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Canon Big White Conundrum - 200-400 vs 400 f2.8 IS II vs 500 f4 IS II

Started Sep 3, 2014 | Discussions thread
Neil Schofield Contributing Member • Posts: 744
Re: Canon Big White Conundrum - 200-400 vs 400 f2.8 IS II vs 500 f4 IS II
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As a general rule you normally can't get enough focal length when shooting wildlife, particularly birds, and normally includes large ones

the 200-400 would therefore be the least useful unless you want the 200- 400 range

the 400  will give you max 800 mm with a 2xtc, and only 560 mm with the 1.4 tc

the 500 on the other hand will give you 700 mm and 1000mm with t/cs

i went for the 600mm because it will give  a good performance at 840mm with the 1.4tc and a very usable performance at 1200mm, absolutely no regrets, but then I can use my 300mm prime with a 1.4 TC to give me something in between 300 and 600

the new mark 3 tcs work best with the mark 2 teles

in essence it's a balance between focal length requirements, size/weight, and cost, which in the end only you can decide, that said, if a newer high end aspc crop body is released by canon as rumoured, that may have some baring on your decision

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