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l have the canon 100-400L IS USM Lens and absolutely Love it! Tack Sharp and great sharp lens.
Yes .. l concur the Push-pull mechasim pulling in dust is Cr@p and BS. used mine for over 2 1/2 years in all sorts of weather good and bad and nothing gotten inside, as its a L Series Lens and offers Great seals and protection.
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Debates about third party lenses v canon i'm not into....... just buy the canon and with a 1 series body you can use a
1.4x teleconverter and still have autofocus.....?
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Well, for better or worse, I pulled the trigger today on the 100-400 L. Looking forward to it ! Plan to add a TC later.
Honest C&C welcome on everything I post. If you re-work my pictures, please let me know what you did, so i can learn.
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You'll be happy with the 100-400.
Here's a shot I took the day I got the lens and put it on my Canon D60.
Late afternoon, lens at 400mm, handheld, cropped and low res.
Nice bokeh it has too.
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You;ll end up lovingthe push-pull zoom to.
I wish all my zoom lenses were like this.
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Wisdom, is knowing not to serve it in a fruit salad.
best mate has the 100-400L and uses it on his 40D. I have borrowed it and used it on my 7D and can only comment that is focus speed is not as fast as the 70-300L which I have just purchased and hope to play with more on the weekend. I ended up with the 70-300L due to the portability and fast focus system, obviously the better IS and weather sealing did enter the equation. He did have some dust problems on his 100-400L early on after a dusty Avalon Airshow, its ten years old lens and since he had it back to Canon its been fine. Its a great lens, I am just glad I can borrow his.
But I mostly try and chase the kids and wanted a more wide angle in a general purpose big zoom. If anyone is looking for a fast focusing zoom lens the 70-300L is very quick.
Canon Powershot S70, Sony A 100+twin lens kit and GN36 flash, Canon 7D 15-85, 50mm 1.8, Canon 100 2.8L IS Macro, Canon 70-300L, 1.4* Kenko PRO 300 DGX, Canon 430EX II
The 100-400 isn't known to be that fast in general, but as others have said, it still gives a very nice image.
My only concern if i were buying it again now is that it has been around for a LONG time, and is surely to be updated, one would think.
The 100-400 showing you can still get some pretty nice colour at midday!
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Well, the lens arrived yesterday and I'll be giving it a workout this weekend ! If I can pull off some shots as good as those posted in here from that lens, I will be very happy !
The green foliage bokeh is rather busy in the cricket shot but the bird on the power pole is far better, probably because the subject is a lot closer.
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PeterB666
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Better i suppose is subjective, but yes it is smoother in the bird shot because it is focussed to a closer distance, and the background is further away. Assuming shot at simillar apertures of course...Originally Posted by peterb666
The busyness of the background itself obviously also affects the bokeh, eg this shot, it's nice and smooth:
Last edited by pmack; 14-03-2011 at 9:51pm.
It would be an excellent shot if you cropped the left third off.
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