Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: prh555 on February 14, 2008, 01:21:17 pm
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hello to all,
my interests are landscape and nature.
i own a 30D, 17-40 f4 L, 24-105 f4 L IS, 70-200 f2.8 L IS and canon 1.4 II extender.
i will buy a 40D soon. i am going to the tetons and yellowstone in may for 2 weeks and i'm trying to decide between a 100-400 L or a 400 5.6L. next year i plan on going to the everglades, and hawaii for the whales.
after yellowstone i will sell the 30D, and plan on buying the 5D replacement within a year if available. eventually i would buy a 28 f1.8 and 85 f1.8 for low light.
the biggest picture blow-ups would be 16x24.
so what 400 would you buy? any other thoughts?
thanks for advice, prh
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If you can, rent both of the lenses for a weekend and try them both out.
The 100-400 is more flexible but the 400 f/5.6 has the reputation of being sharper. The 100-400 has IS (albeit older generation) while the 400 has none. You may or may not like the push-pull zoom of the 100-400.
I see that you already own the70-200 f/2.8 L IS. I've informally tested the 100-400 against the Canon 70-200 f/2.8 with 1.4x extender. My 70-200 with 1.4x TC is sharper than the 100-400 throughout the shared zoom range. YMMV.
Best,
Paul
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If you can, rent both of the lenses for a weekend and try them both out.
The 100-400 is more flexible but the 400 f/5.6 has the reputation of being sharper. The 100-400 has IS (albeit older generation) while the 400 has none. You may or may not like the push-pull zoom of the 100-400.
I see that you already own the70-200 f/2.8 L IS. I've informally tested the 100-400 against the Canon 70-200 f/2.8 with 1.4x extender. My 70-200 with 1.4x TC is sharper than the 100-400 throughout the shared zoom range. YMMV.
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I've no experience, but Michael's M did indeed V, at least with the 2x TC. See [a href=\"http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/lenses/400v400.shtml]this[/url].
Jeremy