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Canon 100-400mm 50 IS II
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Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.viL IS Two USM (metal 77mm filter thread, 54.7 oz./1,550g without tripod foot, 57.0 oz./1,616g with foot, 2.75'/0.84m close focus, about $ii,399 or about $1,500 used if you know How to Win at eBay). bigger. I got mine at Adorama; I'd also get information technology at Amazon, at B&H or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay.
Adorama pays top dollar for your used gear, particularly the original Catechism 100-400mm Fifty IS.
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Meet also Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra, October 2015.
Moonrise over Irish potato Peak every bit seen from Bridgeport, California, 6:22 PM., 18 Oct 2021. Canon EOS R5, EF 100-400mm IS L Two on EF to RF adapter at 371mm broad-open up at f/5.6 hand-held at 1/eighty at ISO 100, shade white residuum to make it all more than orange (but turned the sky more regal than its original deep bluish), -2.0 stops exposure compensation to preserve details in the bright moon (LV 11.4), Skylum Aurora HDR to restore particular in the resulting very dark everything else besides equally in the bright moon, all from my one JPG file. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Snowy Sierras, nine:11 AM., 18 October 2021. Canon EOS R5, EF 100-400mm IS L Two on EF to RF adapter at 100mm at f/xvi (for depth-of-field) hand-held at 1/100 at ISO 100, -0.vii stops exposure bounty (LV 14.half-dozen), Perfectly Clear. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Wood or Brick? Bridgeport, CA, 6:21 PM., eighteen October 2021. Canon EOS R5, EF 100-400mm IS 50 2 on EF to RF adapter at 100mm broad-open at f/4.5 hand-held at 1/10 at ISO 100 (LV 7¾), iv:5 in-camera crop, Skylum Aurora HDR to boost color and highlight the center from my i JPG file. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Snowy Sierras and Fall Color, nine:xi AM., 18 Oct 2021. Catechism EOS R5, EF 100-400mm IS Fifty Ii on EF to RF adapter at 114mm at f/8 at ane/500 at ISO 100 (LV xv.0), Perfectly Articulate. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Desert Palms at Last Light, 7:29 PM, 17 June 2020. Canon T8i, Canon EF 100-400mm L IS Two at 170mm broad-open at f/5 hand-held at 1/320 at Machine ISO 200 (LV 12.0), Perfectly Clear. bigger or 24 MP camera-original © 6.two MB JPG file.
Walker Reservoir, Sportsmen's Paradise, Bridgeport, California, five:47 P.M., 20 October 2019 (all-time trip ever!!!). Canon 5DS/R, Canon EF 100-400mm IS 50 2 at 400mm, f/5.half dozen hand-held at 1/200 at Auto ISO 125 (LV 12.iii). bigger or camera-original @ file.
Sunrise over Mono Lake, October 2018, 7:11 A.Thousand. Canon EOS R, Catechism 100-400mm L IS 3 at 400mm, f/eight hand-held at 1/640 at Motorcar ISO 100, Perfectly Clear v3.6. bigger or © full-resolution file.
Water Flowing over a Stone in Lee Vining Creek, October 2015, 10:eleven A.Thou. Canon 5DS R, Canon 100~400mm 50 IS II at 114mm, f/20 hand-held at 1/8 at Motorcar ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. bigger.
My stabilized 100-400mm lens lets me hand-agree it at i/8 of a 2d, then I can capture blurry h2o motion without having to lug effectually a tripod. The Canon 100~400mm L IS II is land of the art and amend than any other general purpose telephoto lens.
Yellow Aspen Leaves at Silver Lake, October 2015, 11:55 A.G. Canon 5DS R, Canon 100~400mm Fifty IS Ii at 400mm, f/ten manus-held at 1/xxx at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. bigger.
I dear that I tin hand-hold my stabilized 100-400mm lens at slow enough speeds to let me end downwards in shade without needing a tripod!
The Moon every bit seen from Yosemite Valley, October 2018, 7:17 P.M. Canon EOS R, Canon 100-400mm L IS II with Canon EF Extender 2x II and Catechism EF Extender ane.4x 2 at 1,040mm full, f/sixteen hand-held at one/50 at Car ISO 400, Perfectly Clear v3.6. See this crazy rig that actually works paw-held. bigger.
Moon Behind Pines Atop Sentinel Rock, Yosemite National Park, 8:56:32 P.M., xvi October 2021. Canon EOS R5, EF 100-400mm IS L Ii at 400mm wide-open at f/5.6 on EF 2× extender 2 (800mm bodily focal length and f/11 actual resulting aperture) on EF to RF adapter at ane/200 at ISO 1,600 (LV 10.half-dozen), cropped a bit simply otherwise as shot, split-toned print. bigger or fit-to-screen.
Yellow Aspen Leaf on River Rock, Merced River, Yosemite Valley, October 2018, 7:59 A.One thousand. Canon EOS R, Canon 100-400mm L IS 2 at 124mm, f/eleven at i/25 hand-held at Car ISO 400, Perfectly Clear v3.6. bigger.
