300mm F/4 L IS USM - some advice please!

Soldato
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I think that this is going to be my next glass purchase - it is fast enough for me at F/4 with the IS (no reason to go silly and get the F/2.8) and although not as versatile as the 100-400L it is supposed to offer much improved image quality. According to a couple of reviews, at F/8 the F/4 IS version is just as sharp as the F/2.8 too, which is a bonus.

I plan to couple this with the 1.4x TC at some point too.

The problem for me is that obviously its a lot of cash to spend on a lens that is fairly specific in application compared to the 100-400L so I want to make sure the IQ is right up there with the best of them and there are no gremlins to avoid!

I have seen a couple of samples that have blown me away but I dont know what sort of post processing etc had been done on them so I throw it open to you guys that have had/used this lens to put up some samples, tell me your user experiences etc and give me a better idea about this lens! I trust the opinions of people I see regularly posting etc over some randoms that I dont know on FM etc

Cheers guys!
 
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