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Reviews by wilfredsdad

Recommended
Yes
Price
0$
Pros
  • Affordable, fast and accurate focusing, 600mm at f6.3 is very usable
Cons
  • Heavy, f6.3 needs reasonable light
Have owned this lens now for over one year and I am pleased with it. Although heavy (any lens which goes to 600mm is going to be heavy - its the laws of physics) it is lighter than the Sigma equivalent.
I have found the focusing to be fast and accurate (particularly in live view on my Canon 90D) - it hunts now and then but I hired a Canon 600 f4 for a few days and that also hunted now and then - trying to achieve focus on a small bird some distance away is a big challenge for any lens/ camera combination.
I usually have it on a tripod - I just find it too much hard work to hand hold so I can't really comment on the vibration control.
It returns pictures which are sharp enough for me (see my gallery here on bird forum) and overall strikes a good balance between affordability, portability, and picture quality.
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