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cardigan1979
24th of October 2004 (Sun), 17:19
Maybe on the wrong subject slighty,but has anyone had experiences in using this lens for sports. Is it as quick as the glorious Canon 70-200mm f2.8?

Ta
AzzKicker
24th of October 2004 (Sun), 18:48
I've heard good stuff about this lens. Its IS I believe as well.



300mm F4 with IS and a 1.4x TC :) would give a nice IS prime :)
pcasciola
24th of October 2004 (Sun), 21:07
I love my 300mm F/4L IS for shooting sports. After a lot of consideration between it and the 70-200mm f/2.8 IS, I decided to go with the 300mm first, and I think I made the right decision. I think I'll have problems with the F/4 shooting night sports which I haven't tried yet. I'm considering picking up a 200mm f/2.8 for that, and for times when the 300mm is too long with the 1.6x crop.

I also tried a friends 300mm f/2.8L IS, and it is a GREAT lens, but very tiring to hold. You can hand hold the 300mm F/4L IS all day long (not to mention saving $2500).

Here are a few pics I got from a couple of weeks ago:
http://www.casciola.com/pics/Eagles1.jpg
http://www.casciola.com/pics/Eagles2.jpg
http://www.casciola.com/pics/Eagles3.jpg
http://www.casciola.com/pics/Eagles4.jpg

And these were from last weekend on a totally overcast day, and I still managed a few good shots:
http://www.casciola.com/pics/10-17-2004a.jpg
http://www.casciola.com/pics/10-17-2004b.jpg
http://www.casciola.com/pics/10-17-2004c.jpg
http://www.casciola.com/pics/10-17-2004d.jpg
pcasciola
24th of October 2004 (Sun), 21:11
BTW, in case you didn't notice,

<------- The 300mm f/4L IS on a 20D body

This is of course assuming someone didn't do a search for this thread a year from when I originally posted this and I have the 400mm f/2.8L as my avatar now. :lol: :lol:
cardigan1979
25th of October 2004 (Mon), 02:38
Thanks for your views pcasciola, nice pix. I maybe be tempted if one comes up on E-bay. My only concern was the speed to react.

Ta very much
nosquare2003
25th of October 2004 (Mon), 03:48
I don't have the EF70-200/2.8 to compare the autofocus speed.

But my 300/4L non IS is pretty fast for autofocus. I just took air show photos with it on a 1D1 last week. It's fast enough to track the fighter jet kinds. A 300/4L + 1.4TC, however, slows down the autofocus speed a bit.
cardigan1979
25th of October 2004 (Mon), 04:32
Thanks, any info is very useful. I don't think a striker in the Coca Cola league 2 has a 'lightening burst' as a fighter jet so I think I could take a chance on this lens!!!
nosquare2003
25th of October 2004 (Mon), 05:45
If you have a EF70-200/2.8, would it be better to have a 400/5.6L?