Now just need to convince my better half!
I was having the same dilemma so thats made my mind up also... I need to find a way to sneak it into the camera bag without the wife seeing
Since you've already got a 70-200L, that won't be necessary. Just ensure that she only sees one big white lens at a time. Therefore there is only one big white lens.Now just need to convince my better half!
I need to find a way to sneak it into the camera bag without the wife seeing
Since you've already got a 70-200L, that won't be necessary. Just ensure that she only sees one big white lens at a time. Therefore there is only one big white lens.
there is a new sigma, 120-400 with OS and HSM, but its still not quite as good as the canon.
Remember reading somewhere (ages ago) that the 1.4x extender does not work with the 100-400L. Autofocus was disabled I think it said although there was a workaround that involved taping up some of the contacts on the converter or lens. Is that still correct or has the current version of the extender remedied this?
It's still correct, but it's not an issue specific to the 100-400L. You can use an Extender, and the metering and IS all work, but Canon DSLRs will only AF if the maximum lens aperture is f/5.6 or better (f/8 for 1D-series DSLRs). Using a 1.4x Extender makes the 100-400L into a 140-560mm f/6.3-8 lens, so it will only AF on a 1D-series. It is possible to tape over some of the contacts to fool the camera into believing there is no Extender present, so it will at least try to AF (though at f/8 it may struggle!). But I have no first-hand experience of how well this works or whether there re any downsides.Remember reading somewhere (ages ago) that the 1.4x extender does not work with the 100-400L. Autofocus was disabled I think it said although there was a workaround that involved taping up some of the contacts on the converter or lens. Is that still correct or has the current version of the extender remedied this?
£140 for the 10-22 EFS .
I saw about 40 100-400mm L at oulton park on monday so they're selling well
Phoned Park Cameras today to see about a trade in of some of my old kit and they quoted £500 for the 5D and £140 for the 10-22 EFS - not that they have the lens in stock at the moment mind you.
Are these reasonable?
*edit - not looking to sell these via this site so don't PM me please.
It is possible to tape over some of the contacts to fool the camera into believing there is no Extender present, so it will at least try to AF (though at f/8 it may struggle!). But I have no first-hand experience of how well this works or whether there re any downsides.
You can still manually focus the 100-400mm + 1.4x TC or 2x on a small sensor body like a 50D