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EF 300 f/4 L IS opinions

Started Mar 11, 2019 | Discussions thread
HarryLally Senior Member • Posts: 2,692
Re: EF 300 f/4 L IS opinions

I have the 300 f4L and the 400 f5.6L. As others have said, the 300 is way too short for wildlife, especially birding. It's a superb lens whose particular strength is its very short MFD. The 400, I also find too short for wildlife, even on a crop camera. It needs very good light so it depends where you live . I've seen some superb shots taken with it but they all seem to have been taken in Florida or California where the light is superb. Here in comparatively grey London UK, it's not the solution I sought. I joined the RSPB to go along to their wetlands and shoot from their hides, but the birds were so far away, they were just a small dot in the centre of a large frame. So I gave up and haven't used it for a long while. To be sold soon, even though it's an excellent lens.

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