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Canon 200-400mm (1 Viewer)

Telephoto Paul said:
The 500 mkII and 600mm mkII are down a few thousand on their RRP too. it's the usual early-adoption markup.
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The recent price drops on the big teles is all down to exchange rates, just as the price increases of a few years back was.

I was on the Lenscoat stand at BirdFair and we had a 200-400 as one of our demo lenses. If anything it was a bit smaller and lighter than I was expecting. I really liked the way that the built in tc works. I spoke to a few people over the weekend who own the lens and all seemed very happy with it. If I had the money I would be extremely tempted to get one.
 
Hi All
I tried both the 500mm V2 and the 200-400mm on the Canon stand at Bird Fair. The 200-400 is considerably heavier than the 500 and the extra reach of the 500 really does make a significant difference and the 500 is cheaper! Having spent two days at the Fair looking, testing, thinking and then re-trying I went for the 500mm simply because of the weight and the reach. I have been using it on a monopod and can happily carry it around at least for half a day with ease - and I have a bad back. Thats not to say that the 200-400 is not superb, I simply think that the 500 is a better lens for bird photography.
Cheers
Simon
www.thedeskboundbirder.blogspot.co.uk
 
The Deskbound Birder said:
Hi All
I tried both the 500mm V2 and the 200-400mm on the Canon stand at Bird Fair. The 200-400 is considerably heavier than the 500 and the extra reach of the 500 really does make a significant difference and the 500 is cheaper! Having spent two days at the Fair looking, testing, thinking and then re-trying I went for the 500mm simply because of the weight and the reach. I have been using it on a monopod and can happily carry it around at least for half a day with ease - and I have a bad back. Thats not to say that the 200-400 is not superb, I simply think that the 500 is a better lens for bird photography.
Cheers
Simon
www.thedeskboundbirder.blogspot.co.uk
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