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Anybody owned, or used the Canon 400mm f/4 DO IS II on....

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cfieldgate Regular Member • Posts: 475
Re: Much thanks to all of you...
  • Chris Wolfgram wrote:

I know a lot of you like the 500 F4, but if I were willing to go that heavy, and that expensive, I might as well go with the 600 F4. With the 500 I'd always have to have the 1.4 TC on it anyway. But with the 600 especially on my crop sensor R7, sometimes, I might even be able to use it without the TC.

I'd still like to rent and play with that 400 DO F4 though.

Thanks again for all of you guys responses 👍

A used 600 f/4 II will be quite a bit more expensive than a used 500 f/4 II, and will be harder to handle due to its greater weight and being more front end heavy. I know, I’ve tried it, and being lightly built I struggled 🙁.

Although a 600 f/4 III or the RF version is much lighter in the hand it’s much heavier on the wallet. So for many the 500 f/4 II is the sweet spot. That said, it’s true that the 400 f/4 DO is even easier to handle.

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