On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:46:09 -0700, "Chip Louie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to:
>If you limit yourself to f/5.6 which is about as slow as you can go and >still get decent AF performance out of an EOS 10D you may find the EF 500 >4.5L (on a 10D about 800mm), is too limiting in practice and the same can be >said of the EF 500 4L IS. At [EMAIL PROTECTED]/4 and 1,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/5.6 the EF >500 4L IS >may be too long with an EOS 10D for many uses. The EF 400 f/4DO IS (this is >NOT an "L" class lens and for good reason), or EF 300 2.8L IS lenses may be >better choices and offer better compromises depending on what you shoot and >how. The other option of the EF 300 2.8L IS is not too far from the EF 400 >f/4DO IS in terms of weight/ size and price. > >Considering that the EF 300 2.8L IS can offer you [EMAIL PROTECTED]/2.8 (MUCH sharper >and a stop faster than an EF 70-200 2.8L IS with EF 1.4X), [EMAIL PROTECTED]/4 (about >the same as the EF 400 f/4 DO IS optically), and [EMAIL PROTECTED] compared to the >EF 400 f/4DO IS 35mmEFOV of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/4 and [EMAIL PROTECTED]/5.6. Granted >the EF 300 >with an EF 2XII might not quite match the EF 400DO w/EF 1.4X optically but I >doubt the differences are going to amount to much if any and you get an >extra focal length that is one stop faster for the very low price of an EF >2X II converter. Or he could just get the 100-400L IS and forget about all you said :-) -- Jim Davis, owned by Standard Poodles Lambert and Sasha http://jimdavis.oberro.com/Stuff/Dogs/dogs.html http://www.easternbeaver.com/ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
