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Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L is USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras

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  • 100-400mm telephoto zoom lens with f/4.5 maximum aperture for Canon SLR cameras
  • 2 Image Stabilizer modes make it easy to capture far-off action or close-in portraits
  • Flourite and Super UD-glass elements largely eliminate secondary spectrum
  • Compatibility with extenders 1.4x II and 2x II; 5.9-foot close focusing distance
  • Measures 3.6 inches in diameter and 7.4 inches long; 1-year warranty

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Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras.What's in the box: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Autofocus Lens, E-77U 77mm Snap-On Lens Cap,Lens Dust Cap E (Rear), ET-83C Lens Hood,Tripod Collar, LZ1324 Lens Case and 1-Year Warranty. From the Manufacturer Equipped with an Image Stabilizer, the Canon EF 100-400mm telephoto zoom lens makes it easy to capture the far-off action of fast-paced sports or zoom in for an intimate portrait with a blurred background. The lens offer such features as fluorite and Super UD-glass elements that largely eliminate secondary spectrum; a floating system that ensures high picture quality at all focal lengths; two Image Stabilizer modes; and compatibility with extenders 1.4x II and 2x II. The lens carries a one-year warranty. Focal length: 100-400mm Maximum aperture: 1:4.5-5.6 Lens construction: 17 elements in 14 groups Diagonal angle of view: 24 to 6 degrees Focus adjustment: Rear focusing system with USM Closest focusing distance: 5.9 feet Zoom system: Linear extension type Filter size: 77mm Dimensions: 3.6 inches in diameter, 7.4 inches long Weight: 3.1 pounds

