Re: Thinking..........
This is a discussion that has come up a number of times, on this and other forums, and there is no one solution that suits all.
Primarily, for most people, its a matter of what you can afford, and we all have our dream lenses. For me it would be the 600mm f/4 L prime, but at around £8k, that is not going to happen.
My first quality long lens was the 400mm f/5.6 L prime, and what a razor sharp lens it was. I used this with the 1.4x lll TC, to give me 560mm with the 5D3. The results were excellent, but there were times when image stabilisation would have been useful, also the ability to zoom out.
I seriously considered the Sigma 150_600s, but was put off by the weight. I could of course have gone for the C version, but like the dust/weather sealing on a lens.
The next option was the 100-400 L Mk1, but it was quite dated, and it's reputation for being a 'dust pump' was off putting.
So I bit the expensive bullet, and traded the 400mm prime in for the 100-400 L Mkll, and it has not disappointed, it is razor sharp, even with the 1.4x inline, very fast focussing, and of course image stabilisation.
Seeking more reach, I bought a 7D Mkll, but was soon disappointed with the amount of noise at higher ISO.
I then traded the 7d ll and the 5d3, for the new 5d lV. I haven't got any more reach than I had with the 5d3, but the higher number of pixels, allows me to zoom in during processing, and crop to a greater extent than with the 5d3.
All in all it adds up to an expensive venture, but I am in photography heaven, Albeit an awful lot poorer.
The bottom line is that I can certainly recommend the 100-400L Mkll, both with and without the 1.4x lll. With the TC inline, it's f/8 and centre point focus only.
This is a discussion that has come up a number of times, on this and other forums, and there is no one solution that suits all.
Primarily, for most people, its a matter of what you can afford, and we all have our dream lenses. For me it would be the 600mm f/4 L prime, but at around £8k, that is not going to happen.
My first quality long lens was the 400mm f/5.6 L prime, and what a razor sharp lens it was. I used this with the 1.4x lll TC, to give me 560mm with the 5D3. The results were excellent, but there were times when image stabilisation would have been useful, also the ability to zoom out.
I seriously considered the Sigma 150_600s, but was put off by the weight. I could of course have gone for the C version, but like the dust/weather sealing on a lens.
The next option was the 100-400 L Mk1, but it was quite dated, and it's reputation for being a 'dust pump' was off putting.
So I bit the expensive bullet, and traded the 400mm prime in for the 100-400 L Mkll, and it has not disappointed, it is razor sharp, even with the 1.4x inline, very fast focussing, and of course image stabilisation.
Seeking more reach, I bought a 7D Mkll, but was soon disappointed with the amount of noise at higher ISO.
I then traded the 7d ll and the 5d3, for the new 5d lV. I haven't got any more reach than I had with the 5d3, but the higher number of pixels, allows me to zoom in during processing, and crop to a greater extent than with the 5d3.
All in all it adds up to an expensive venture, but I am in photography heaven, Albeit an awful lot poorer.
The bottom line is that I can certainly recommend the 100-400L Mkll, both with and without the 1.4x lll. With the TC inline, it's f/8 and centre point focus only.
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