How about getting the 300 f/4L IS and the 1.4 TC instead of the 100-400 IS?
What is the quality (sharpness and contrast) of the 300 f/4L IS Lens?
Photodo and Photozone rate it highly, but Chasseur d'Images found it to be
so-so...
Pierre
At 19:32 2/3/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Considering that these two lenses, new, will run nearly US$3000, you're
>already
>in "bird lens" territory if you consider a second-hand 300/2.8L. I can't speak
>from direct experience, but my guess is that you'd get better image
>quality from
>the 300/2.8 plus 1.4x extender (420mm) than from the telephoto zoom at 400mm.
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