Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Super Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras |  | Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
Buy New: $1,229.00
as of 9/8/2010 22:01 PDT details
New (5) Used (3) Refurbished (1) from $1,199.00
Seller: Adorama Camera
Rating:  33 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Maximum Focal Length: 400
Minimum Focal Length: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 13.5 x 6 x 5.9
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 2526A005
Model: 2526A005
UPC: 082966203022
EAN: 4960999213026
ASIN: B00009USW3
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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| Features:
| • | EF mount; super telephoto lens | | • | Fluorite and Ultra-low Dispersion-glass; internal focusing; full-time manual focus | | • | 400mm focal length | | • | f/5.6 maximum aperture | | • | Micro UltraSonic Motor (USM) |
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Product Description
This high-performance lens was designed with portability and handling ease in mind. One super UD-glass element, whose characteristics are similar to fluorite, and one UD-glass element result in sharp pictures from corner-to-corner. The lens also has a built-in hood and a detachable tripod mount.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 33
 Excellent lens, if you know what you want from it! July 18, 2010
R. Sekhar
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this lens a year ago after extensively reading and learning about super telephoto primes. The real choice was between the 300mm f4 IS and the 400mm f5.6 no IS. Price was very close, and for me the extra reach was more important. So I got the 400mm. A lot has been said about lack of IS and the blurred images in low light situation, and I have to agree these points of view are correct. My copy is tack sharp. In reasonably good lighting, I get superb images handheld, especially birds in flight and wildlife. On bright days, this lens is a true delight to shoot with. Perhaps the most impressive feature is the amazing speed of the auto focus and how quickly it 'locks on' to the subject. With dim lihgting, it really is a challenge - I end up using a higher ISO (and miss the IS a lot). Looking back, I would still have got this one for the price, as the reach is important to me. And yes, I am saving for the 500mm lens (if I can afford it in this lifetime!). Bottom line - it is a terrific lens, if you understand its limitation and advantages, and know what you want from it. Thank you.
 Close but no Cigar May 18, 2010
Jeff
After reading all the rave reviews about this lens, I took the plunge. The first copy I got was so bad I sent it back immediately. In live view with a stable test target (ISO 12233) it couldn't even manually focus it to anything close to sharp. The second one I got was better, but its about 10% less resolution than I'm used to with the Canon 200mm F2.8 and 35mm F1.4 (both amazing lenses). I always enjoy zooming into an image and being surprised by the hidden details I miss viewing "fit to screen", but this lens constantly disappoints me. Its never crisp; its always on the soft side. Lots of reviews claim this lens is sharp as a tack but this just isn't my experience with it. I wish it was.
Perhaps I'm just expecting too much. The images are extremely sensitive to the slightest movement of the camera, so you must shoot as fast as possible. Stopping it down did not measurably sharpen the images. It might work better with a full frame sensor (I'm using a cropped T1i).
400mm f/5.6...Wonderful piece of glass!! April 20, 2010
S. Denny (Green Bay, WI USA)
I wont bore you with all the details. Many people have done a great job telling you just how wonderful this lens is.
When buying a lens or a camera you should have a good idea how you shoot and how you intend to use the lens. I knew from the beginning that not having IS did not bother me. Having a 5.6 vs a 4.0...well...as much as I would like the extra stop, I also like an extra $4000 in my pocket.
Some people think that the lens and the camera is what makes the photographer. That is like saying an Indy car makes me an awesome driver. You really do need to learn how to use your equipment and know its capabilities.
There has not been a time when I have not been happy with this lens. If there is a photo that has not turned out the way I want, I look at my abilities before I blame the equipment.
Want a great ultra zoom and a super price?? This bad boy is your guy!!
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Thank you.
Scott
Wasted Money April 15, 2010
Stephan Peters (Grangeville, ID USA)
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
Buying this lens was $1300.00 thrown down the toilet. I have this lens now for 3 weeks and I'm going to put it into the closet to probably never be used again. I can get sharper pictures with my old $50 point&shoot film camera. Even put on a sturdy tripod with a shutter speed of 1/4000 and mirror lock up, the images are totally blurry. I micro-adjusted the AF in the camera by about five stops and it helped a little, still, the results are just unacceptable. For Macro-shots I use live-view and 10x magnification to help focus on very fine detail and I always get a nice crisp detail on the screen. That is not the case by applying the same technique to the 400/5.6, even then with manual focusing, the image never achieves a good focus. It goes from blurry to less blurry, but when you think you should be getting close, it's already past the point and is going blurry again. I've bought this lens after reading all the reviews, stating how good a lens this is and how sharp it is. I guess I received a lemon and now I have a $1300.00 paperweight or dustcollector. I will be saving (for many years to come) for one of the big boys now. I did gave it two stars for the very good build quality and a fairly good AF mechanism.
 No more itching to buy Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Super Telephoto Lens February 23, 2010
ALukich
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
No more itching to buy Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Super Telephoto Lens. I've come to this conclusion after I decided to rent EF 400mm and compare it with my current combination: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens plus Canon EF 2X II Extender Telephoto Accessory. While reading all reviews, I was convinced, that 400mm prime would be the best option for wildlife and birds photography, compare to 70-200mm plus EF 2X II Extender, because of degradation of quality of images, taken with extender, etc. From my point of view, the results for EF 400mm were very disappointing. On the other hand, while comparing prime lens with EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM+EF 2X Extender, I realized that everything is working perfectly with EF 2X II Extender: auto focusing, IS, even colors appears to be better for this pair. Needless to say, that on top of it gives me more versatility. I am posting some of the images that, I think, will be helpful to make my point. No post-processing of these images except conversion from RAW. My camera was calibrated recently by Canon factory
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