Katie plays tennis, 11 October 2016. (Canon 1DX Mk Two, Canon 100-400mm L IS II at 200mm, f/5.6 at i/1,000 at Auto ISO i,250, Perfectly Clear.) bigger or original file (image size M1, JPG quality i) to explore on your computer (mobile devices rarely brandish the total resolution properly.)
Sunrise as Seen from Conway Summit, October 2015, 7:12 A.K. Canon 5DS R, Catechism 100~400mm L IS 2 and Canon Extender EF 1.4x Ii making 560mm, f/11 at 1/640 at Car ISO 100. bigger.
Rainbow at Conjugal Veil Falls, October 2015, 4:31 P.M. Canon 5DS R, Canon 100~400mm L IS II at 400mm, f/5.6 at 1/250 at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. bigger.
Concluding Light on Half Dome as Seen from Stoneman Meadow, Oct 2015, 6:05 P.M. Canon 5DS R, Canon 100~400mm L IS II at 107mm, f/four.v at 1/100 at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. bigger.
Dawn's First Light on Distant Tree-Lined Mountainside, Oct 2015, 7:25 A.M. Canon 5DS R, Canon 100~400mm 50 IS II at 263mm, f/five mitt-held at 1/threescore at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. bigger.
Sunlight on Sheet Metal, Open Mine, October 2015, four:38 P.Thou. Canon 5DS R, Canon 100~400mm L IS II at 248mm, f/14 at one/ane,600 at Auto ISO 100. bigger.
Blue Roof, Bridgeport, October 2015, 6:ten P.M. Canon 5DS R, Canon 100~400mm Fifty IS II at 330mm, f/5.6 at 1/80 at Auto ISO ane,000, Perfectly Clear. bigger.
Valley Flooring Fog, October 2015, 7:57 A.Yard. Canon 5DS R, Catechism 100~400mm L IS II at 241mm, f/five hand-held at 1/fifty at Auto ISO 160, Perfectly Clear. bigger.
Valley Flooring Fog, October 2015, 8:18 A.M. Canon 5DS R, Catechism 100~400mm Fifty IS II at 400mm, f/5.6 mitt-held at 1/80 at Car ISO 320, Perfectly Articulate. bigger or full 50 MP (20MB JPG) file to explore on your computer (mobile devices rarely can display this resolution properly).
Man, this is a sharp lens and camera, and the stabilization is and then skillful that I can shoot in dim dawn light at 400mm and not need a tripod.
Galen Clark'south Headstone, Yosemite Cemetery, October 2015, 12:27 P.K. Canon 5DS R, Canon 100~400mm 50 IS 2 at 120mm, f/v at ane/125 at Auto ISO 100, Perfectly Clear. bigger.
Katie learning backhand for the first time, 23 June 2015. (Catechism 5DS, Catechism EF 100-400mm IS 50 II at 200mm, f/x at 1/640 at Car ISO 400, Perfectly Articulate V2.) bigger.
Katie practices her backhand, 23 June 2015. (Canon 5DS, Canon EF 100-400mm IS L II at 188mm, f/10 at ane/640 at Machine ISO 400, Perfectly Articulate V2.) bigger.
Works not bad in the nighttime, too! (xx December 2014, Canon 5D Mk Iii at Auto ISO 5,000, Canon EF 100-400mm L IS II at 100mm, f/5 at i/125, Perfectly Articulate V2.) bigger.
Mercedes S550 in Diamond White 799, 3:15 PM, Wednesday, 13 May 2020. Catechism 90D, Flash ON, Catechism EF 100-400mm 50 IS II at 106mm at f/x at 1/250 at Motorcar ISO 100 (LV 14.6), as shot. bigger or full resolution five MB file.
Introduction top
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My new Canon 100-400mm IS L 2 just changed the game in professional telephoto zooms, replacing all 70-200mm lenses that used to be popular for decades because:
1.) The new 100-400 focusses so close that it replaces both my macro and any seventy-200mm! It focuses closer than any 70-200mm or 80-200mm lens. No longer are nosotros stepping back just so we can get focus!
While rated to three.iii feet/ane meter, my 100-400mm really focuses to 78 cm (31" or 2.55 feet) from the sensor at most focal lengths and to 90 cm (35" or ii.95 feet) from the sensor at 400mm. No LEICA telephoto tin focus this close, nor can any seventy-200mm lens focus this close — and this lens goes to 400mm!
That'south from the sensor (back of the photographic camera); it actually focuses to 54 cm (20") from the front end of the lens at 100mm and 57 cm (23") from the front of the lens at 400mm!
Because it focuses and then close, for many people like myself, this new 100-400 replaces our onetime 70-200 zoom and our macro! The reach to 400mm is far more useful than the little bit of range lost at 70mm, and being able to focus so close lets us photograph far more different subjects.
