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How good is the RF 100-400 for Sports?

Started Feb 25, 2022 | Questions thread
JustUs7 Senior Member • Posts: 4,327
Re: How good is the RF 100-400 for Sports?
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I just picked up the 100-400 and plan to use it for my son’s soccer games. But not indoor sports.  The USM focusing motor is blazing fast and almost silent.  For a zoom telephoto at that price it’s pretty incredible and the stabilization is great even without IBIS on the RP.

Shooting sports with the RP isn’t a matter of frame rate and tracking.  What I do is use zone tracking. I place the zone in the frame where I want my subject. Then I keep that zone over my subject.  I use H instead of H+ for better tracking but slower frame rate.  I get a decent hit rate that way.  I also go into the menus and set up my AF for stickier tracking and better EVF refresh rate instead of battery conservation.  Check the manual on that.

Indoors for court sports I’ve been using the RF 85mm f/2.  It’s STM, but a lot brighter than the zooms.  I just shoot when the action is close enough.

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Canon EOS 1000D Canon EOS Rebel SL1 Canon EOS RP Canon EOS M6 II Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III +10 more
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