Brand: Canon


Focal Length Description: 100-400 millimeters


Lens Type: Telephoto


Compatible Mountings: Canon EF


Camera Lens Description: 400 month


Product Dimensions: 7.44 x 3.62 x 3.62 inches


Item Weight: 3.04 pounds


Item model number: 2577A002


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: November 14, 2002


Manufacturer: Canon Cameras US


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First, I just want to say... I waited most of my life to get to the point where I could take professional quality pictures. Now that I am there, it is indeed everything I wanted it to be. I'm loving this. :-) This lens came to me because I accidentally dropped my 75mm-300mm non-IS non USM lens in the Gulf of Mexico while shooting the sunset at Lover's Key State Park, Florida. Some would argue that I probably did this on purpose just because I was sick of the poor quality of that lens, and although I do share your sentiments, I assure I did NOT do that on purpose. It *was* funny in its own way, but after realizing just how much damage was done to the internals and realizing I'd have to replace it, I was in fact quite horrified. I will quickly say this for that lens - it CAN yield good pictures, IF you know how to work it. Keep your aperture around F13 and stick to bright light, and it will produce... BUT It is NOT a pro lens, and it will NEVER be a pro lens. I took over a week to convince myself to put down the huge money for this "L" telephoto lens, and it took me about that long again before I was sure I'd done the right thing. I am sure now, more or less, but the painful expense still haunts me. That's one thing you have to get over if you want to take exceptional pictures - good images do in fact require good optics, and good optics COST. That's how it is currently, and you have to deal with it or do without. The plus side is the resale value on an L lens is HIGH if you treat it right, so if one day you need your money back out of it, you can get most of it back just fine. When I finally got my new lens, I was immediately shocked by the size and weight. Unless you've seen or held one before, you're going to be intimidated. Honestly though, on my first long outing, I came to find that it is NOT that bad, honestly. Make sure that your shoulder strap is wide, and you won't be bothered by it that much. I keep my camera crossed over to my other shoulder like an ammo belt, and the camera and lens lay nicely against my hip, even when I am walking fast. I can very quickly grab the camera, slide it up to my eye, hit the power slider, and shoot within seconds. The birdies never see it coming, pow. Now, I should add here that my combo is a Canon Digital Rebel XT and of course my new 100mm - 400mm L F5.6 IS USM. The first time I shot at all with this, I was disappointed and worried that I made a big mistake. Yes, I was making a mistake, but not in the purchase, just with what to expect from the lens' behavior compared to the 75-300mm that predeceased it. This is NOT that lens by any stretch, and the major differences combined with a mild concussion from a whoops at my workplace led me to bad assumptions and generally poor thinking on how to use it for a given scene. 1) Aperture on this lens does not behave like aperture on that 75-300. With that cheaper lens, aperture has a dramatic effect on sharpness. Not nearly as much with this lens. 2) The extra focal length means that any motion in the image can create blur if your shutter isn't fast enough. Make sure you've got lots of light if you are shooting moving objects. 3) IS only corrects for camera shake, NOT for subject motion. Don't go into a dimly lit scene expecting IS to save you with moving things in the frame, it won't work. Open the aperture as far as you dare, keep your ISO fairly high, kick the IS on to reduce your own movements, and then just take a LOT of shots. Not understanding or appreciating this simple fact of photography cost me a lot of good shots that first time out, and today when I go back I will definitely be better prepared. 4) Learn to treat the lens as if it is the main component of the camera. Don't go trying to attach/remove/adjust the lens as if the camera is your anchor... Believe me, this thing makes my Rebel XT feel like a toy, and if you misjudge the weight of this lens, it could slip out of your hand and really embarrass you. Respect the lens, definitely. No, I have NOT dropped my lens yet... are you kidding??? $1400!! Now that that is all out of the way, let me tell you why I will die before I ever let my new lens go: The images, omg... I never knew I could take such amazing pictures with my Rebel XT and honestly now I know I won't replace the camera body with anything better until the shutter dies in it. After I got my head better around shutter speed and lighting, the good images were simply incredibly good. Even with a Bower 2x Teleconverter, the better images are way better than even the 75mm-300mm could do. It's the contrast, color depth, and sharpness... this is a professional level lens and my God does it show, and I don't have to stop down to F13 to get good sharpness. :-) The IS is a wonderful tool, believe me. If you can get your subject to hold still, and you have reasonably stable hands, you can pull off great pictures at 1/30th of a second shutter time. I'm serious. It's more in what is moving in your scene than how steady you are, so long as you don't try for senselessly long exposure times. I love the IS and I am SO glad I held out for a lens that has it. The USM autofocus is just... wow... After so long of shooting with a lens with no USM, this is like having my cake with a double shot of apricot brandy with a little umbrella in it. When I go shooting at the beach, I am there primarily to shoot the wildlife (sea birds). When I'd shoot a bird in flight, I would take many exposures in hopes that one would turn out and be a good shot. This time out, I did that same thing with the new lens and I was amazed to find that I was getting intact sets of images of each bird I did this with. One or two of the first shots would be a touch out, maybe, but several would be in sharp focus. The AF keeps up fine with moving targets, and this is something totally new to me. The focus motor is fast, silent, and tack accurate, MILES beyond the old cheapie I sank in the ocean. Detect a bit of sarcasm there? :-) The zoom range leaves a hole for me between my kit 18mm-55mm lens (yes I know, I have a crap lens for wide angle... you can help me fund another L-glass lens any time you like), but honestly I haven't missed it yet. I adore the long focal length of this lens and if there's a softness to the 400mm end then I haven't really seen it yet. In fact, I'm looking at a test shot I took today using the 2x extender and the new lens for a combined FL of 800mm... scary huh... and I am seeing great sharpness, surprisingly enough. Had the target been out of the shadows and in the sun, I'd say I could have pulled off a really good picture from it. Not bad for a 300' distant shot of a cute girl in a strongly shadowed stairwell at combined 800mm, 1/800th of a second (F8.0!) exposure time FREE HANDED. It's amazing what you can do with this lens when you really try. So... I've babbled enough, although I could go on all day. Here's the pros and cons. Pros: Very solidly built, feels like a tank shell. Amazing image quality Fast USM focus IS is GREAT when thought out beforehand Manual focus ring is right there when you need it Sliding focus rather than rotating is actually quite nice Tension ring for focus is a great touch Very nice very solid tripod ring with bearings! How cool is that? VERY nice carry case... they really did do a nice thing with that. Cons: Heavy... wow