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Canon 400mm f/5.6L. My impressions

Started Nov 7, 2010 | Discussions thread
jayboo Senior Member • Posts: 2,366
Re: Joaquin - similar thoughts but ........

Interested to read your findings, and I know where you are coming from. However, for the money the 400mm 5.6, given good light conditions/and or tripod/ stability/good handholding technique--is great value for money and has given me some excellent results, but also a huge number of wasted blurry shots - guess the one that works out well makes up for that though.

I can see for larger beasts (I mainly shoot birds - and little ones at that) you may well have been better with the 300 - I just hope you got some good shots out of your trip.

I considered the 300mm F4 IS long and hard and decided I had to go the 400 route. However, when light is low I use a Canon 200mm 2.8L with a 1.4 extender - that helps a little light wise and I sort of think it gives me - minus the IS - the same as the 300 would.

I would love a faster longer lens, but aside from the money aspect - weight is a huge issue for me and I simply don't think I could cope with anything heavier.

Any chance they will ever make a 600mm 2.8 with IS that weighs next to nothing - come on you scientists - work on it please.
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