2.) This 100-400 gives much better perspective at its longer focal lengths than shooting with a dedicated 100mm macro. It shoots down to about 1/3 life size, and does it with plenty of room between you and your subject field —ameliorate than the 100mm f/2.8 IS 50.
iii.) It'due south ultra-precipitous, specially at 400mm, simply we expected that. It'due south so good that yous don't need a lens profile for image correction — simply you tin can use one if you lot like.
4.) Part of the reason it'south then abrupt is that has a Fluorite element. To go a Fluorite element in a Nikon lens, you lot have to spend over $10,000 for this kind of sharpness.
v.) It focuses almost instantly, even at 400mm and even if it'due south fashion out of focus when nosotros start autofocus. This is quite a surprise; every other ultra-tele is slower, while this new lens but snaps silently from ane subject to the next.
6.) Even more phenomenal, autofocus is almost instantaneous even with my Canon EF Extender 1.4x 2!
7.) Unlike Nikon's mostly plastic 80-400 VR G, this Canon L lens is made almost entirely out of metal. This lens also focuses twice as close and costs much less than Nikon's. Ha!
8.) This huge zoom zooms hands and precisely without creep, even pointed up or down. If it does start to creep; at that place is a variable zoom drag setting ring right side by side to the zoom band!
9.) It'south got a real metal 77mm filter thread, not a plastic i or an oddball 82mm filter thread like too many of Canon's mechanically downgraded but optically superb L lenses today like the 24-70mm f/2.8 Fifty II.
This Catechism 100-400 II is an extraordinary lens. Images are phenomenal, just y'all won't fully capeesh the experience, instant autofocus and smooth zooming until you get your own.
This is a newer version of the classic Canon 100-400mm L IS, which has been a staple of professional nature and wild fauna photographers since it was introduced in 1998.
This new 2014 lens updates the former lens from a push-pull to a rotary zoom, adds much closer focussing and greatly improves its Paradigm Stabilization.
Its image stabilization lets us shoot at 400mm hand-held in well-nigh any lite at low ISOs.
Similar virtually Canon pro lenses, the 100-400mm'southward autofocus is fast and silent, and you may catch the focus band at any fourth dimension for instant manual override.
It'south a tough all-metal, fast-focusing super zoom that's the aforementioned size and weight equally the 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses. While 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses are for indoor sports or use with 35mm film, this new 100-400mm is far superior for nature, wildlife, portraits, daytime sports and landscapes, and anywhere y'all need the reach. Its functioning is far better than adding a converter to a 70-200mm lens, and its zoom range is broader, too.
This 100-400 is one of Canon'southward Best Lenses.
I got mine at Adorama; I'd too get it at Amazon, at B&H or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you lot know How to Win at eBay.
Format
This is a full-frame lens, so it works on all formats.
Full frame lenses are at their all-time on total-frame, which is how I will be reviewing information technology.
You can make the usual inferences when used on smaller sensors.
Compatibility
This lens is optimized for 35mm EOS and Full-frame digital, and of class works on one.3x and ane.6x Canon cameras.
This works perfectly with every Canon EOS camera always fabricated, pregnant every Canon DSLR and every Canon autofocus film photographic camera made since 1987.
This means of course information technology works nifty on today's 5D Mark Iii, 6D and Canon 7D, but I tried and autofocus and IS piece of work just as well on my original Canon EOS 650 from 1987!
Catechism EF 100-400mm L IS Two. enlarge.
Specifications top
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I got mine at Adorama; I'd too get it at Amazon, at B&H or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.
Name top
Canon calls this the Canon Zoom Lens EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS 2 USM.
EF: Electronic Focus. All modern Canon lenses focus with a motor in the lens.
L: Expensive as L.
IS: Paradigm Stabilization so nosotros don't need a tripod.
II: 2nd version of the original Canon 100-400mm L IS.
USM: UltraSonic focus Motor. The focus motor is silent.
Optics peak
Glass, Fluorite, Super UD Glass and the Image Stabilizer section.
21 elements in xvi groups.
Ane Fluorite chemical element.
1 Super UD element.
Internal focus, null moves externally as focussed.
Fluorine coatings on outer surfaces to repel h2o, clay and fingerprints.
"Air Sphere Coatings" inside, which are the same as Nikon's Nano coating, which are all variable alphabetize-of-refraction coatings that piece of work better than multicoating. Each works past mixing submicroscopic nanobubbles of air and coating material in varying concentrations. Since the air pockets (named "spheres" by the marketing department) are much smaller than wavelengths of low-cal, information technology makes the coating wait like its solid and but varying its index of refraction in a continuous way to gently curve the light into the glass with next to nil reflecting off.
Canon 100-400 IS II at 400mm. overstate.
Diaphragm top
Front, Canon 100-400mm IS II at 400mm at f/5.6. bigger.
nine rounded blades.
Circular to f/11.
Nonagonal from f/16.
Stops downwards to f/32-forty.
Close Focus elevation
3.ii feet (1 m), rated.
