Dubaiian
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Hello everyone,
i love prime lenses and go on safari twice a year to Africa etc. I also enjoy shooting birds but need a lot of practise on my technique. Currently my go to lens is a 100-400 but i never get what I feel are the standard I expect. Sometimes my 70-200 mkII with a teleconvertor is better.
Now, on my local eBay equivalent there is a 300mm f2.8 at what I feel is a fair price for this part of the world (around usd4k). I've not seen it yet but the seller states its near perfect. Couple of questions to people who have used this kit
1. Is this lens dramatically better than my 100-400? If it is, I may sell my 100-400 to help pay for the new lens
2. I have mkIII 1.4 and 2x canon teleconvertors so this lens could have significant reach on my 5diii and even more on my 7d. Question, how much degradation would I see? I know that I would lose some f stops, but as my 5d autofocuses to f8 this should be ok.
Please, any advice from people with actual experience is greatly appreciated, please don't suggest Sigma 150-500 as I owned that and never really got on wi it either due to the lack of low light ability. African lions wake up VERY early!!!
Many thanks in advance
ian
i love prime lenses and go on safari twice a year to Africa etc. I also enjoy shooting birds but need a lot of practise on my technique. Currently my go to lens is a 100-400 but i never get what I feel are the standard I expect. Sometimes my 70-200 mkII with a teleconvertor is better.
Now, on my local eBay equivalent there is a 300mm f2.8 at what I feel is a fair price for this part of the world (around usd4k). I've not seen it yet but the seller states its near perfect. Couple of questions to people who have used this kit
1. Is this lens dramatically better than my 100-400? If it is, I may sell my 100-400 to help pay for the new lens
2. I have mkIII 1.4 and 2x canon teleconvertors so this lens could have significant reach on my 5diii and even more on my 7d. Question, how much degradation would I see? I know that I would lose some f stops, but as my 5d autofocuses to f8 this should be ok.
Please, any advice from people with actual experience is greatly appreciated, please don't suggest Sigma 150-500 as I owned that and never really got on wi it either due to the lack of low light ability. African lions wake up VERY early!!!
Many thanks in advance
ian