p.1 #1 · Choosing between 300 4 L IS or 400 5.6 on 7D
I want to shoot birds and wildlife in the yard and nature hikes. I already have a 70-200 IS 4.0L and a 1.4x II teleconverter. I also have the 180 L 3.5 Macro.
p.1 #4 · Choosing between 300 4 L IS or 400 5.6 on 7D
Agree with the above, get the 400 f5.6L.
I have both the 70-200 f4L IS and 300f4L IS and while the 300 is nice I wish I'd have picked up the 400 instead just for the reach. Saying that tho, I use the 300 IS a lot, the 300 with extension tubes for close-up shooting is amazing.
The 70-200 with 1.4x T/C gets you 320 and AF/IQ are still decent...get the 400
Jerry
p.1 #10 · Choosing between 300 4 L IS or 400 5.6 on 7D
Ian.Dobinson wrote:
Perhaps we need the FM summer school
It seems I've crop on the brain, not crap mind you but crop, did I say crop, yes crop
I really need a full frame digital body before I go completely nutters
So, 200 x 1.4 gets ya...ready...280...so I was off by 40mm
So ok on a cropper you get 200 x 1.4 x 1.6...lets see, hmmm...gets calculator out cause it's 240am and I'm friggin tired, don't ask why I'm awake....calculating...drinking some water, clears throat...448mm
p.1 #12 · Choosing between 300 4 L IS or 400 5.6 on 7D
DBSAM wrote:
So far the 400/5.6...
They are both the virtually the same price .
I really thought most responses would be the "300" on a 7d due to the 1.6x crop factor.
So for wildlife the effective 640 of the 400 (400x1.6) wins out over the 300x1.6=420 IS and one stop faster?
That is of course before considering the my 1.4x mark II
I have a 600mm f/5.6 Minolta I use with an Olympus OM-D, which is a 2x camera. Effective 1200mm. It's still way too short for small birds unless I'm in a blind (and if they get closer than 29 feet or so (the MFD) I'm actually too close
Point being, unless you're shooting massive birds, like ostriches, or you know you'll be shooting in a blind or somewhere else where you'll be well within the MFD of the 400 (something like 12 feet?), you're going to want the 400mm, even on crop.
If you actually do get too close, just make a birdy portrait - those also look great.
p.1 #17 · Choosing between 300 4 L IS or 400 5.6 on 7D
As others have said...I'd go with the 400/5.6 if you're mostly photographing birds and smaller wildlife. Even that will be short on many occasions...even on a 7D (unless you're using blinds/bait/feeders).
Just make sure to keep your shutter speeds high when handholding that combo...particularly if you're going to be cropping heavily.
