CANON 300mm f/2.8 SSC Sample Images

50 YEARS OF TELEPHOTO EXCELLENCE

This lens was the predecessor to the L series 300mm f/2.8, and the EOS and R series lenses. It has a fluorite lens element and a 9 blade aperture.

As the sample images in this gallery show, Canon got this one right 50 years ago and simply added improvements from that time forward.

MANUAL FOCUS

The manual focus lenses we rent can produce just as sharp of an image as any modern lens. In the R5, the focus peaking function takes the place of a split prism found on film SLR cameras.

Manual Focus give a different kind of control, where the photographer decides the point of focus instead of a sophisticated focus computer.

MAGNIFICENT MAGNIFIED

This lens has the same great resolution you would expect from a modern variant. This crop is from the previous wider view of the pelican crossing the Indian River.

Note the resolution of this 50 year old lens design. This photo of a rapidly moving seabird proves that manual focus lenses can and do produce super sharp images.

PELICANS

Photographing pelicans with manual focus lenses is challenging to say the least, but it proves what this manual focus lens (and others in our collection) can produce.

This is the same pelican from the other photos, he hung around and let me take several photos of him. I think this is is his best side...

BARNACLES

Because this sample image gallery is to show the capabilities of our collection, even the lowly barnacle makes a great test subject.

Note the color rendition and detail that this lens produces on a complex subject like this barnacle colony.

MORE TO COME

This gallery will be updated after a couple more shoots with this classic.