Introducing the Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS II

[privatebydesign]

Looks like it works just like the Canon EOS-m to EF adapter, yes it is a screw and it you are so inclined you will want to Loctite it.

On the plus side, maybe RRS or Kirk will market a replacement Arca compatible foot. That would be a nice upgrade.

Never really bought into the replacement foot thing, I was always happy just sticking a plate on whatever Canon gave us, but I am sure RRS et al will be on the ball

 

[sagittariansrock]

Re: Introducing the Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS II

So. Same filter size, same F range, same focal length, except heavier, longer, wider and also 50% more expensive than the previous version. Am I missing something? Unless the AF performance or sharpness or something blows the prior version away (hard to imagine at the same F stop) we just waited 10 years and are paying 50% more for turn-style zoom? Please someone tell me I am missing something major here.

You must have missed all the clamoring for an "improved" 100-400 on this and other forums that has been going on for years, and all the people who were ready to pay $ 3K.
I think apart from a rotating zoom (to which people seem to have mixed feelings) the usability with the TCs as confirmed by the MTFs, a reliable and more powerful IS, along with the much improved IQ is a sufficiently good reason for the widespread welcome this lens is getting.

 

[Omni Images]

Don't forget the .98m min focus distance ... WOW ! I'm excited and willing to throw Canon cash for this...

 

[simonbratt99]

For some reason i thought this is internal focusing, but the Oriental foreign video shows external focusing extension.

 

[privatebydesign]

For some reason i thought this is internal focusing, but the jap video shows external focusing extension.

Wow,

First, the video doesn't show focus, it shows zoom.
Second, it is internal focus.
Third, the "jap" video is from Hong Kong, so in your parlance would be the ch--k video, don't be so disrespectful it is unnecessary and unbecoming.

 

[mrsfotografie]

Third, the "jap" video is from Hong Kong, so in your parlance would be the ch--k video, don't be so disrespectful it is unnecessary and unbecoming.

+1

 

[Rams_eos]

Just to share my experience.

This weekend I tried the 100-400 II at a photo exhibition in Paris.
Canon did not allowed me to use my SD card in the 5DMK3 because “it not a released product yet”.

I have been very impressed by this lens. I compared it with the Canon 100-400 1(push pull) and the Sigma and Tamron new 150-600.
The IS seems to be vastly improved and I could do clear picture handheld at 400 with a very low light. Compared to Nikon zoom on D810, it seems far better.
The lens was also very sharp, probably sharper than the Sigma zoom that is already impressive.
Of course this is just my feeling as I could not take the shot with me and compare directly.

I am looking forward to more accurate comparisons but for me, the GAS syndrome is not too far

 

[simonbratt99]

For some reason i thought this is internal focusing, but the jap video shows external focusing extension.

Wow,

First, the video doesn't show focus, it shows zoom.
Second, it is internal focus.
Third, the "jap" video is from Hong Kong, so in your parlance would be the ch--k video, don't be so disrespectful it is unnecessary and unbecoming.

a
My most humblest of apologies would only be a woefully inadequate token of how bad I feel. Written in haste, regretted for a lifetime. Should have said Oriental.

 

[Old Sarge]

For some reason i thought this is internal focusing, but the jap video shows external focusing extension.

Wow,

First, the video doesn't show focus, it shows zoom.
Second, it is internal focus.
Third, the "jap" video is from Hong Kong, so in your parlance would be the ch--k video, don't be so disrespectful it is unnecessary and unbecoming.

a
My most humblest of apologies would only be a woefully inadequate token of how bad I feel. Written in haste, regretted for a lifetime. Should have said Oriental.

I missed the sarcasm emoticon and feel like this post should have it. If I am wrong, you might want to know that oriental is considered pejorative among the Asian population. Japanese would have been proper in the first post....except it was a Hong Kong video so Chinese might be the most polite way to have expressed it.

 

[Eclectik]

Just to share my experience.

This weekend I tried the 100-400 II at a photo exhibition in Paris.
Canon did not allowed me to use my SD card in the 5DMK3 because “it not a released product yet”.

I have been very impressed by this lens. I compared it with the Canon 100-400 1(push pull) and the Sigma and Tamron new 150-600.
The IS seems to be vastly improved and I could do clear picture handheld at 400 with a very low light. Compared to Nikon zoom on D810, it seems far better.
The lens was also very sharp, probably sharper than the Sigma zoom that is already impressive.
Of course this is just my feeling as I could not take the shot with me and compare directly.

