Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 or Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L

Hi all,

I've been reading your forum for the past month or so and this is my first post.

I'm on a budget of $1k max and I think I have narrowed my choices down to either the Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 or Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L

My goals for this lens are: To get a quality all round 200mm zoom lens that will take great images and good images if I use a teleconverter.

I spend most of my time photographing various birds and plants on my property, baseball games, and wildlife / scenic stuff on family vacations.

I would like to use a teleconverter on this lens to get more reach when needed. I would like to walk around with the lens and have reasonable reach without the bulk of a Bigma or other super telephoto.

So my question is am I going to be disappointed with either of these lens for my stated goals? Are there better options out there that I'm missing? Which would you guys choose?

Thanks in advance.

You can get a Canon 70-200 f/2.8L Non Is for about 900

Used 70-200 f/2.8 (if you don't mind the weight) or Sigma 70-200 f/2.8.

To be honest though, 200mm (even with a TC) might be a bit short for many of your stated uses (baseball, birds, wildlife).