P-visie, a brilliant suggestion! Do you have one for the 400 DO? As I would be fitting this primarily to the lens without hood, should I get the X-large, rather than the XX-large suggested on the Lenscoat website? Or does the XX-large fit snugly without the hood?
I do not have a EF 400 DO II, so I cannot answer your question directly.
.Hi PieterI do not have a EF 400 DO II, so I cannot answer your question directly.
The EF 200-400mm f4 zoom uses the same lenshood (ET-120 WW (II)) as the EF 400mm DO II. I use the hoodie with the lenshood reversed on the lens. The XX Large hoodie is way too large for this lens without the lenshood. The diameter of the EF 200-400mm f4 zoom without the lenshood is about 130mm / 5 inch.
You’d best measure the diameter of the lens without the reversed lenshood. For safety, you could order both sizes and still spend less than half the price of a Canon E112 lens cap
Very impressive shots. For those that haven't tried shooting these in flight, it is not easy and the AF here is spot on.
Hi Grant, I just bought the EF 400mm F/4 DO IS II USM using it on an R5 body. I photograph fighter jets or aviation so is there a trick to get the auto tracking focus to work or a setting I am missing as it seemed not to focus on the plane right away? I sold my RF 100-500 as I thought it was to soft from 350mm on and really did not like the 7.1 at 500mm. Plus I wanted F/4 for some wildlife so I did a lot of research and the lens had great comments when attached to a R5.
You and Grant have finally talked me out of getting another EF 400mm f/4 DO ii (which would be my third copy). My RF 100-500mm is at least sharp as my last DO ii, and is lightning fast at acquiring focus of flying birds and insects. The DO, although nominally f/4, has a transmission (T) equivalent to f/5. The old EF 100-400mm II has T = 6.3, and so is only 2/3rds of a stop slower, not 1.
Searching for more info last night and went out today after work as the boyz were flying. Auto focus locks on and works as fast and the RF. (user error) So I need to get used to no in/out zoom and play with more settings. At least my copy the 100-500 rf was horrible and flat after 350mm so I wont but another one.
There's copy variation of all lenses. The-digital-picture, for example, has the EF 400mm f/4 DO ii softer than the EF 100-400mm ii, but my two copies were as as sharp as the 3 copies of the EF 100-400mm ii I have had, one reason for not taking seriously reviews that look at just the sharpness of one copy of a lens.
www.the-digital-picture.com
Some of it comes down to test setup. Just changing from the 5Dsr to the 7DII makes the 400 appear much sharper on their site.There's copy variation of all lenses. The-digital-picture, for example, has the EF 400mm f/4 DO ii softer than the EF 100-400mm ii, but my two copies were as as sharp as the 3 copies of the EF 100-400mm ii I have had, one reason for not taking seriously reviews that look at just the sharpness of one copy of a lens.
Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM Lens Image Quality
View the image quality delivered by the Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM Lens using ISO 12233 Resolution Chart lab test results. Compare the image quality of this lens with other lenses.
It could be just sloppy set up - that 7Dii comparison with the same lens has always puzzled me. I was very happy with the sharpness of my DOiis. Here is a much better comparison from the good old days when Uncle Rog did proper measurements, alas no more - consistent with what I saw.
The extra 25% of focal length of the 100-500mm vs 2x200mm makes a significant increase in resolution - which is what I found when comparing the 100-500 with 400/4.
