Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras

Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras

Brand: Canon Model: 100-400IS Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 6.10" h x 8.10" w x 10.70" l, 3.00 pounds 100-400mm telephoto zoom lens with f/4.5 maximum aperture for Canon SLR cameras 2 Image Stabilizer modes make it easy to capture far-off action or close-in portraits Flourite and Super UD-glass elements largely eliminate secondary spectrum Compatibility with extenders 1.4x II and 2x II; 5.9-foot close focusing distance Measures 3.6 inches in diameter and 7.4 inches long; 1-year warranty

Equipped with an Image Stabilizer, the Canon EF 100-400mm telephoto zoom lens makes it easy to capture the far-off action of fast-paced sports or zoom in for an intimate portrait with a blurred background. The lens offer such features as fluorite and Super UD-glass elements that largely eliminate secondary spectrum; a floating system that ensures high picture quality at all focal lengths; two Image Stabilizer modes; and compatibility with extenders 1.4x II and 2x II. The lens carries a one-year warranty. Focal length: 100-400mm Maximum aperture: 1:4.5-5.6 Lens construction: 17 elements in 14 groups Diagonal angle of view: 24 to 6 degrees Focus adjustment: Rear focusing system with USM Closest focusing distance: 5.9 feet Zoom system: Linear extension type Filter size: 77mm Dimensions: 3.6 inches in diameter, 7.4 inches long Weight: 3.1 pounds

Most helpful customer reviews of 299 282 people found this review helpful. Pro lenses, state-of-the-art, large, heavy and intimidating Automatt I was using this lens for a few days now taken. You can use the pictures I took with him on my photo website, whose address [...]. You can also put the magazine with pictures with the lens side by side on my blog gadget www.geekcrack.com. Review. This is a serious lens. It's big and heavy and takes fantastic photos. The image stabilizer allows you an extra stop when shooting handheld, hard enough that it minimized. I took some spectacular pictures of the twilight to use this feature. For serious work, you need a tripod or other support, because this thing is heavy. Note that the photo shows the lens configuration on Amazon in his short ... Zoom at 400mm it is a little longer than the photo. It is a fantastic lens. Crisp, clear, with no ghostly glow that I noticed - not all - Lens Fast, completely silent autofocus is reasonably fast, the image stabilizer is actually a bit 'faster. The only problem I had with the image stabilizer is that it sometimes makes it difficult to adjust lines parallel to the edges of the photo. The way it works is that the IS is activated when you press the shutter button halfway. Begins about a second later and the viewfinder image is that they feel steadicam. When the image stabilizer comes in the viewfinder image moves a little '. You can throw out, if, like me, do a lot of cultures in the viewfinder rather than later in the laboratory. Of course, I'm using the auto focus mode servo, so it may have something to do with it. The manual focus ring is useful when the autofocus gets confused, which is not very often, but it really depends on what you use EOS. There is also a ring that is easy to put on zoom, what is material allowed because the lens is heavy enough to zoom in when you're not careful, in fact, mostly I use the lens in fixed lengths pull the up to the length I want and shoot for a while, instead of zooming dynamically each shot, as I unfolded it. The latter type is usually, I like to shoot with shorter zoom lenses. The child comes with a large storage box and a resistant cap, which I have not used yet. If you buy this, be sure to put the UV filter 77mm front lens. This will protect your investment and will help with long distance shots because the lens is so powerful it can be a problem atmospheric haze. If you choose, they will know that you are in a serious relationship with a powerful lens. The payoff is that you have the tools to extreme telephoto lens, sharp images, you can zoom, suitable for publication has. 112 of 116 people found the following review helpful. Image quality and zoom flexibility - almost magical Michael Morgan Comments on this lens on the web are mixed with some results that show soft, especially at 400 mm This is probably due to large variations in the sample targets. I decided to take a chance and seem to have been lucky. My copy, just received from Amazon (Build date of October 2005) produces incredibly sharp, contrasting my 20D at all focal lengths from 100 to 400. It's almost magical. The images are much sharper with the same f-stops to a 70-200 lens at 100-150mm f2.8IS and almost identical to 200 mm. Even open to the 400 mm lens is very strong. The 400 mm, compared with a very good lens Canon 400mm f5.6L main, with or without 1.4 X teleconverter The images have nearly the same sharpness and contrast, if the zoom stops for a third stop (eg, zoom 6.3, the first in 5.6). With 1.4 TC 4X both lenses had to focus manually, but it offers exceptional clarity, without noticeable loss of quality of care is fast and true and SE in this case actually works (and does.