Masque wrote:
What I'm seeing from these videos is that the eventual updated version of the 100-400 is going to be ridiculous.
I also don't quite understand the purpose of the body sleeve. If I want the foot, having the tripod collar makes sense. If I don't want the foot, why would I want the bulk of the sleeve without the foot?
Guess I'll find out when I finally admit I can't live without this. Farewell, sweet 70-200/2.8S....
The sleeve seems designed with 3 objectives in mind:
- protect the mounting surface of the foot from scratches
- make the lens look nicer without the foot
- make it easier to hold
But it seems perfectly possible to live without it.
And yes, agreed that it’s taking an increasing amount of pixel peeping to notice differences btwn the different options. Yet some folks describe the difference within that last one % as if they were day and night.
That reminds me of AF where some folks amplify tiny differences in corner use cases and turn them into absolute show stoppers. Both without mentioning other use cases with opposite results and even less the excellence of both options relative to real world situations and how images are used.
In a context where the move to higher resolution EVFs and 4K screens makes it harder and harder to see difference both during capture and image review. Very ironic isn’t it?
Cheers,
Bernard
Mar 03, 2026 at 06:11 PM
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Both without mentioning other use cases with opposite results and even less the excellence of both options relative to real world situations and how images are used.