Made a mistake buying the Canon 100-400mm!!

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Bought this a week ago and didnt realise just how much light it needs to keep the shutter speed up until I used it recently :( Was hoping to use it for baseball and outdoor sports as well as wildlife but seems I need a faster lens for the sports side of things.

Do you think it's worth selling it for £750 and getting the 70-200mm F2.8? What are other people's experiences of this?
 
I had the 100-400 before selling it and buying the 70-200 2.8 IS and 2x extender which gave me the same setup at length but better at closer range.

The 100-400 is a great wildlife lens, but it doest take a lot of getting used to! I used it for wildlife, and got some cracking pictures from it. The reason behind the sale was I was beginning to do wedding work and it didn't work too well indoors (at all in fact...).

So I would give it some patience for a couple of weeks and see if you can get used to it! I think in food terms, its like marmite!!
 
Totality said:
Bought this a week ago and didnt realise just how much light it needs to keep the shutter speed up until I used it recently :( Was hoping to use it for baseball and outdoor sports as well as wildlife but seems I need a faster lens for the sports side of things.

Do you think it's worth selling it for £750 and getting the 70-200mm F2.8? What are other people's experiences of this?
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Will 200mm be long enough for you? the 70-200 2.8 is a fantastic lens, but, if its not long enough for what you want, it wont be much good
 
If you don't need the zoom i'd consider the 300mm f4 IS as Khan mentions.

Relatively cheap and by far the sharpest lens i've used - even wide open.

Another bonus is the lightning fast USM focussing.

Only downsides are the ye olde IS. It's fairly clunky and noisy and only really helps gain a stop or so.

and what SDK says:

SDK^ said:
It's useless for indoor sports but should be good for outdoor stuff.
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gt
 
Yeah I used the 300mm F4 a few weeks back and thought it was great. I'm looking to do indoor stuff too though so need the extra F-Stop really.

Was thinking of the 70-200mm with 1.4x extender for when its really needed. Would LOVE the 300mm 2.8 but dont think my kidneys are worth that much on the black market due to all the drinking I did in the uni days :(
 
Totality said:
Yeah I used the 300mm F4 a few weeks back and thought it was great. I'm looking to do indoor stuff too though so need the extra F-Stop really.

Was thinking of the 70-200mm with 1.4x extender for when its really needed. Would LOVE the 300mm 2.8 but dont think my kidneys are worth that much on the black market due to all the drinking I did in the uni days :(
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What's your budget?
 
I did see a battered 300mm f2.8 canon once which was close to 1k but it was in a pretty sorry state.

If you need speed then a 70-200 f2.8 would be good. Sigma's is very decent and quite affordable. It would then allow you to pick up something like the 300mm f/4 as well.

That way you'd have a tool for each job.

gt
 
Sigma 120-300 F2.8 for the win :)

New they are approx £1600, but you can pick them up 2nd hand for about £800-£1000.
I've just sold mine for £1k including a 1.4x convertor.
 
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