Advice for 100-400

[Daniel Browning]

But I have read "horrors"[img]/emoticons/emotion-7.gif[/img] about 100-400 sharpness (so,so) and that fact that one must be a lucky guy to have a good copy (I want to buy it new)

I don't think that's true. There may have been more bad copies five years ago, but recently most people (including me) got really sharp ones.

[Bombsight]

No issues with my 100-400 L.


Bought it about a year and 1/2 ago.





Heres one taken with the 5DMKII .... About 120 yards away ...

[Tabazan]

Well, thanks to all,


Seeing all these pics, seems that this lens is very good after all.

[Sheiky]

Tabazan, one thing to keep in mind is that when someone encounters a problem, they tend to ask on forums and complain everywhere, but when they don't encounter problems they surely will not put that on the internet(at least most of the time).


That's how horror-story's start...I say don't worry to much unless you're buying 2nd hand, or when quality sites as this one or dpreview announce "official" bugs and don't recommend the lens you want to buy.


With 2nd hand you don't (at least most of the time) get a chance to either get your money back or trade a lemon for a good lens. So always try them out properly[]