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

Started Jul 29, 2016 | Discussions thread
ahaslett
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Re: Neither

Ken Gosden wrote:

ahaslett wrote:

petebuster wrote:

Looks a great lens but you really have to be able justify paying that kind of money, unless money is no object otherwise this Imo is aimed at pros that write it off to customers or expenses, for most of us it's overpriced.

I'm glad you like it but my used Canon 300mm f/4 L IS USM cost under £600. Of course I had to buy an MB4 to use it properly, but I can share Canon lenses with the A7R.

My Olympus 300mm fund got raided to buy a used Canon 24mm TSE ii.

Andrew

Your strategy makes more sense for you as you own multiple body systems. And not all are crop sensors. Not sure a pure Olympus owner had as big an incentive especially if their needs are focused just on telephoto. Adding in the Metabones for one lens is a tough call. And if you are not on the EM-1 focus performance might not meet expectations.

Personally I have found that the 50-200 SWD and EC20 work fine for me. A lot easier to carry and faster focusing than my Bigma. Now the Bigma plus EC20, that's a real emergencies only use case.

I agree completely.  Had the Olympus 300mm been available on the original timescale, then I would own one.  In the mean time, tilt-shift started to interest me and the launch of the A7Rii made a used A7R very appealing.

Suddenly Canon lenses look interesting!

Andrew

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