aeast wrote: GeneO wrote: PhotoHound wrote:
Go with the 300mm f/4 L IS, with a 1.4 teleconveter.
That combo would be just as heavy as the 100-400, and the image quality and AF speed would suffer from the addition of the 1.4x.
Gene
It isn\'t even close to the weight of a 100-400 (I have both) and with the 1.4 you still get fast AF (which you won\'t get any AF on a 100-400 unless you have a 1D series). I would also say that you loose very very little image quality if any at all on the 300. Have you shot both of these?
Yes it is.In fact the combo weighs more. And in fact, when you use a TC the camera slows the AF down on any Canon body for any lens.
100-400L = 1380 g
300/4L = 1190 g
EF 1.4x II = 220 g
300/4L + EF 1.4x II = 1410 g
- Gene
Jan 19, 2009 at 07:35 PM
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