Hello all, I recently joined the Canon family and just bought this lens a month ago and wanted to share the first few images with it. The lens is everything that I've read and lusted after for all these years: fast focusing, super sharp wide open and relatively light weight. In fact, when I received the box at UPS, I thought they made a mistake, there's no way that a 400mm lens can fit in a box that small. Well I was wrong
The lens works really well with the used 1DmkIIN and I bought a Manfrotto monopod to go with the setup. Together they rest nicely on my shoulder when I'm hiking through the trails.
Heavy crop, and had to brighten image +1.5 stops:
All taken out at Reifel Bird Sanctuary near Vancouver.