Canon 90-300/4.5-5.6 USM

I've never been much into tele photography. The longest lens I've regularly shot with was the 28-200 equivalent on my Minolta D7i. I did experiment a bit when I was a member of my high school camera club, but I felt that with long tele, photography becomes more of a technical than a creative exercise. However, figuring that I might be mistaken, I wanted to experiment a bit. So I went on the lookout for an inexpensive and light tele lens for the 10D. I plunked for the new Canon 90-300 USM, dubbing it the Plastic Piston (in the tradition started by Adam-T of the DPReview Canon SLR Forum). Here are my thoughts about it.

The Piston mounted on the camera