sadwitch

@ALEX_RAW If you can point me to a site or gallery, I'm really interested to see a real direct comparison with side by side sample images of someone cropping a full frame image shot at 400mm to...

To me, the processed 1000 pix shows what this lens can do in the right hands. There's no such things as unedited JPEG as all JPEG has each camera company's unique colour science and processing...

FWIW please do not judge quality base on these DPR images. It's a monster focal length to use and not easy to master, people have to differentiate between reviewer samples and samples shot by field...