I am looking forward to more accurate comparisons but for me, the GAS syndrome is not too far

+1 : I tried it at "Salon de la Photo" event in Paris today. I was neither not allowed to use my SD card, same reason. Neither my camera (a 7D), since not attached with a security cable . Hence, I tried it on a 7D II. It's so impressive : AF is so fast (at 100 mm & 400mm), much than my 70/200 F4 IS, images look so sharp, in low light and low speed (around 1/60, I think). Lightweight. (half of the sigma 150-600 Sport...). A lot of advantages wrt Sigma & Tamron. Just a raw feeling, once again.

 

[simonbratt99]

For some reason i thought this is internal focusing, but the jap video shows external focusing extension.

Wow,

First, the video doesn't show focus, it shows zoom.
Second, it is internal focus.
Third, the "jap" video is from Hong Kong, so in your parlance would be the ch--k video, don't be so disrespectful it is unnecessary and unbecoming.

a
My most humblest of apologies would only be a woefully inadequate token of how bad I feel. Written in haste, regretted for a lifetime. Should have said Oriental.

I missed the sarcasm emoticon and feel like this post should have it. If I am wrong, you might want to know that oriental is considered pejorative among the Asian population. Japanese would have been proper in the first post....except it was a Hong Kong video so Chinese might be the most polite way to have expressed it.

Thanks Sarge, all lessons learnt are lessons of improvement and appreciated. Emote icon wasn't missing as it shouldn't have been there. :-\ j_p Orential foreign

 

[Cosmicbug]

For some reason i thought this is internal focusing, but the jap video shows external focusing extension.

Wow,

First, the video doesn't show focus, it shows zoom.
Second, it is internal focus.
Third, the "jap" video is from Hong Kong, so in your parlance would be the ch--k video, don't be so disrespectful it is unnecessary and unbecoming.

a
My most humblest of apologies would only be a woefully inadequate token of how bad I feel. Written in haste, regretted for a lifetime. Should have said Oriental.

I missed the sarcasm emoticon and feel like this post should have it. If I am wrong, you might want to know that oriental is considered pejorative among the Asian population. Japanese would have been proper in the first post....except it was a Hong Kong video so Chinese might be the most polite way to have expressed it.

Thanks Sarge, all lessons learnt are lessons of improvement and appreciated. Emote icon wasn't missing as it shouldn't have been there. :-\ j_p Orential foreign

From which perspective is the video foreign?...I am sure many on this site will find yourself just as foreign!

 

[JonAustin]

From which perspective is the video foreign?...I am sure many on this site will find yourself just as foreign!

Oh, lighten up already. The guy has already sincerely apologized.

 

[JorritJ]

Just heard from the camera shop - they don't expect to get their first stock until the end of december...

 

[mrsfotografie]

From which perspective is the video foreign?...I am sure many on this site will find yourself just as foreign!

Oh, lighten up already. The guy has already sincerely apologized.

I agree 8)

Now in the mean time I'm killing myself with the prospect of this new 100-400, vs my affection for the old push-pull and how much I'd *really* like the power of f/4 and the option of extra reach of an f/5.6 [400DO II + 1.4x] (but that's a hell of a lot of 'extra' money) :-\ And no way I want to get a 7D MkII instead.

 

[lintoni]

Now in the mean time I'm killing myself with the prospect of this new 100-400, vs my affection for the old push-pull and how much I'd *really* like the power of f/4 and the option of extra reach of an f/5.6 [400DO II + 1.4x] (but that's a hell of a lot of 'extra' money) :-\ And no way I want to get a 7D MkII instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqs2pIhxO2M

 

[mrsfotografie]

Now in the mean time I'm killing myself with the prospect of this new 100-400, vs my affection for the old push-pull and how much I'd *really* like the power of f/4 and the option of extra reach of an f/5.6 [400DO II + 1.4x] (but that's a hell of a lot of 'extra' money) :-\ And no way I want to get a 7D MkII instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqs2pIhxO2M

Cool! Thanks 8)

 

[dolina]

A little bit of trivia. This lens is the top selling L lens since pre-ordering was announced online.

 

[dgatwood]

A little bit of trivia. This lens is the top selling L lens since pre-ordering was announced online.

No surprise. There's a lot of pent-up demand. After all, everybody has been expecting an upgrade to this lens since... well, roughly since the 70–300L shipped back in 2010, and anybody who could afford to wait has waited....

 

[dolina]

A little bit of trivia. This lens is the top selling L lens since pre-ordering was announced online.

No surprise. There's a lot of pent-up demand. After all, everybody has been expecting an upgrade to this lens since... well, roughly since the 70–300L shipped back in 2010, and anybody who could afford to wait has waited....

It is outdone by the Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Lens and Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens.