EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

[eaglesona]

I have been mulling over buying Canons EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens, and was wondering what people thought about it.

Andrew

[eaglesona]

Scratch that one. I ment the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Canon lens.

[mwfanelli]

Scratch that one. I ment the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Canon lens.

I have the older 75-300 IS lens that I love. It has good, though not excellent, quality with a very useful range. THe new one you are considering is allegedly improved.

I had the 100-400 L IS for a while. Really great images as you'd expect from an L lens. But is was big, heavy, and very annoying to travel with. A great lens is useless if you have to leave it home all the time!