Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM
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Review Date: Mar 26, 2007
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $5,500.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Image quality, build, and coming from a 600 I find the weight a definite pro. Also it takes the 1.4x very well and the 2x shots aren't to shabby.
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Cons:
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I prefer the older "focus by wire" manual focus. The slow speed setting was perfect for manual touch ups. It is much more difficult with this lens.
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My first supertele was the 500 4.5. That is a great lens but that .5 on the apature made the extender use difficult. I am now coming from a 600 non IS. It seems the 1d 1.3 crop is going to be around a while longer so I've decided to switch back to the 500 for portability. The one thing I miss is the older "focus by wire" manual focus but, other than that I am very impressed with this lens.
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