Bought: Canon EF 500mm f4L IS or 400mm f4 DO IS or...? (Canada)

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p.1 #1 · Bought: Canon EF 500mm f4L IS or 400mm f4 DO IS or...? (Canada)

Canon EF 500mm f4L IS or 400mm f4 DO IS or... ?

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Looking to buy a long lens for an upcoming trip in early September. I would prefer an EF 500mm f4L IS, but would also consider a 400mm f4 DO IS for the right price (and I would even consider a 400 f2.8L IS or 600 f4L IS, but it would have to be a smokin' good deal...)

I will only consider lenses from Canada, as I don't want to deal with the hassle and expense of cross-border shipping.

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Aug 18, 2012 at 02:53 PM

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p.1 #2 · Bought: Canon EF 500mm f4L IS or 400mm f4 DO IS or...? (Canada)

I would strongly discourage using a 400 2.8 for wide life during a trip.
I would also discourage 400 DO. 300 2.8 plus teleconverter is a better solution. 400 do is a handholdable lens for sports but it doesn't meet the requirement for birds. If you are shooting hippos you'll be fine, if birds, it doesn't do a lot more than a 400 5.6, per sharpness. It's the only supertele whose sharpness is in the level of a 70-200. Both my personal experience and review from the-digital-pictures would support this conclusion.

for a time, the 400 do is cheaper that the 300 2.8 is. At that moment, it's ok to make a choice of either. Now the 400 do is more expensive. The choice is obvious and unarguable.

Aug 19, 2012 at 06:16 AM

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herbertgzb wrote:
I would strongly discourage using a 400 2.8 for wide life during a trip.
I would also discourage 400 DO. 300 2.8 plus teleconverter is a better solution. 400 do is a handholdable lens for sports but it doesn't meet the requirement for birds. If you are shooting hippos you'll be fine, if birds, it doesn't do a lot more than a 400 5.6, per sharpness. It's the only supertele whose sharpness is in the level of a 70-200. Both my personal experience and review from the-digital-pictures would support this conclusion.

for a time, the 400 do is cheaper that the 300 2.8 is. At that moment, it's ok to make a choice of either. Now the 400 do is more expensive. The choice is obvious and unarguable.

Thanks for the advice, but I've owned all of the above lenses and know what my needs are, and the 300 f2.8 is not a consideration.

Aug 19, 2012 at 12:29 PM

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