE 2
ON..., such as art museums and theater stages. ● In situations where your footing is uncertain. ● In situations where fast shutter settings cannot be used.
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 12
... operates when the lens is used with extension tube EF12 II or EF25 II or the extender EF1.4× II.
● The Image Stabilizer also operates when the EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM or EF400mm f/2.8L IS USM is in operation. Tips on Using the Image Stabilizer
● The Image Stabilizer cannot compensate for a blurred shot caused by a subject that moved.
● Set the STABILIZER switch...
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 13
..., this does not affect shooting.
● If you set the camera's Custom Function to change the assigned button to operate the AF, the Image Stabilizer will operate when you can use the Image Stabilizer with the following cameras: EOS-1Ds Mark III, EOS-1Ds Mark II, EOS-1Ds, EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1D Mark...
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 15
... you can rotate the camera to set the image for any vertical or horizontal position. Slide off the tripod collar away from the lens as shown below. To attach the tripod mount, reverse the procedure.
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10. Detaching the Tripod Mount (EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM only) First remove the lens from the camera and then remove...
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 18
...length (mm) Aperture
Diagonal Angle of view Vertical
Horizontal Maximum magnification (×)
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
EF1.4× II
EF2× II
420
600
f/4 - 45
f/5.6 - 64
6° 10'
4° 10'
3° 20'
2° 20'
5°
3° 30'
0.19
0.28
EF400mm f/2.8L IS USM
EF1.4× II
EF2× II
560
800
f/4 - 45
f/5.6 - 64
4° 25'
3° 5'
2° 25'
1° 40...
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 19
... EOS A2/A2E/5 fitted with either the EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM or EF400mm f/2.8L IS USM, use -0.5 step exposure compensation when using extender EF1.4× II, and use -1 step exposure when using extender EF2× II.
● When taking pictures on an EOS A2/A2E/5 using an EF1.4× II/EF2× II extender with extender EF1.4× II. ● When an extender is recommended...
EF300mm F2.8L IS USM Instruction Manual - Page 20
... and 500D cannot be attached. ● Aperture settings are specified on the camera. ● All data listed is measured from the mount surface to change without notice. Magnification Field of View
Min.
ENG-19 Diameter and Length Weight Hood Lens Cap Case
EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM
EF400mm f/2.8L IS USM
300 mm f/2.8
400 mm f/2.8
13 groups, 17...
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