78 cm actual (31" or 2.55 feet) at most focal lengths, 90 cm (35" or two.95 feet) at 400mm.
Working Distance (front of lens to subject) top
54 cm (xx") at 100mm.
57 cm (23") at 400mm.
Maximum Reproduction Ratio elevation
ane:iii.2 (0.31x), rated.
Minimum Discipline Field meridian
three.0 x 4.v inches, rated.
77 10 115 mm, rated.
Focal Length top
100-400mm.
On APS-C cameras, it gives angles of view similar to what an 160-650mm lens would give on a 35mm or total-frame camera. See also Crop Factor.
Angles of View top
On full-frame:
24º - 6.1º diagonal.
20º - 5.1º horizontal.
14º - iii.5º vertical.
Maximum Aperture top
f/4.five-5.6.
Caps peak
New 77mm Canon pinch-type front cap and standard EOS rear cap.
Hood acme
Canon ET-83D hood. enlarge.
The plastic bayonet ET-83D hood is included.
It has a hole with a niggling slide, here shown half open, to make it easier to adjust polarizers.
Tripod Collar & Foot top
The collar is permanently attached, however the foot comes off.
Case top
Zippered and velcro closing padded LZ1326 case included.
This is a very useful sturdy padded case. Yous can employ the double-handled zipper for solid endmost, and in one case open, in that location's velcro on the top for shot-to-shot open and endmost. Bravo!
Size pinnacle
3.7" (94 mm) diameter x 7.6" (193 mm), when prepare to 100mm.
Gets much longer when set up to 400mm.
Weight top
Actual Measurements
56.998 oz. (1,615.8 g) with tripod foot.
54.680 oz. (i,550.i thou) without human foot.
Canon'due south Specifications
57.9 oz. (1,640 1000) with pes.
55.4 oz. (one,570 g), foot removed.
Appear height
11 November 2014.
Promised acme
For December 2014.
Shipping Since summit
December 2014.
Catechism Model Number peak
EF100-400LIS2.
Canon Production Lawmaking top
9524B002 (9522B001 in Nippon).
Jan Code top
4549292-010350.
Includes top
Lens.
Caps.
Tripod Neckband with removable human foot.
ET-83D hood.
LZ1326 instance.
Cost, U. S. A. specifications summit
January 2022
$2,399 new at Adorama, at Amazon, at B&H or at Crutchfield.
Almost $i,500 used if you know How to Win at eBay.
December 2021
$2,399 new at Adorama, at Amazon, at B&H or at Crutchfield.
About $1,600 used if you know How to Win at eBay.
November 2020
$2,399 new at Adorama, at Amazon, at B&H or at Crutchfield.
Nigh $1,400 used if y'all know How to Win at eBay.
October 2020
Canon raised the price to brand information technology less attractive versus the more expensive RF 100-500mm:
$two,399 new at Adorama, at B&H or at Crutchfield.
$2,199 new at Amazon.
About $1,500 used if you know How to Win at eBay.
Cost History
$ii,199, June 2020.
$ane,799, July~November 2019.
$i,899, July 2018.
$ii,049, January 2017.
$1,649 after rebate, Christmas 2016.
$one,899, December 2016.
$1,999, October 2016.
$two,100, January 2016.
$ii,200, August 2015.
$2,200, at introduction in November 2014.
300,000 yen, Jan 2015.
Performance acme
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Overall Autofocus Bokeh Color Distortion
Ergonomics Falloff Filters Focus Breathing
Ghosts Lateral Color Fringes
Macro Max & Min Apertures Mechanics
Sharpness Image Stabilization
Sunstars Teleconverters Zooming
I got mine at Adorama; I'd also get it at Amazon, at B&H or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.
Overall performance top
The Canon 100-400mm II is fantastic. It feels great, and the images are superb — even without a lens contour.
It'southward ultra-sharp as was its predecessor, but what really stands out are its insanely fast and close autofocus, even with a 1.4x teleconverter.
Similar many close-focussing telephoto zooms, it isn't really 400mm at close distances due to an optical trick. It is 400mm at long distances where we demand information technology.
Focus functioning top
Katie hits one while she's in the air, 27 October 2016. (Catechism 1DX Mk 2, Canon 100-400mm L IS II at 214mm, f/5 at 1/1,000 at Auto ISO i,250, Perfectly Clear.) bigger.
AF is fast, silent and accurate.
AF Speed
Autofocus is essentially instantaneous, even from very close to very far.
It's the fastest focusing telephoto I've ever used!
Auto/Manual Switching
Just grab the focus ring anytime for instant manual-focus override.
To lock information technology into manual mode, motion the switch on the lens.
Bokeh performance height
Bokeh, the quality of out-of-focus areas as opposed to the degree of defocus, is bully.
Backgrounds get very soft and never distract. That's why long teles lenses are a acme pro pick for portrait lenses.
