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re lenses
Yes,the 400 F 5.6 L is the way to go for birding-I bought this lens for the number on reason of birding and aircraft photography.
It came down to 3 choices the 100-400 canon,the 300 F4 prime canon,and the 400 L.
The 100-400 was quickly stuck of my list-to heavy and bulky,and personally I do not the 'pus-pull'.
When you are in the rough bush locations I go to,I found when at 400 on the 100-400 it was too long and cumbersome.
Also some copies of the 100-400 are good and some are so-so.
The 400 L is very quick to focus,very light,the hood slips over the body when not in use,and very quickly can be drawn out to be in use-this fact may not seem much,but out in the field time is everything.Also you will find you are always at 400 for birding,so the extra weight of the 100-400 was just a needless extra
The girth of the 400L is nice to hold,same tripod ring as the 70-200 F4 lens.
also for astronomy photography the 400L really shines-its a 'defacto' Tak 106 f 5.6,I really have not used it much for astro work,but what I have seen tells me its very good for that type of thing.
I never use a tripod or monopod,so do not let the 'man-babies' tell you its no good because its got no IS.
Here is an image from a birdwatching trip-(walking back to camp,and it came in low.I'd like to have gotten a bit closer to the back set cargo)
70-200 to short for birding,great for general use,larger animals like deer and kudu.
Hope this helps
Chris
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