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Who Chose the 300 f4 over the 100-400 for Birding and Why?

Started Jul 29, 2016 | Discussions thread
deep7 Senior Member • Posts: 1,083
Re: Who Chose the 300 f4 over the 100-400 for Birding and Why?
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I had just assumed I would save up the pennies and get the 300/4 when it all worked out, simply because of the quality.  However, I recently tried the 100-400 and realised I'd be more likely to get that.  Why?

1) I'm on a budget and the price difference is substantial

2) Greater reach means something (though the teleconverter nullifies that but see point one above)

3) Image quality of the 100-400 is actually pretty good at 400

4) There may be some value in having a zoom.

I guess those points would apply to a lot of people.  However, if point one didn't exist, I'd surely have the 300 plus teleconverter by now!

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