Hither are full-frame samples shot wide open from headshot distance. Click any to overstate:
Color Rendition functioning acme
The color balance of this 100-400 seems the same as my other Canon EF lenses. No news here.
Distortion operation top
The Catechism 100-400 Two has fiddling to no visible distortion.
In the lab, it has moderate barrel baloney at 100mm, none at 135m and moderate pincushion distortion from 200 to 400mm.
For more critical employ, use these values in Photoshop's Lens Distortion tool to remove the baloney. These aren't facts or specifications, they are the results of my enquiry that requires hours of photography and calculations on the resulting data.
| On Full-frame and 35mm | 100-400 Ii | Original 100-400 at 10' (3m) |
| 100mm | +two.0 | 0.0 |
| 135 mm | 0.0 | -i.0 |
| 200mm | -1.1 | -1.5 |
| 300mm | -2.0 | -2.0 |
| 400mm | -2.0 | -ii.0 |
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Ergonomics operation meridian
Canon EF 100-400mm II at 180mm. bigger.
Ergonomics are great. This big, fat lens handles super fast.
Zooming is a dream; but turn the ring and it moves smoothly, fifty-fifty if pointed up or down. Information technology won't creep, even if pointed straight up or downwards!
The only thing that feels slightly weird is how the focus band changes diameter towards the rear of the lens.
Falloff (darkened corners) operation top
Falloff is negligible, even without a profile.
In a DSLR with an automated correction profile like the 7D Mk Two, 6D, 5D Mk Three and 1DX, the falloff is completely invisible.
I've greatly exaggerated the falloff by shooting a apartment greyness target and presenting it confronting a gray background:
Canon 100-400mm II falloff on Total-Frame
Uncorrected
| Maximum Discontinuity | f/8 | f/11 | |
| 100mm | | | |
| 200mm |  | | |
| 400mm | | | |
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Filters, Apply with performance top
In that location's no trouble with vignetting even with a stack of several filters.
There'south no demand for thin filters; regular thick and rotating filters work great.
Focus Breathing operation superlative
Focus breathing (the image changing size every bit focused) is mostly of interest to cinematographers who don't want the prototype irresolute size ("animate") as the lens is focused amidst different subjects.
At that place is only the slightest scrap of animate. The image gets a niggling bit smaller every bit focussed more closely.
Flare & Ghosts functioning height
There'due south no problem with flare or ghosts.
Only if yous actually push it and utilise a filter might you get a slight greenish blob in the darkest part of the paradigm, but y'all're never going to encounter this in bodily use.
Lateral Color Fringes performance top
There are nearly no color fringes, even without a lens contour. There'southward none at 400mm, and only the slightest green-magenta at the 100mm end.
This is fantabulous performance; no profile needed.
With a profile, these will get away completely.
Macro functioning tiptop
Macro gets close. Here's what you go on full-frame at three anxiety (1m) at 400mm. The dark corners at the top aren't vignetting; they're the ends of my table:
Longines 23ZS at close-focus distance at 400mm at f/5.6. bigger or total-resolution.
Crop from to a higher place at 100%. bigger or total-resolution.
If this is almost 6" (15cm) on your screen, printing the complete image at this same high magnification would result in a 20 x 20" (50 x 75 cm) print!
If this is almost 12" (30cm) on your screen, printing the complete image at this aforementioned high magnification would issue in a 40 10 threescore" (100 ten 150 cm) impress!
This is super-sharp, and this is broad-open at f/v.6. Cease down and it ought to get even better. What look like chromatic problems are really acquired past the plastic watch crystal, and what looks like noise is the surface of the lx-year-onetime wristwatch.
Also here we are seeing the vapor-thin depth of field nosotros always get at macro distances with every lens. But parts of the scout face up are in focus; the hands are closer and out of focus!
Maximum and Minimum Apertures top
| Maximum Aperture | Minimum Aperture | |
| 100mm | f/four.5 | f/32 |
| 135mm | f/5 | f/32 |
| 200mm | f/5 | f/36 |
| 300mm | f/v | f/36 |
| 400mm | f/5.half dozen | f/40 |
Mechanics performance height
Rear, Catechism 100-400 II. enlarge.
The Catechism 100-400 II is generally metal. Information technology's a real pro lens.
Filter Threads
Anodized aluminum.
Hood Mount
Anodized aluminum.
Front Barrel
Plastic.
Identity
Painted on the (plastic) front end extension of the zoom ring, forward of the red Fifty ring.
Zoom Ring
Rubber-covered metal.
Zoom Cams
Feel like metal.
Zoom Index
Plastic.
Zoom Stiffness Control Band
Metal.
Focus Ring
Metal, rubber covered.
Internals
Metal and plastic.
Tripod Neckband
Metal.
Bottom part is removable.
Rear Butt (section with switches and focus distance window)
Metallic.
Switches
Plastic.
Moisture seal at mountain
Yes.
Mount
Chromed metal.
Markings
Pigment.
Serial Number
Engraved into metal lens butt near mount.
Filled with black pigment.
