yippeee! a deal on the 100-400L zoom

Never used but pre-owned [Canon Zoom Telephoto EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS (Image Stabilizer) USM Autofocus Lens USA] @ my local dealer was traded for a 35-300.

The dealer let me put it on lay away for $0 and the cost is just a bit over $1k.

I know this lens is not highly rated, but it should be great fun for my outdoor nature stuff. This will be my first IS lens...

And I can pick it up after April 15th

Hi,

Before you do check out the Sigma 80-400 OS.
I decided to buy that after reading some reviews about the 100-400L and must say I LOVE it, and it's about the same price as the Canon.

See my review on this forum.

Greetings,
Frank

Figment: The 100-400L is probably THE most underrated lens that Canon has. You will be amazed at the results you will achieve with it. I absolutely love mine in spite of a minor AF problem that Canon eventually resolved. It's an awesome piece of glass. Here is an example of what the 100-400 can do:

gallery at: http://racefamily.raci​nglines.com …/Portland/3_Day​/index.htm

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RFMSports

That my friend, is an AWSOME picture! I doubt I'll ever match it...

8)

The key is, you can. You will be using the exact same lens that was used to capture that shot. Sports shooting is a matter of being in the right place at the right time. That in itself takes skill as you learn the sport you're shooting. Then the photographic skills kick in.

I can hardly wait until this new season starts...

Thanks for the encouragement I'll be at Grattan in June. Motorcycles are my real passion. I have 3...but my Z06 is a close second.

Jim,
I love looking at that shot.
The heat waves are really impressive but what grabs me is the drivers eyes locked on the pit guy at the left wheel.
You can almost hear him saying "Give me the sign, give me the sign, let me outta here."
The esscence of pit lane.

I kinda like that shot too! Also if you go to the gallery and view the sequence it's pretty cool.

Cool! I'm hoping to shoot some bikes this year too over at PIR.

RFMSports wrote:
Figment: The 100-400L is probably THE most underrated lens that Canon has. You will be amazed at the results you will achieve with it. I absolutely love mine in spite of a minor AF problem that Canon eventually resolved. It's an awesome piece of glass. Here is an example of what the 100-400 can do:

gallery at: http://racefamily.raci​nglines.com …/Portland/3_Day​/index.htm

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Nice series of shots RMF. Did you do a USM when you posted with BreezBrowser? The vapors look a little oversharpened. But I know the originals are awesome. Great work. Why does the Exif say "self timer 65 seconds"??
I can't wait for CART to come back to Houston, if ever. Or we get the track built in Alvin for Nascar...

Unlike RFMSports.. I find mine a tad soft at 400mm..

I have to give the images a bump of contrast and USM to make them more to my liking.. But otherwise, it's a great lens.. It's really sharp at all the other focal lengths.. I'll be keeping it for a long time to come

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What is it with you Jims and your "L" glass?

You both have some excellent pictures there. Jim T - that is sharp as a tack, not to mention a pleasing effect from the light and shadows. And of course, RFM already knows that I like the motorsports photos.

I left BB at its default so yes, it did actually add its own USM on top of what I applied in PSP. There was no USM applied to any specific area. The vapor roils are as they were shot and they always are amplified in high-speed shots, so while they are not as our eyes would see them in real life (they are 'frozen' in high-speed shots), they are certainly not oversharpened. If I had shot that at a much lower speed, you would not see them much at all and they'd just become part of the general background bokeh.

Jim_T wrote:
Unlike RFMSports.. I find mine a tad soft at 400mm..

I have to give the images a bump of contrast and USM to make them more to my liking.. But otherwise, it's a great lens.. It's really sharp at all the other focal lengths.. I'll be keeping it for a long time to come

I beg to differ Jim. That shot is as sharp as they come. You can almost touch the water droplets on that duck. We're shhoting two different (pardon the horrible pun) animals here. Feathers will appear less sharp than the shiny paint, chrome wheels and livery of a ChampCar.