I hope people selected from personal experience. Many lenses I did not include in this poll. Notable ones include EF 100-400, and EF 400/4 DO.
| POLL: "Best BIF (birds in flight) lens" |
 EF 300/4 L IS + 1.4x | 11 5.5% |
| EF 400/5.6 L | 89 44.5% |
| EF 300/2.8 L IS + 1.4x | 30 15% |
| EF 500/4 L IS | 68 34% |
| EF 500/4.5 | 1 0.5% |
| Sigma 500/4.5 | 1 0.5% |
gasrocks Cream of the Crop  13,432 posts Likes: 2 Joined Mar 2005 Location: Portage, Wisconsin USA More info | Mar 26, 2007 16:16 | #1 I hope people selected from personal experience. Many lenses I did not include in this poll. Notable ones include EF 100-400, and EF 400/4 DO. GEAR LIST
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calicokat Cream of the Crop  14,720 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Southern California More info | Mar 26, 2007 17:12 | #2 Well, its either the 400 F/5.6L or 500 F/4L IS for me. I voted for the 400L as I take it hiking and its easy to bring along. "You are going to fall off a cliff trying to get a better shot someday"- My hopeful and loving wife
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DoubleNegative *sniffles*  10,533 posts Likes: 11 Joined Mar 2006 Location: New York, USA More info | Mar 26, 2007 17:29 | #3 I would think the 100-400mm makes a great BIF lens... La Vida Leica!
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blonde Buck Naked Floozies  8,405 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Boston, MA More info | Mar 26, 2007 17:30 | #4 Double Negative wrote in post #2934769  I would think the 100-400mm makes a great BIF lens... it does but in my own opinion, not even close to how good the 400 f5.6 prime is for that purpose.
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DoubleNegative *sniffles* 10,533 posts Likes: 11 Joined Mar 2006 Location: New York, USA More info | Mar 26, 2007 17:48 | #5 blonde wrote in post #2934781 it does but in my own opinion, not even close to how good the 400 f5.6 prime is for that purpose. True, the prime would have the nod in sharpness. How does the AF compare between the two? La Vida Leica!
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gasrocks THREAD STARTER Cream of the Crop 13,432 posts Likes: 2 Joined Mar 2005 Location: Portage, Wisconsin USA More info | Mar 26, 2007 18:48 | #6 |
Billginthekeys Billy the kid  7,359 posts Likes: 2 Joined Nov 2005 Location: Islamorada, FL More info | Mar 26, 2007 18:48 | #7 the lightness and AF speed of the 400 5.6 makes it the easy winner here Mr. the Kid.
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wcl4 Senior Member 711 posts Joined Mar 2007 Location: Old Greenwich CT More info | Mar 26, 2007 18:56 | #8 Depends on the bird as well. Big raptor type birds aren't that hard to get with the 500mm while the little chicks are too quick for this size lens. WILLIAM LEE
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Tareq "I am very lazy, a normal consumer"  More info | I voted for 400 f5.6L but i want 500 f4 Galleries:
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Mar 26, 2007 19:06 | #10 I voted for the 400 f5.6L. I like 300 f2.8LIS without TC better, but it wasn't a George - SF Bay Area- 1D, 1Dmk2, 20D, 60D, 650D, 6D, 7Dmk2
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morehtml Goldmember  2,987 posts Likes: 1 Joined Aug 2005 Location: Murfreesboro, TN More info | Mar 26, 2007 20:27 | #11 Well I have a vote for 400 5.6 if handheld, or the 500 or 600 mounted on a Wimberley with or without extenders. ---------------
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calicokat Cream of the Crop 14,720 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Southern California More info | Mar 27, 2007 02:43 | #12 Me too "You are going to fall off a cliff trying to get a better shot someday"- My hopeful and loving wife
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condyk Africa's #1 Tour Guide  20,887 posts Likes: 22 Joined Mar 2005 Location: Birmingham, UK More info | Mar 27, 2007 02:47 | #13 Wow! I'm amazed that you guys have used all of these lenses and so can give opinions that hold water https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php?t=1203740
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calicokat Cream of the Crop 14,720 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Southern California More info | Mar 27, 2007 02:48 | #14 condyk wrote in post #2937307 Wow! I'm amazed that you guys have used all of these lenses and so can give opinions that hold water  I have the 400 F/5.6L and 100-400L, those are my opinions. The 500L is a want of a lens, can't comment as of yet "You are going to fall off a cliff trying to get a better shot someday"- My hopeful and loving wife
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sanjeedbd Senior Member 361 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2009 More info | Jan 25, 2010 01:09 | #15 Well, in fact no comparison of 400mm f/5.6L with any other glass due to following reasons:  EXIF Info Date/time of capture: 30Nov09, 4.47 pm Location: Kuakata, Bangladesh Camera: Canon EOS 450D Lens: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Shutter speed: 1/1600 Aperture: 6.3 ISO: 400 Exposer program: AV Position: Hand held Do I need to tell u which one I voted for?
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