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Message: <blockquote data-quote="postcardcv" data-source="post: 1670204" data-attributes="member: 3294">Is the one person who suggested another lens Marcus, John or Dave as all suggested other options before you'd posted?I guess the fanboy dig is aimed at me as much as anyone else as I've suggested that the 100-400 is the best walkabout option? I guess I can live with the title as I am a fan of the lens, but not just because it's what I use. I have been through the three options (100-400, 400 f5.6 and 300 f4) and after spending time using them in the field I have concluded that the zoom is the best lens for me. Does your recommendation of the 400 prime come from similar testing? I didn't find any situation where the prime could deliver images that the zoom would miss, the same cannot be said the other way around. I agree that web images mean little or nothing when trying to assess the relative merits of lenses or cameras. I've done large prints of images taken with both the 400 f5.6 and the 100-400 and both come up great.As for the soft copy theory, I think a lot of people see issues that simply are not there. New users often see IS as being infalable and assume that they can shot an dany shutter speed and be fine, users of the prime are more likely to use decent support and keep the shutter speeds up.</blockquote>