Date Code
None institute.
Noises When Shaken
Very mild clunking.
Made in
Japan.
Sharpness functioning top
Image sharpness depends more on you than your lens, and lens sharpness doesn't mean much to good photographers. It'south the least skilled hobbyists who waste material the most time blaming fuzzy pictures on their lenses, while real shooters know that few photos ever utilize all the sharpness of which their lenses are capable due to subject move and the fact that existent subjects are rarely perfectly apartment.
This Catechism 100-400 is extremely sharp throughout all of the full frame image at every setting. If you're not getting sharp images, you're doing something incorrect.
It's super-precipitous wide open, and diffraction will dull the image at the smallest apertures.
Even ameliorate than sharp, it's sharp even with teleconverters. I shoot it with the 1.4x, and information technology'south great. Yous tin see that Canon has even published MTF curves with the 1.4x and 2x extenders:
Canon'south specified MTF curves:
| | |
| MTF at 100mm | MTF at 400mm |
| | |
| MTF at 100mm with 1.4x extender | MTF at 400mm with one.4x extender |
| | |
| MTF at 100mm with 2x extender | MTF at 400mm with 2x extender |
Stabilization performance acme
Optical Paradigm Stabilization (OIS, IS or VR (Vibration Reduction)) is wonderful,adding about four stops of existent-world improvement and letting me mitt-concord at very slow speeds fifty-fifty at 400mm.
It's much better than in the previous 100-400mm.
My 45 MP EOS R5 adds in-camera stabilization, and besides adds more than resolution, making any slight mistiness more visible than in my 22 MP 5D Mk III shots further beneath.
"Percent Perfectly Precipitous Shots" are the pct of frames with 100% perfect tripod-equivalent sharpness I become when I'k shooting hand-held while gratuitous-standing with no back up or bracing. Hand tremor is a random occurrence, then at marginal speeds some frames will be perfectly abrupt while others will be in diverse stages of mistiness — all at the same shutter speed. This rates what percent of shots are perfectly abrupt, not how abrupt are all the frames:
At 100mm on my 45MP stabilized EOS R5
| % Perfectly Precipitous Shots | one | 1/2 | i/4 | 1/8 | 1/15 | i/30 | ane/threescore | 1/125 | 1/250 |
| Stabilization ON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 83 | 83 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Stabilization OFF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 17 | fifty | 100 |
I run across a four-stop existent-world improvement.
At 200mm on my 45MP stabilized EOS R5
| % Perfectly Precipitous Shots | 1/2 | 1/4 | ane/eight | ane/15 | 1/xxx | 1/sixty | 1/125 | ane/250 | 1/500 |
| Stabilization ON | 0 | 17 | 0 | fifty | 83 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Stabilization OFF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 100 |
I see a three to iv-end stop real-world improvement
At 200mm on my 24MP stabilized EOS R3
| % Perfectly Abrupt Shots | 1 | 1/2 | ane/iv | 1/viii | 1/15 | 1/30 | one/60 | 1/125 | i/250 |
| Stabilization ON | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Stabilization OFF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 100 |
I see merely near a ii-stop real-world improvement.
At 400mm on my 45MP stabilized EOS R5
| % Perfectly Sharp Shots | 1/iv | 1/8 | 1/15 | 1/30 | ane/60 | 1/125 | one/250 | 1/500 | ane/1,000 |
| Stabilization ON | 0 | 17 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Stabilization OFF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 100 |
I run across a 4½-end real-globe improvement, which is spectacular.
Here's a mitt-held shot at 1/15 on my Canon 5D Mk III:
Christmas Tree, 20 December 2014. (Catechism 5D Mk III at ISO 3,200, Canon EF 100-400mm L IS II at 100mm, f/4.v at 1/15 hand-held, Perfectly Clear V2.) bigger.
I get consistently sharp shots at 400mm at 1/fifteen on my Canon 5D Mk III. Information technology doesn't get amend than this.
Palm, 21 December 2014. (Canon 5D Mk Three at ISO 100, Canon EF 100-400mm L IS II at 400mm, f/22 at i/fifteen mitt-held, Perfectly Articulate V2.) bigger or full-resolution.
In this shot, the reason it'due south this soft is because diffraction is dulling it at f/22.
Sunstars performance top
Best-case sunstar, f/36 at 1/fifteen hand-held at 227mm. bigger.
With its ix-bladed rounded diaphragm, this Canon 100-400mm L IS doesn't usually brand sunstars.
The diaphragm becomes straight-sided from well-nigh f/16, simply we need to finish down to f/36 to go much of anything. The adept news is that IS lets united states mitt-hold at f/36 quite well.
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Moon Behind Pines Atop Sentinel Rock, Yosemite National Park, eight:56:32 P.M., 16 October 2021. Canon EOS R5, EF 100-400mm IS Fifty Ii at 400mm broad-open at f/5.6 on EF 2× extender Two (800mm actual focal length and f/xi actual resulting aperture) on EF to RF adapter at 1/200 at ISO 1,600 (LV 10.6), cropped a bit simply otherwise every bit shot, divide-toned print. bigger or fit-to-screen.
