Canon EF 100-400mm Photo Gallery by Isabel Cutler at pbase.com

Canon EF 100-400mm

It was a difficult decision between the 400 f/5.6 and this lens which won out for the greater focal length range. I loved from the first moment I tried it. My first push/pull Canon lens, I found it not difficult at all to use and well balanced on my 20D. I almost sold my 300 f/4L but am glad I didn't because sometimes the smaller apertures of the 100-400 are not adequate for lower light situations...and I would miss the macro capability of the 300. Please note: Bird and squirrel pictures were most likely shot through windows or a sliding glass door. Update: I have sold this lens because I couldn't deal with its weight.

_B250290D Happy Thanksgiving	_MG_5700 More Evidence	_MG_4849 Carolina wren singing his heart out. - Listen	_MG_4832 Carolina Wren
_MG_1052 Swallows in Nest	_MG_1698 Mom Turkey Closeup	_MG_1697 Turkey and Baby	_MG_1696 Turkey and Two Babies
_MG_1695 Turkey and Two Babies	_MG_1694 Wary Turkey	_MG_1693 Baby Turkey on the Run	_MG_1687 Turkey and Three Babies
_MG_1679 Female Turkey	_MG_1041 Now That's Stabilization!	_MG_0020 Birdwatcher.	_MG_0024 Cold Crow
_MG_0100 Female Yellow Bellied Sapsucker	Hermit Thrush	_MG_0092 Up close and personal	_MG_0028 Louie in Profile
_MG_0130 Eating cat food	_MG_0068 Well Fed	_MG_0003 Protective Coloration...	_MG_0027 Try Flash Thru Window
First Snow Squirrel and Recipe	_MG_0902 Innocence	_MG_0818 Anticipation	_MG_0804 Checking me out
_MG_0749 Almost	_MG_3123. Sitting Outside	_MG_3110 On the alert	_MG_0322 Titmouse
_MG_3060 Vocal Carolina Wren	_MG_3050 Ragged Carolina Wren	_MG_3045 Carolina Wren on Stake	_MG_3038 Food for Babies
_MG_3010 Chow Time	_MG_3022 On the Job	_MG_2990 top built up	_MG_2972 Wild Turkey
_MG_2979 In a hurry	_MG_8523 Darned Itches!	_MG_2936 Respite	_MG_8504 Charming Beegie
_MG_8511 Late day Sun	_MG_8494 Eastern Phoebe	_MG_8488 Mourning Dove	_MG_8481 Cardinal
Squirrel Animation	_MG_8114 Late Day Munch	_MG_7689 Looks like a mama	_MG_7572 Enough rain already!
_MG_7552 It's foggy this morning - large file	_MG_7552 At least 100 ft away.jpg	_MG_7497 Eastern Phoebe	_MG_7385 Original Content
_MG_7385 Small Crop	_MG_2609 Rough Life	_MG_7246 Young Jumper	_MG_7303 Smiling Rider
_MG_7301 Muscles	_MG_7290 Hurdle Jump	_MG_7278 Fancy Trim	_MG_7267 Handsome Boxer
_MG_7247 checking me out.	_MG_7258 white with black dots	_MG_7243 Pretty Light Sculpting	_MG_7242 Backlit
_MG_7235 through the water	_MG_7056 Who gets it?	_MG_7031 ISO3200	_MG_7023 Very Backlit
_MG_7019 "Fill 'er up!"	_MG_0162 On Window Feeder	:: Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge ::	_MG_3968 Oak Tree Blossoms
_MG_3965 Juvenile Bluebird	_MG_3966 Juvenile Bluebird	_MG_3962 100 percent crop	_MG_3905 Towhee building nest
_MG_3934 Leash on	_MG_3946 100 percent crop	_MG_3946 Before crop.jpg	_MG_3870 Gimme a Break
_MG_3376 Morning Treat	_MG_3389 Beaver	_MG_3394 Leroy	_MG_3396 Checking me out
_MG_3397 Profile	_MG_3398 Really close	_MG_3400 Neighborhood Sentinel	_MG_3420 S Curves
_MG_3421 Follow the Leader	_MG_3431 Out for a Stroll	_MG_3441 Really far away	_MG_3451 Killdeer
_MG_3459 Unidentified Goose	_MG_3467 Noisemaker in Tree	_MG_3472 Harbinger	_MG_3473 Watch Russell
_MG_3475 Sounding Off	_MG_3480 Morning Backlight	3330 White/Gray Squirrel Cross	_MG_3214 Ouch
_MG_3216 Ready	_MG_3223 Ready2	_MG_3231 Sun in eyes?	_MG_3234 Concentrating
_MG_3236 Very Cropped	_MG_3240 So cold	_MG_3189 Highlight Tone Priority	_MG_3171 Foraging
_MG_3173 In my side yard	_MG_3159 balancing act	_MG_3155 Highlight Tone Priority	_MG_3094 Mourning Dove Outside
_MG_3039 Wrong Direction, Ricky!	_MG_3016 Ricky with a mission	_MG_2983 He flies for liver goodies	_MG_2992 Off the ground
_MG_2891 Getting Close IS Off	_MG_2363 Queen Beegie on her Throne	_MG_0482 Sparring Partners	_MG_0483 Time Out
_MG_0485 Score	_MG_0486 Watch out	_MG_0392 Beegie and Violets	_MG_0193 Sunbather
_MG_0502 BW Louie on Tower	_MG_0498 Finch on Hanger	_MG_0402 Big Crop	_MG_0410 Alert
_MG_0415 First Junco This Year	_MG_0422 Balancing Act	_MG_0397 Borderline Shutter Speed	_MG_0383 Just Caught It
_MG_0835 Big Crop	_MG_0835 Original Content.jpg	_MG_0810 No time to think	_MG_0809 One heckofa lens!
_MG_0805 The Profile	_MG_0711 with Ricky's Toy	_MG_0689 Sunset	_MG_0683 Resting
_MG_0684 Really gray day	_MG_0035 100-400 test	_MG_0017 100-400Test	_MG_0040 BW
_MG_0041 100-400 thru window	_MG_0058 100-400 Beegie	_MG_0054 100-400 Bad Beegie	_MG_0108 Beegie 100-400
_MG_0670 Through the Dirty Window

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Guest		23-Dec-2009 04:04
You have some nice ones here, Isabel. My wish list is rather long, but this lens is on it. Tammy

Antje Schulte		25-Nov-2009 09:02
Aw, I'm so tempted by the 100-400... I want a zoom to take with me on hikes, and it looks like this would fit the bill... After all, I usually hike in good light, right? That wren picture is too cute, btw, please put that down - my head explodes from the cuteness! :-D

g@il		17-Feb-2009 06:35
Do you handhold the lens, or use it primarily on a tripod? I rented the 400mm L for two weeks and am forever spoiled by L glass.

Steve Morris		27-Apr-2008 11:45
Fantastic gallery Isabel. That sure is a good lens and your photos prove it!! V

Guest		02-Feb-2008 16:49
i love my 100-400 as well and it was a hard choice between the 400 prime and the zoom...I keep wanting to try the prime as I hear it is better at shooting birds in flight whereas the zoom seems to miss too often. Of course the prime is sharper as well, esp wide open at f5.6, the zoom doesnt get super sharp until about f7.1. But the zoom has saved me a few times when the subject came too close for 400mm as well as the IS has helped shots in low light at 1/60 sec. So really, its a toss up as to which to get.

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