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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roy C" data-source="post: 1704713" data-attributes="member: 18798">This is a bit different from saying that you cannot get anything decent from the 400/5.6 without using a tripod. You are insulting loads of people on this forum by that comment.I have tried the 100-400 and much prefer the 400/5.6 even hand holding but I would never say you cannot get sharp shots from the 100-400 as that would be ridiculous (although I have seen countless hundreds of post on the web saying the 100-400 is soft at the long end).I Attached some 100% crops from the 400/5.6 all hand held. shown is the full frame and the crop. Not to bad from a lens where it is impossible to get sharp shots hand held.</blockquote>