We got lucky: it turns out the path of the rising moon was following the shape of the ridge, so we had about 15 minutes to call the balance of the grouping over to check it out.
Extenders on Mirrorless
It works corking, even with 2 stacked extenders, on Canon's total-frame mirrorless cameras with an EF Lens Adapter. It has fast, full-frame autofocus even with both my i.4x II and 2x 2 extenders at the same fourth dimension! This is a 280‑1,120mm f/12.6‑xvi equivalent, and is easily manus-holdable!
Catechism 100‑400L IS II , ane.4x and 2x converters, EF Lens Adapter and EOS R. bigger.
This is because the AF sensors are on the image sensor, not buried deep inside a DSLR, so they see what the sensor sees and just piece of work. With a DSLR, merely the middle AF sensor works at all with the 2x converter, and there is no AF on a DSLR when using both converters at the aforementioned time with the 100-400.
The one gotcha has ever been that while the EOS R easily records the lens and teleconverter used, and reports the true f/terminate and effective focal lengths with teleconverters, when you lot use the 1.4x II and 2x IIconverters at the same time information technology only calculates the furnishings of the 2x converter - just the pictures still look great and AF is nonetheless fast and sure.
The -3 extenders don't stack.
Using total-frame mirrorless cameras with an EF Lens Adapter completely changes the rulebook. Teleconverters work groovy with no slowing of AF operation and focus out to the edges!
Extender ane.4× on DSLRs
Performance is fantabulous with the Catechism EF Extender 1.four× II. Information technology's sharp, and focuses extremely well. Since the combination is but f/viii, merely the heart AF area in my 5D Mk III and 7D Mk II piece of work, only boy do they work well! Neither will let me select whatsoever of the other AF points.
Rock. Canon 5D Mk III at ISO 100, Canon 100-400mm IS L 2 with Catechism EF Extender 1.4x II, 560mm at f/8 (wide open) at 1/400 hand-held, Perfectly Clear V2, no lens profile used. bigger or total-Resolution.
Institute. Canon 5D Mk Three at ISO 100, Canon 100-400mm IS Fifty 2 with Canon EF Extender 1.4x II, 560mm at f/8 (broad open up) at 1/320 manus-held, Perfectly Clear V2, no lens profile used. bigger.
Extender 2× on DSLRs
There is no autofocus with my Catechism EF Extender 2× 2 on the 5D Mk III and 7D Mk II because the combination becomes f/xi. Everything else works not bad and of class manual focus, IS and Alive View piece of work neat, but I haven't shot any samples.
Zooming performance top
Zooming is a breeze. Information technology's smooth, well-spaced, precise and fast.
There is a elevate control, marked Smooth—TIGHT so you tin make it every bit easy or stiff as yous similar. I exit mine at SMOOTH for easy zooming, but it will extend towards 400mm every bit I walk effectually with a camera and this lens pointing down around my neck.
My 100-400 II holds focus very well as zoomed. Don't ever get one at retail considering Canon does not seal its boxes, and so you accept no way of knowing if you're getting someone else'due south return or one that was dropped. They have to exist well adjusted for the focus to hold equally you zoom.
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All-time fourscore-400mm & 100-400mm Lenses Compared.
I got mine at Adorama; I'd likewise go it at Amazon, at B&H or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.
The original Canon 100-400mm L IS also has superb optics, but is a push-pull zoom. This new -Ii lens adds much closer and faster focusing, much better paradigm stabilization and updates to a rotary zoom ring. This II lens has extremely fast autofocus, and it'south nonetheless fast even with a 1.4x extender.
This new lens likewise has dirt and fingerprint resistant fluorine coatings on the exterior, and "Air Sphere Coatings" on the inside to reduce flare. The new hood also has a hole to make it easier to adjust polarizers.
Close focus alone is enough reason to adopt this new lens, and improved stabilization is too very welcome. The original Catechism 100-400mm Fifty IS was among Catechism'south first lenses with stabilization, and while stunning in the 1990s, is nowhere near as good as Canon's newer lenses. The improved IS of this new lens is also a huge reason to go it for us who hand-concord everything; the onetime lens was only sharp down to ane/lx hand-held at 400mm and this new lens is manus-holdable much slower.
