Soldato
I'll try my best to keep this concise!
Current (relevant) inventory:
6D mkii and M50 bodies
70-200mm f4 L IS, 300mm f4 L IS
My 300mm f4, although pin sharp on my 6D, is starting to really show its age, particularly with focussing. I recently purchased the M50 to aid my 6D with my event shooting (mostly outdoor sports) and the 300mm AF is unbearably slow on this camera - using with a third party adapter however I've read even the genuine Canon adapter only marginally helps. It also isn't very sharp on the M50 although this is to be expected with a FF lens on a crop body.
In an ideal world I would love to purchase the 100-400 L mkii however this is just way outside of my budget right now. So my current thinking is sell the 300mm for the 70-300mm. The latter can be picked up for around £500 right now so it's a jump of around £150 if I get £350 for my 300mm which I feel is a conservative figure. I have no doubt the 70-300mm will spend 95% of its time at the long end of the zoom however I would be willing to sacrifice a small amount of sharpness for better (or quicker I should say) AF. However, I'm not sure if I could give up the f4 aperture.
That brings me on to my 70-200. Now I love this lens and I appreciate it would be completely overlapped by the 70-300 but I would prefer to keep it for the constant f4. Plus it means I have a zoom lens for each camera. Although maybe those of you who have used both could say if the 70-300 is every bit as sharp as the 70-200, despite the aperture differences?
Now I could buy a 1.4 extender but I have had two of these over the years and both have eventually been sold as I generally have not liked the image degradation that comes with them and again the AF seems to suffer ever so slightly.
Any wisdom or experience you wish to share would be greatly appreciated!
Current (relevant) inventory:
6D mkii and M50 bodies
70-200mm f4 L IS, 300mm f4 L IS
My 300mm f4, although pin sharp on my 6D, is starting to really show its age, particularly with focussing. I recently purchased the M50 to aid my 6D with my event shooting (mostly outdoor sports) and the 300mm AF is unbearably slow on this camera - using with a third party adapter however I've read even the genuine Canon adapter only marginally helps. It also isn't very sharp on the M50 although this is to be expected with a FF lens on a crop body.
In an ideal world I would love to purchase the 100-400 L mkii however this is just way outside of my budget right now. So my current thinking is sell the 300mm for the 70-300mm. The latter can be picked up for around £500 right now so it's a jump of around £150 if I get £350 for my 300mm which I feel is a conservative figure. I have no doubt the 70-300mm will spend 95% of its time at the long end of the zoom however I would be willing to sacrifice a small amount of sharpness for better (or quicker I should say) AF. However, I'm not sure if I could give up the f4 aperture.
That brings me on to my 70-200. Now I love this lens and I appreciate it would be completely overlapped by the 70-300 but I would prefer to keep it for the constant f4. Plus it means I have a zoom lens for each camera. Although maybe those of you who have used both could say if the 70-300 is every bit as sharp as the 70-200, despite the aperture differences?
Now I could buy a 1.4 extender but I have had two of these over the years and both have eventually been sold as I generally have not liked the image degradation that comes with them and again the AF seems to suffer ever so slightly.
Any wisdom or experience you wish to share would be greatly appreciated!
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