09-16-2010, 08:05 PM
Hello Guys,
Thanks for the replies and advise. I thought your comments over for a week, but I am not convinced about the Canon 100-400. It is way over my budget and I have used it some time ago, but I wasn't to keen about the push/pull zoom, to be honest. It becomes a large piece of equipment when zooming towards 400mm. It has IS, but it is too big and too heavy for me to hand hold it <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> . I need a tripod for such large lenses, so why buy a lens with IS whilst using it on tripod only.
Are there any cheaper options from Sigma, because the Canon 400/5.6 or 300/4.0 are very hard to come by second hand in the Netherlands. And if you find one, then the 400/5.6 is almost priced as a new lens, just like the 100-400 by the way.
Hope to hear from you.
Best wishes,
Reinier
[quote name='wim' timestamp='1284239191' post='2654']
+1
I agree, a 100-400 is really great. I had one, and sold it when I neede soem money, and it was the lens I used probably least at the time. Until I realized that I also shot a lot of macro and semi-macro with it, especially combined with a 500D close-up lens. So I got another one when I had the funds, late last year. It is the only zoom lens remaining in my arsenal, and I am quite happy with its performance.
Kind regards, Wim
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Thanks for the replies and advise. I thought your comments over for a week, but I am not convinced about the Canon 100-400. It is way over my budget and I have used it some time ago, but I wasn't to keen about the push/pull zoom, to be honest. It becomes a large piece of equipment when zooming towards 400mm. It has IS, but it is too big and too heavy for me to hand hold it <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> . I need a tripod for such large lenses, so why buy a lens with IS whilst using it on tripod only. Are there any cheaper options from Sigma, because the Canon 400/5.6 or 300/4.0 are very hard to come by second hand in the Netherlands. And if you find one, then the 400/5.6 is almost priced as a new lens, just like the 100-400 by the way.
Hope to hear from you.
Best wishes,
Reinier
[quote name='wim' timestamp='1284239191' post='2654']
+1
I agree, a 100-400 is really great. I had one, and sold it when I neede soem money, and it was the lens I used probably least at the time. Until I realized that I also shot a lot of macro and semi-macro with it, especially combined with a 500D close-up lens. So I got another one when I had the funds, late last year. It is the only zoom lens remaining in my arsenal, and I am quite happy with its performance.
Kind regards, Wim
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