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Fair glass, great detail in low light. Maybe a little slower then todays offering but then its a little cheaper. AF is fast enough for most shots, swallows on the wing at 15 mts and it / I struggle at 400mm. Overall its nice, not quite 70-200mm 2.8 is L nice but its a good lens. I was considering a 400mm prime but actually this lens is great at 400mm no real vignetting even with full hood attached. Id take this lens into the wild all day long, its well built and offeres great rendering at a lower cost then the mk11. If i had a the cash and a brand new gen body(im shooting on 5d platform) id like to compare the mk1 against the mk2 but for me this lens covers a great range and is sharp enough for must jobs especailly soley digital jobs.
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I wanted a longer telephoto than my 70-300 and I wanted good quality. I have had an 80-400 before but it was an older model, not Canon, and had sluggish autofocus plus not quite good quality. This lens has image stabilisation, which effectively adds two stops to it making it perform like a f2.8 lens instead of f5.6, (as long as there is no action, because at 1/60 you will get blurry pictures of moving targets unless you pan). However, modern digital SLR's now perform well at high ISO. I have had good results at ISO 2000. This means that the f5.6 maximum apeture is less of a problem. Poor light conditions? Just increase the sensor sensitivity. Unless you are a professional, where the massive expense for a f2.8 400mm telephoto can be justified, you can now get excellent shots from this lens when combined with a high iso setting on your modern camera. In use, I like the ability to "fix" the focal length and concentrate on the subject. The "push pull" zoom action does not suit everyone but I am happy. The action is super smooth with no "play" in the lens barrel. Autofocus is fast and accurate. You can limit the range for even faster responses. The image stabilsation is good and you can get away with hand held at 1/60 at 400mm but higher shutter speeds are suggested. The optical results are superb, depicting detail on bird feathers when taken from 20-30 teet away, and able to resolve details of leaves and flowers at similar distances. All in all, a top quality optic.Read full review
I bought the Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L lens as an alternative to my Sigma 150-500mm lens which I've had about a year. Having taken the Sigma on an Alaskan trip this past summer, I found it to be too much lens to carry around mounted on my camera for extended periods of time. I was also somewhat disappointed with the Sigma's IQ even when mounted on a tripod. I bought the Canon in order to compare the two and see which better suited my needs - a long zoom lens that can be carried mounted on my camera and carried reasonably comfortably while hiking. After several days of shooting with the Canon, I have found the Canon lens to be significantly shorter and lighter (about 1.5 lbs. lighter) and therefore much easier to carry around from place to place while mounted on the camera body. I have also found the IQ to be somewhat better than the Sigma's. I have found that the 100mm shorter focal length of the Canon vs. the Sigma is not that great an issue to me. If needed I can use my 1.4X teleconverter and get a bit more range than the Sigma at a cost of half an f-stop vs. the Sigma, but with IQ equal to the Sigma. On the flip side, I actually gain half a stop at 400mm over the Sigma. Both the Canon and Sigma lens are well made lenses. All in all I am very pleased with the Canon as it better suits my needs for a long zoom lens and I will be selling my Sigma lens.Read full review
I usually bypass requests for reviews. But this time I'll give a quick one because I adore this lens. My wife isn't into photography so she gives me a rough time about spending bucks on equipment. I keep my gear purchases to myself because of that. Not hiding them but this time she couldn't help but notice the size increase from the 70-200 I had previously. I told her it was an investment and she's cool with it. I don't talk to her much about the equipment but this time I had to share the physical beauty of this lens with her and proclaim that it takes the sharpest images of any lens I've used. I've used many. Many L lenses. My primary now is a 24-105. She agreed that the shots were outstanding. I'm really pleased with the performance of this one and can't wait to get out an shoot more with it. It's heavy and I thought that would be a burden but it's not at all. I got a load of great shots on our recent trip to England hand held with stabiliztion on. It is so freekin' sharp. I got the craters on the full moon with the tripod. Nice. It's not going to be one of the lenses I trade off some day for a search of perfection. This one's a keeper and will be in the backpack for all the shoots to come. Love it. The 70-200 2.8 gets you more light but if you're outside and taking nature shots this zoom range is superior.Read full review
Clean sharp images even when enlarging frames from my Canon 60D. It takes a bit of getting used to as its quite heavy but well worth persevering with. The auto focus is quick to react and with practise images are easy enough to capture. I am well pleased with this lens bought specifically for a trip to Reno this September after a disappointing trip 2 years ago using a 500mm mirror purchased as its size and weight were I thought ideal. At slightly less at 400mm I still expect the results will be far superior but the critical difference is the auto focus. All in all a good lens for the money.
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