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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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If you are comfortable with the size, weight, and cost of the 600mm, then that's probably as good as it's going to get for wildlife with the mark 3 t/cs

the 500mm is as I understand it as good but with less weight(handholding  will be easier), smaller size( for carrying and working with), and cost(quite a bit cheaper)

the only draw back of the 500 when comparing the two is that it will not do 840mm at f5.6, and 1200mm at f8, the 500mm only reaching 700mm and 1000mm respectively with t/cs

The 600 will give you more pixels on the subject, and that can be important with distant subjects that require you to crop into an image

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