The original Canon 100-400mm L IS costs much less today new or used, and besides has superb optics. If you use this lens oftentimes you'll adopt this newer lens for its closer and faster focus, zoom band and improved IS to allow hand-holding at much slower speeds, only if all y'all want are superb long-range optics, either is wonderful. See besides Is It Worth It.
| 100-400mm II | 100-400mm | |
| Anni | 2014- | 1998-2014 |
| Filter | 77mm | 77mm |
| Autofocus | Almost instantaneous | Very fast |
| Close Focus | 3.two' 1m | 6' 1.8m |
| Zoom | Ring | Push-pull |
| Zoom Drag Aligning? | Yep | Yes |
| Stabilized? | Yes, 4 stops | Yep |
| Stabilizer modes | 3 | two |
| Stabilizer performance | fantabulous | off-white |
| Hood (included) | ET-83D | ET-83C |
| Case (included) | LZ1326 | LZ1324 |
| Eyes* | 21/16 1 Fluorite 1 Super UD | 17/14 1 Fluorite 1 Super UD |
| f/min | f/32-40 | f/32-xl |
| Blades | ix rounded | 8 |
| Focus Preset | no | no |
| Max Magnification | 0.31x | 0.20x |
| Max Repro Ratio | 1:iii.ii | 1:five |
| Diameter | three.7" 94mm | 3.6" 92mm |
| Length at 100mm | 7.vi" 193mm | 7.4" 189mm |
| Tripod mount | included | included |
| Tripod Mount removable? | Yes, even when mounted to photographic camera. | Yes, but accept to remove lens from camera. |
| Weight with neckband | 57.9 oz. ane,640g | 52.307 oz. 1,482.8g |
| Weight, lens only | 55.4 oz. 1,570g | 48.160 oz. 1,365.3g |
| Catechism Detail Code | 9524B002 | 2577A002 |
| Cost, xi/2014 | $ii,200 | $i,500 |
| Price, 9/2017 | $2,049 | about $750 used |
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I got mine at Adorama; I'd also go information technology at Amazon, at B&H or at Crutchfield, or used at eBay if you know How to Win at eBay.
Teleconverters and Tele-Extenders
Run into my Teleconverters section above.
Canon 100-400 2. enlarge.
Controls, Canon 100-400 II. bigger.
Zoom Drag Control (SMOOTH — TIGHT)
The Smooth — TIGHT control sets the zoom drag.
I leave mine at SMOOTH, which ways loose.
If your lens flops out on you lot while carried around your cervix, set it more towards TIGHT. Different amateur lenses with locks, y'all're never locked into i setting if a photograph opportunity
appears and you're set to TIGHT. It's stiffer in TIGHT, not locked.
Focus Ranges
Use the FULL setting.
If you're shooting far-abroad objects and are having a problem with the lens getting confused and trying to focus on close objects, the 3m - ∞ setting will preclude the lens from trying to focus whatsoever closer than 10 feet (3 meters).
AF - MF
Utilize AF, in which setting you may grab the ring for instant manual override.
The MF setting is only for if y'all want to lock-out autofocus.
Epitome Stabilization
I'd go out it ON all the time, except for time exposures on a tripod.
MODE 1 is normal.
Style ii is for panning.
Style iii is the aforementioned as MODE i, but simply active while exposing; information technology won't stabilize the viewfinder image.
Filters
I'd leave either a 77mm Canon UV filter or a 77mm Hoya Alpha MC UV on the lens at all times.
If you want the best possible protective filter, the 77mm Hoya HD2 Protector is ultra multicoated, repels dirt and fingerprints and made of shatter resistant drinking glass.
If I was working in nasty, dirty areas and don't want to spring for the HD2 filter, I'd employ an uncoated 77mm Tiffen UV filter instead. Plainly glass (uncoated) filters are much easier to clean, just more than prone to ghosting.
I would leave the hood at habitation.
For colour slides like Velvia 50, I use a 77mm Hoya HMC 81A outdoors.
For B&W film outdoors, I'd use a 77mm Hoya HMC Yellow K2 or 77mm Hoya HMC Orange.
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This is the lens for professional person hand-held general-purpose nature and wild fauna shooting. If you lot're taking an African safari, this is your lens. It's also wonderful for portraits, with a long zoom range that will accident-out backgrounds better at 400mm at f/5.six than a 200mm will at f/2.8 (focal length is far more than important to selective focus than aperture).
This is a better lens than any 70-200 for nature and landscape work because it at present focuses fifty-fifty closer and faster than the lxx-200s. We lose very little on the brusk end, and gain double on the long end. Since you probably have a zoom that goes to lxx or 105mm anyhow, you don't need the seventy-100mm range of the lxx-200, and everyone will use the 200-400mm extra range of this 100-400mm lens.
Get a lxx-200mm if yous're shooting action in low calorie-free, simply with the super high ISOs of digital, my seventy-200 just got booted out of my bag in commutation for this lens. I volition use the actress 200-400mm range of this lens, and don't need the lxx-100mm range of the lxx-200. See also Assembling a Arrangement.
The merely reason for the sometime f/two.8 lenses is for shooting indoor sports. Otherwise, the added attain and closer focus of this new lens replaces the 70-200. Especially for portraits, the 400mm end gives even softer backgrounds than a 200mm f/2.8.
If yous think yous want one, get it. You'll LOVE it! I have a friend who's owned one of the original versions for years leading safaris in Africa, and nosotros have his images on our walls. They look fantastic! This new lens makes it even easier to get slap-up results.
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