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

Excellent lens for shooting wildlife without having to get super close and scaring the animal/bird. The level is detail is really good. It takes a little bit longer to focus, so it's not as quick to catch moving objects compared to my macro lens, but the stability is better. Comes with a lens hood and carrying case, so you don't need to worry about buying those separately, which is a plus. I was worried about ordering a lens online, but given that EF lenses are being phased out and harder to come by in stores, online is really the only way to get your hands on one these days. To my relief, the lens was packaged and insulated very well and arrived in perfect condition. It still takes me a bit of trial and error to get the lens lined up and twisted onto my camera every time I attach it, but it fits perfectly on my Canon Rebel T5 body. It is a bit heavy to carry but with the carrying case and strap it's not bad. Worth every dollar.

I love this lens! I first rented one for a trip to Alaska, and it took wonderful pictures under less than ideal situations - on moving buses, boats, and even from an ocean kayak in light swell. I finally broke down and bought one recently. Image stabilization is superb. Prior to focusing one can see the image shaking through the camera's (T4i in my case) viewfinder, but the image stabilizes almost instantly with a half-depress of the shutter button. This is not to say one will not ever get blurry shots, but this lens does an amazing job even at 400mm without a tripod/monopod. Images are very crisp in the 100-300 mm range, but can be a little "soft" at 400mm. Still, I regularly look at my photos on a 27" monitor, and I am very pleased with the image quality, even (especially!) at full lens extension. I have not tried to print any of my photos, so I can not address print quality. This is not the fastest lens in the world, but it does not suck either. Putting a circular polarizer on it almost guarantees an ISO bump unless you are shooting in very sunny conditions. With just a UV filter on the lens last weekend, I was able to shoot 1/640, f/4.5, ISO 100, 400mm under completely overcast conditions and got many very clean pictures, including moving seals and birds in flight. The zoom function is a little unusual - it is a push/pull system that takes a little getting used to. It's quick and easy to change focal lengths if one leaves the locking ring a little loose. Within half an hour of my first using the lens I was changing focal lengths quickly and with little thought. The lens is a little heavy, but this is to be expected given what the lens does. I would not recommend hanging it around your neck for extended periods of time. Overall I have been very happy with the overall performance of this lens. That being said, I highly recommend renting this lens and trying it out before buying it. There are a number of very good online-companies (not sure if Amazon will let me post URLs) that rent this lens for relatively cheap (~$60 for a week, plus ~$25 shipping).

I have several Canon "L" lenses, but this one beats them all in sharpness. I've taken this lens to the zoo (could be the perfect zoo lens) and even 70-100 ft. away images are tack sharp and bokeh is beautiful. It's true that is not a fast lens with its max aperture of 4.5-5.6 but in sunny conditions you can safely hand-hold and still get great sharpness thanks to the really good IS. In close-ups of the animals even at quite some distance, you can clearly see every strand of hair. It was between this lens and the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras since I had budgeted a set amount. I sacrificed in speed and gained in range. The 400mm range is great, especially on a full-frame camera like my 5D. The push-pull zoom design was new to me, but now I actually like it better than zoom rings. It's a lot faster & operates very smoothly, I wish all my zooms were like this. I have not experienced the dust issues some people say you get with push-pull design. It is a touch softer at 400mm than it is at 380mm as another reviewer pointed out, so I just zoom all the way and pull back a notch for perfect sharpness. This lens is money well spent and if it had a faster aperture, I'd keep it on the camera all the time. UPDATE 5/14/10: I have had this lens over a year now and still think it's a fantastic investment. Even a year later I have not experienced the "dust pump" problem some others have stated, and regularly use it outdoors. Looking inside the camera end of the lens, you can see it's solid there, so I don't know how this is happening. Also, I've recently upgraded to the Canon EOS 5D Mark II 21.1MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera (Body Only) which still has high IQ even at ISO 1000, so the slow aperture of this lens is less of an issue. It's still not the greatest low-light lens, but it seems camera manufacturers are addressing that problem from another angle. I will say the bokeh is excellent, but not as smooth as the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras , so when I'm really going for a buttery out-of-focus background, I turn to that lens. I initially bought the 100-400mm primarily for wildlife, but find myself using it for landscapes/sunrises/sunsets more and more. The color, clarity and contrast are brilliant. One of the best photo gear purchases I've made.

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Always been a great lens

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Well made.