I want to buy a lens for wildlife. I am not happy with my current lens - Canon 70-300 f4-5.6 IS. I find it slow in focussing and incapable of using 1.4x I have. I have 5dii and 30d.
I mainly shoot bears, moose, sheep, squirrels and not birds and I don\'t do much sport shooting but I might use it occassionaly for sun\'s football outside.
I am narrowed down (based on previous feedback here) to either:
1)Canon 70-200mm F4 IS with 1.4x. I have read that 70-200mm 4F L is the best zoom for IQ in <$2000. So I expect with 30 d that it woudl yield 156-448mm reach with very good optics at 5.6 but be available for landscape. It is also 1/2 the weight of other choices and more likely to be with me on a hike. I have also read that its IS is better than 300L or 100-400L. IQ Ranked 4.55. Focus Speed 4.5 out of 5.
2) Canon 300 L IS F4 with 1.4x. I have read that its IQ is excellent. So with 1.4x it woudl be very good. and provide 672mm at f5.6. Its downside is heavier and I would have to zoom out with my feet or use my 70-300 f4-5.6 canon which does well less than 200mm. Relative to 300L plus 1.4x it would yield same without zooming capability. I borrowed 1 last week and it was great but heavy and no zooming.IQ Ranked 4.55. Focus Speed 4.5 out of 5.
3) Canon 100-400 f4-5.6L IS. I have read that its IQ is not as good as 300L or 70-200L so I expect that it would yield similar IQ as 300 or 70-200 with 1.4x. I played with it a bit and the push/pull seems awkard. However, 160mm-640 at f5.6 with 30d (assume taht 1.4 woudl make the image quality too weak) IQ Ranked 4.19. Focus Speed 4 out of 5.
I want to buy a lens for wildlife. I am not happy with my current lens - Canon 70-300 f4-5.6 IS. I find it slow in focussing and incapable of using 1.4x I have. I have 5dii and 30d.
I mainly shoot bears, moose, sheep, squirrels and not birds and I don\'t do much sport shooting but I might use it occassionaly for sun\'s football outside.
I am narrowed down (based on previous feedback here) to either:
1)Canon 70-200mm F4 IS with 1.4x. I have read that 70-200mm 4F L is the best zoom for IQ in <$2000. So I expect with 30 d that it woudl yield 156-448mm reach with very good optics at 5.6 but be available for landscape. It is also 1/2 the weight of other choices and more likely to be with me on a hike. I have also read that its IS is better than 300L or 100-400L.
2) Canon 300 L IS F4 with 1.4x. I have read that its IQ is excellent. So with 1.4x it woudl be very good. and provide 672mm at f5.6. Its downside is heavier and I would have to zoom out with my feet or use my 70-300 f4-5.6 canon which does well less than 200mm. Relative to 300L plus 1.4x it would yield same without zooming capability. I borrowed 1 last week and it was great but heavy and no zooming.
3) Canon 100-400 f4-5.6L IS. I have read that its IQ is not as good as 300L or 70-200L so I expect that it would yield similar IQ as 300 or 70-200 with 1.4x. I played with it a bit and the push/pull seems awkard. However, 160mm-640 at f5.6 with 30d (assume taht 1.4 woudl make the image quality too weak)
Comments appreciaated. Scott
Jul 16, 2009 at 01:48 PM
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