If its here i cant find it, post your sports pic with the 100-400 L IS

[akhoopes]

I've looked and looked and looked, checked the serach, checked the archives, birds animals is mostly all i can find, i know people on here use it for sports even though most say not to. so post your pics, lets see them im couriouse to see what it can do even with all the negitve review ive gotten about it and sports. Thanks for participating. This will be a big help, i ordered one and its back ordered so maybe ill keep it maybe ill cancel before it ships and get something else im trying to decide so post them up , i only want to see sports of any kind. thanks again.

[MaDProFF]

one of my favorites
I like this lens, but it is dependent on light, or good ISO noise

I have some other versions somewhere the big one needed rotating a bit
there are a few sports on my web site taken with the 100-400 all the Cricket ones are
in the right hands this lens can capture some great shots, I am still learning and a novice

[akhoopes]

nice pics thanks for the reply, im mostly going to be shooting football, American , and soccer outside, soccer and peewee football during the day, and Friday night high school footall. so im sure ill have to get some kind of 2.8 to 2.0 lens eventually like the 200 or somthing like that but this is the one im going with for now. thanks again

[MaDProFF]

well 200 is now where near long enough for full size soccer pitches, and I doubt you would be able to shoot with the 100-400 at night, unless it was really well lit up, though I have not had opportunity to use at nite, or do football so far with my 100-400
but if you want to see a few more just look at web site for the cricket ones, it is pretty sharp when you get it right, and I still learning

But I don't think you will be disappointed with it

[akhoopes]

im sure i wont either ive looked at alot of pictures taken with it on this site, im just worried what my wife is gonna say when i say oh honey i need to get a 400mm prime lens for sports, she will say doesn't this one go 400, then ill have to explain apature for the 8th time again, lol, since june i have bought the 30d, the 24-70L the 70-200 f4L is, and now the 100-400 l and 1 alien bee 800 and a ring flash, lol she is about done with me spending money, so ill have to make due till next summer im sure, lol, thanks again for your replies, and for the rest keep posting those pics.

[MaDProFF]

found another ok one

[MaDProFF]

ok last one though got loads I not looked at
100% crop no PP, 320mm f7.1 1/1000 400 ISO
hmm actually I can see how good and sharp this lens is, but what do I know, but I am Happy

[akhoopes]

looks like a good sports lens to me, how bad is it really in low light, like at a football game, American football at night in a stadium, with the lights on the field and all. thanks for your posts, i know more people use this for that so lets see them

[col4bin]

looks like a good sports lens to me, how bad is it really in low light, like at a football game, American football at night in a stadium, with the lights on the field and all. thanks for your posts, i know more people use this for that so lets see them

The 100-400 will most likely be too slow for shooting sports at night, especially at the longer focal lengths where maximum aperture is f/5.6. Freezing action will be extremely difficult. At f/4 you may get some shots but you will be bumping up the iso to the max.