Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM user reviews
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Review by: Wildlight on Apr 27th, 2009
Experience of this type of product: Good,
Time product owned: Less than a year, Price paid: £680
A very nice lens for wildlife photography. The IS works really well and compensates for the relatively slow maximum aperture (f/5.6).
Excellent build quality and, though it takes a little bit of time to get used to, the push-pull zooming is brilliant.
Good sharpness and definition but not the sharpest lens I've ever used.
It's quite light for a 400mm zoom and looks cool too!
Excellent build quality and, though it takes a little bit of time to get used to, the push-pull zooming is brilliant.
Good sharpness and definition but not the sharpest lens I've ever used.
It's quite light for a 400mm zoom and looks cool too!
Review by: brn on Aug 10th, 2007
Experience of this type of product: Good,
Time product owned: More than a year, Price paid: 1450 Euro
No dust-sucking problem. Rather big, but ok, it's a 400. IS does a good job, image quality is very good, but not as outstanding as other L lenses. Consider buying the EF 70-200mm 2.8 L IS USM instead and using a converter if long end is really necessary.
Review by: banjoboy02 on Jul 19th, 2007
Experience of this type of product: Good,
Time product owned: Less than a month, Price paid: $1,800
Although this is a somewhat slow lens I have been very pleased with the optical quality. Most of the wildlife photography I do requires hand holding the camera. The IS works great at 2 stops and can be pushed a little more (2/3 stop for me) with careful technique.
The push-pull zoom is odd and I am somewhat concerned about sucking dust into the lens/camera but only time will tell if that is a reality.
The push-pull zoom is odd and I am somewhat concerned about sucking dust into the lens/camera but only time will tell if that is a reality.
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