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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: ARD on January 13, 2007, 04:48:07 pm

Title: Is this lens defective
Post by: ARD on January 13, 2007, 04:48:07 pm
A firend of mine has sent me a few raw files taken with a canon 100-400 is lens.

The images look ok at 100 end, but not too good at the 400 end

Below are photos taken through the range

Any advice would be excellent

Thanks
Title: Is this lens defective
Post by: coppertop on January 13, 2007, 06:14:05 pm
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A firend of mine has sent me a few raw files taken with a canon 100-400 is lens.

The images look ok at 100 end, but not too good at the 400 end

Below are the links to the raw images.

Any advice would be excellent

Thanks

One (http://www.yousendit.com/download/M7HQettCUTl5TA%3D%3D)

Can't see the images.
Are the pictures soft at the 400mm end?
Some have reported softness with the 100-400mm lens at the 400mm end, especially with the older models.

Hard to say for sure without seeing the images but it may need calibrating or simply exchanged for another lens (depending on how it was purchased).

Two (http://www.yousendit.com/download/M7EOCTC7Qa95TA%3D%3D)

Three (http://www.yousendit.com/download/M7EOCaWroxN5TA%3D%3D)

Four (http://www.yousendit.com/download/M7FBwPpkwLh5TA%3D%3D)
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Title: Is this lens defective
Post by: ARD on January 14, 2007, 08:41:54 am
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Title: Is this lens defective
Post by: John Sheehy on January 14, 2007, 05:31:59 pm
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A firend of mine has sent me a few raw files taken with a canon 100-400 is lens.

The images look ok at 100 end, but not too good at the 400 end

Below are photos taken through the range

Any advice would be excellent

Thanks
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They all look like junk, to be quite frank.  My 100-400 is sharper with a 1.4x and 2x TC combined for 1120mm than your 100mm shot is.

It looks to me like your friend doesn't know anything about taking stable pictures.  They all look like the lens and camera are oscillating on a tripod.
Title: Is this lens defective
Post by: ARD on January 14, 2007, 06:51:08 pm
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They all look like junk, to be quite frank.  My 100-400 is sharper with a 1.4x and 2x TC combined for 1120mm than your 100mm shot is.

It looks to me like your friend doesn't know anything about taking stable pictures.  They all look like the lens and camera are oscillating on a tripod.
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Thats what I thought, comapered to my 300 f4 his shots look like they were taken with a throw away camera