I'm comsedering this lens mostly for out door sporting events . Can anyone shear the good the bad and the ugly on this lens .
salinas20d Member 135 posts Joined May 2006 More info | Sep 10, 2006 16:28 | #1 I'm comsedering this lens mostly for out door sporting events . Can anyone shear the good the bad and the ugly on this lens .
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liza Cream of the Crop 11,386 posts Likes: 1 Joined Feb 2005 Location: Mayberry More info | Sep 10, 2006 16:31 | #2  Permanent banIt gets an 8.7 on the Fred Miranda review site.
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fatdeeman Senior Member 327 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2004 Location: Wales, formerly southampton UK More info | Sep 10, 2006 16:41 | #3 Wrong lens buddy! He's talking about the 400mm prime. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatdeeman/
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fatdeeman Senior Member 327 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2004 Location: Wales, formerly southampton UK More info | Sep 10, 2006 16:45 | #4 Compared to a 400mm f/4 non DO
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steved110 Cream of the Crop  5,776 posts Likes: 2 Joined Dec 2005 Location: East Sussex UK More info | fatdeeman wrote: Wrong lens buddy! He's talking about the 400mm prime. Ooops! Canon 6D
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Madweasel Cream of the Crop  6,224 posts Likes: 61 Joined Jun 2006 Location: Fareham, UK More info | fatdeeman wrote: Compared to a 400mm f/4 non DO
Excuse my ignorance, I haven't been a Canon Man all that long, but is that non-DO an old lens? I've never seen one listed. Mark.
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fatdeeman Senior Member 327 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2004 Location: Wales, formerly southampton UK More info | Sep 10, 2006 17:03 | #7 Yeah it's an older one and I think it's f/5.6 too *corrected* http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatdeeman/
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aero145 Senior Member  909 posts Joined May 2006 Location: Germany More info | Up: Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM - prototype. Notice no green ring. EOS 5D Mark II | EF24-105 f/4L IS | EF100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS | EF200 f/2.8L II | 580EX | Manfrotto 055xProB + 808RC4, and 679B
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Madweasel Cream of the Crop 6,224 posts Likes: 61 Joined Jun 2006 Location: Fareham, UK More info | aero145 wrote: Down: Canon EF 400mm f/4L USM - prototype. One of one built What a pity - I think I'd have gone for one of those! Mark.
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BiikeMike Senior Member  656 posts Joined Aug 2006 Location: Richmond, VA More info | Sep 10, 2006 19:19 | #10 so, for a newB, what is DO? 30D w/Grip; 10Dw/Grip; 70-200 f/4 L; 17-40 f/4 L; Canon 50mm 1.8 II,; Tokina 10-17 f/3.5-4.5; 580EX, 430EX. lotsa' memory, lotsa' batteries. Macbook Pro 2.16 15" w/2 gigs RAM. Mac Pro 2.66 Quad w/5 gigs RAM. Adobe CS3/Lightroom
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RbrtPtikLeoSeny My love, my baby 2,482 posts Likes: 1 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Mont Vernon, NH More info | BiikeMike wrote: so, for a newB, what is DO? Diffractive Optics, minimal positive affect on image quality, huge affect on the size of a lens.
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fatdeeman Senior Member 327 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2004 Location: Wales, formerly southampton UK More info | Sep 10, 2006 19:38 | #12 In short it's a way of designing lenses so that they are a lot shorter and lighter than lenses of equal focal lengh using traditional methods of construction. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatdeeman/
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calicokat Cream of the Crop  14,720 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Southern California More info | Sep 10, 2006 20:00 | #13 For the price or the 400 DO, I'd get a 300 F/2.8L IS and 1.4x converter. Same size, alot less money and better reviews "You are going to fall off a cliff trying to get a better shot someday"- My hopeful and loving wife
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Billginthekeys Billy the kid  7,359 posts Likes: 2 Joined Nov 2005 Location: Islamorada, FL More info | aero145 wrote: Up: Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM - prototype. Notice no green ring. Down: Canon EF 400mm f/4L USM - prototype. One of one built wow, thought that lens looked wierd. Man i wish they would have made that lens....... Mr. the Kid.
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SolPics Senior Member  709 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jun 2005 Location: Solana Beach, CA More info | calicokat wrote: For the price or the 400 DO, I'd get a 300 F/2.8L IS and 1.4x converter. Same size, alot less money and better reviews Actually, the 400 DO is 4.3 lbs, and the 300 f/2.8 L IS is 6 lbs without the TC, so the 400 is much lighter. As far as sharpness, I have used the 300 with a TC and it's phenomenal and I don't know how the 400 DO compares. SolPics
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