Is this the lens that I’ve been after all this time? With a 5DII now in my kit bag and being full frame the 5.6 at the wide end doesn’t really bother me.

As I do a bit of wedding photography the full weather proofing will come in handy as well as will the far lower weight of the full 70-200 f2.8 IS.

So how much does the new 70-300 IS L f4/5.6 weight then, well its not too bad at 1050g, that’s more than a standard 70-200 f4 L at 720g (IS 750g) but far less then the new 70-200 f2.8 IS II at 1540g so a result really considering the extra reach on offer.

So this could be the all new high quality travel and FF longer range lens of choice and we didn’t even see it coming, well done Canon.

UPDATE – Well maybe I was wrong about this lens, yes its got great reach for a crop and a nice range for FF but Canon has done it yet again, they have priced it too high. How the hell they think this lens is worth £1500 I have no idea.

Canon have recently recorded record profits in a downturn, this is probably due to the higher prices blamed on currency conversions and just plain rude pricing. I can only describe some of the new lenses as a complete rip off. Don’t even look at the price of the new extenders, how does an increase in the current priced ones of 120% sound, plain madness to me.
Maybe Canon should be investigated for its current pricing strategy in the UK, I can only hope that Nikon and Song go super aggressive on pricing and take the legs from underneath Canon and get them to wake up on the pricing. But then I doubt it.

UPDATE - Well it seems that at last the prices are starting to drop and Amazon have the lens at less than £1150 now the cheapest I found it available. Reviews have said its very sharp and actually a great lens to own, maybe I need to treat myself.

Its always nice when you get something through the post for free that might help you save some money. But not great when it doesn’t work.

So a week ago I set up the meter and its been working a treat but as I like my gadgets I thought I’d add the software onto my laptop and see what I could find out about my energy usage.

In the CD went and all look fine until I started up the software with a message about there is a problem with your software. Great what is the problem?

So I un-installed everything and tried again but still no joy and I got the same error.

So what’s the solution, run the install as an administrator. Yep I’m running Windows 7 (non ultimate) and I ran the setup.exe install program as administrator and hey presto it all installed fine and dandy.

My Dad has installed his on Windows 7 without problem, no idea why mine didn’t work but this might help some other people to fix there issues.

If you are reading this and fixed it another way then post away below and help others.