heavy. Weighs like a tank shell too... But, it's a PRO lens, what do you want? Ok so it IS white... actually beige white, mine is. Believe me, if you still care about the color a week after using it heavily, you are spoiled and should shoot with an old Digital Rebel 300D plus 18-55mm kit lens ONLY until you regain your sense of perspective. It took me ONE DAY to forgive it for being white. ;-) It's BIG. Its so big that you will likely have to reconsider your entire outfit and how you carry everything around in the field. I find personally that the size of the thing is actually a bigger deal to me than the weight, surprisingly enough. If you have a Rebel XT or similar, the camera does look a little silly stuck to it, but here again WHO CARES... the images omg!! Sometimes you can forget that you are balancing the lens with a hand under the focuser, and accidentally knock your shot out of focus. Also, since the focus and zoom tension rings move as one, it's easy enough to de-tense the zoom while focusing. It's a learning process, and not all that terrible really. Canon, honestly... almost $1400US for a lens and no UV filter for the front. Maybe this is me being nitpicky but really... what would it cost them to provide you this very basic protection for your very expensive lens? Just be sure not to forget to get one... and make sure you remember this is 77MM threading, not 58 or anything else! One last comment: If you are like I was, and struggling to make a tough decision... perhaps this will help. This is a Black Oystercatcher on the beach at Lover's Key, shot at full 400mm from about 40+ feet or so away in terrible light and free handed - no tripod. Note the tiny water droplets on the feathers. Before I got this lens, I would have told you I wish I could do pictures like this one. Now I not only can, I AM. :-) ISO 200, F5.6, 400mm FL, 1/640 sec. [...] Make like N**e and just do it! :-) Edit: Update Jan 7, 2012 - Some months back, a strange thing happened to my lens. At least I thought it was strange until I read others' comments about the very same thing happening to them. The tension ring began to bind on me, making tensing the zoom difficult to impossible to do right. Then it happened - tiny bearings began to fall out. I tried to fix the problem myself but it proved to be way beyond my abilities. I ended up removing all the bearings, which of course defeated the tension ring entirely. To fix this would be very expensive, so I just go around with it as is. I still love my "secret weapon" gigantic tank-shell L-glass lens, how could I not, but I am less than impressed with the fact that this is a KNOWN problem with these lenses and Canon apparently couldn't see this coming enough to jump on the problem quickly so that it would fade into myth and people like me would have been spared the horror of over a hundred tiny ball bearings falling out of the lens. Long and short of it? GREAT lens... not so great job on the tension ring mechanism! 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Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2008 by NightRunner417
    • Primarily used for Plane Spotting (aviation photography)
Product Packaging: Standard Packaging
I did much research before committing to this particular lens. I considered the EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM, the EF 70-200 f/2.8L II IS USM, and the 1.4 and 2x Extenders for use with either of those listed lenses. After much reading, I decided to spend my money on this for the following reasons: -I want the most versatility while carrying the least amount of lenses. -I am not concerned about carrying large and heavy lens/camera combinations. Thanks USMC. -I take photos of aircraft at airports and in overhead flight. -I wanted to avoid using Extenders (see next comment). -I would use an Extender on the EF 70-200 f/2.8L (and the II) IS USM but that's much more expensive. Pros: -I actually love the telescoping characteristic of the zoom function of this lens. I got used to it quickly and have learned to appreciate how quickly I can capture aircraft traveling at me, past me, or away from me. Keep track of the tension ring to ensure you don't upset stability of hold while on burst settings. I have used this lens many times and have yet to experience the "dust pump" phenomenon that many have written about. I think this urban legend may be anecdotal nonsense. -Lens comes complete with hood, lens cap, rear cap, and quality storage case (don't purchase those separately). -Tripod ring included and it can be loosened and rotated to 12 o'clock for when in the hand-held mode for ease of carry. -I've found that WITH GOOD LIGHTING, I obtain excellent photos on f/8, ISO 100, ~+.25-.5 Exp. Comp., and with a shutter speed appropriate for the speed of aircraft. -Autofocus is pretty fast...not as fast as my EF 70-200 f/4L USM, but fast enough. Hunts every once in a while, but this hasn't been a problem. Out of thousands of shots, I've only lost a couple due to AF hunting (in the sets of rapid fire shots). -Doesn't cost as much as an EF 70-200 f/2.8L II IS USM; especially when one adds the cost of an Extender (and then deals with the associated loss of aperture stops, albeit minimal with the aforementioned world class lens). -Makes me look like I know what I'm doing. For those who [really] know what they're doing, after reading this, you know that I'm a newbie. Oh, and airport security can see that I am just a harmless plane spotter from a long ways off since the lens is off-white and HUGE and they leave me alone. Cons: -Expensive no matter how one slices that. (Not really a con, per se, for me). -Needs well planned and continuously worked lighting to support crisp shots. -Not as precise at 400mm than say, at 350mm (but that's probably just the way it goes). -Can be tricky when using an Extender in the mix. Frankly, though, I haven't yet found a situation with the lens, as it is, that really finds me needing an Extender anyway. That's why I bought the 400mm in the first place. -In tight plane spotting situations (i.e. Gravelly Point Park at Reagan National...where the airplanes are literally feet above you) 100mm is just too much zoom and one looses shot opportunities on close aircraft. So that's why I kept my trusty EF 70-200 f/4L USM and carry it with me in the bag. Again, I'm not worried about the weight. Would I recommend this lens to someone else? Absolutely. If you want 300-400mm capability (on top of ~100-300), then you're pretty much stuck with this choice. Great glass (it's an "L") and solid build. Don't be frightened away by the myth of the "dust pump". Perhaps that might be a problem if you live in Afghanistan, but it's not been a problem whatsoever for me. I've grown to love the sliding zoom feature and have figured out the tension ring to ensure I don't have to pull too hard to get adjustment while I have the shutter release depressed for a series of shots. If you're a plane spotter and find yourself in situations with pesky air traffic controllers who like to play tricks on you, then you better get this lens. It is the only one I've found that can do the relatively close shots well and gives you that 300-400mm for those shots you wouldn't otherwise attempt. LOVE THIS LENS. I have also purchased a B&W 77mm UV haze filter (that works great) and a 77mm circular polarizer to enhance aircraft/sky contrast since many aircraft are painted white/gray/or light blue. Now fork over the cash and get some great photos with this lens (and be sure to learn all those crazy functions on your Manual setting and forget about automatic modes). ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2013 by Christian P. Wade

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