FighterPilot From Canada, joined Jun 2005, 1323 posts, RR: 24 Posted (6 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 3603 times:
Well I finally went out and did it.... I bought the 100-400mm.
I'm really excited and can't wait till it comes in, aswell I can't wait to upload some pictures taken with it onto A.net. Just to keep this thread relevant to the Photography Forum, what was it like when you got yours? How excited were you? Hows does it smell fresh out of the box?
9V From China, joined Aug 2008, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (6 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days ago) and read 3601 times:
Hi Cal,
I bought my camera and lens at the same time. When I went to pick them up from the shop the first thing I wanted to do was look at the lens! I totally ignored the camera.
It's a superb lens and you will just love it. I've had it about a year now and it just never dissapoints!
JeffM From United States of America, joined May 2005, 3266 posts, RR: 53 Reply 3, posted (6 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 3498 times:
Law4fun From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 135 posts, RR: 3 Reply 4, posted (6 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 3487 times:
Don't forget to get the Eclipse and sensor swabs. The lens is supurb in a word but has been a dust magnet. Have fun and enjoy!
Wietse From Netherlands, joined Oct 2001, 3809 posts, RR: 57 Reply 5, posted (6 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 3478 times:
Quoting Law4fun (Reply 4): Don't forget to get the Eclipse and sensor swabs. The lens is supurb in a word but has been a dust magnet. Have fun and enjoy!
Dont have more dust than with other lenses, think its more of a DSLR issue..
JeffM From United States of America, joined May 2005, 3266 posts, RR: 53 Reply 7, posted (6 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 3451 times:
Quoting Wietse (Reply 5): Dont have more dust than with other lenses,
Me either. I get the same amount with fixed lenses and twist zooms.
IL76 From Netherlands, joined Jan 2004, 2235 posts, RR: 51 Reply 8, posted (6 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 3429 times:
Some people believe everything they hear, especially when told on the internet by people they don't even know. One person might have once said 'dust pump' somewhere, people copied his claim without question and now it seems to have taken 'fact'-status... Weird.
Prat From Canada, joined Jun 2005, 229 posts, RR: 3 Reply 9, posted (6 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 3340 times:
Can't say enough good things about my 100-400. I wouldn't say the dust issues are any worse than most other lenses. Most of it simply accumulates by the constant changing of lenses. Picked up a second body so I don't have that problem much anymore! Congrats on the purchase and I'm sure you'll love it.
FighterPilot From Canada, joined Jun 2005, 1323 posts, RR: 24 Reply 10, posted (6 years 7 months 3 weeks 2 days ago) and read 3279 times:
Thanks for the replies.
I too have heard the "Dust Pump" rumor, as I have done a lot of research on what lens to buy. If it truly increases the amount of dust on the sensor, or if there is no change is irrelevant. So you use a blower or swab it more often... oh well, I'm about to own what I, and many others think, is the greatest aviation lens. I can't wait to get out in the field and use it, be it on aviation, landscapes, birds, or any other applications. Being that I live a considerable distance from any major airport, I won't get to use it on any heavies anytime super soon. I will however get to take some great shots out at the airbase I work for. What did yous do when you first got your copy?
Law4fun From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 135 posts, RR: 3 Reply 12, posted (6 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 3236 times:
Wietse From Netherlands, joined Oct 2001, 3809 posts, RR: 57 Reply 14, posted (6 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 3149 times:
Quoting Pavvyben (Reply 6): Its push and pull aka vacuum cleaner.
Yes, I know that, I have been using one for almost three and a half years, do you own one?
I find it rather funny that people who own one for a year or less are telling us that they are dust magnets... These are mostly people that made the switch to digital at the same time they bought the 100-400 and thus they explain the higher dust attraction that DSLR's have by blaming the 100-400.
9V From China, joined Aug 2008, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (6 years 7 months 3 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 3110 times:
Hey Dan,
That's a cracking motorbike shot! Bad motive though since you chopped off the back wheel.
But yes, where it comes into it's own really is when doing close-ups, it beats the competition hands down. And I've never had a single problem with dust.
Guess the thingy is not very useful................... for a fighter pilot
Unless of course you are a fighter pilot on a An-225
Quoting Pavvyben (Reply 6): Its push and pull aka vacuum cleaner.
The "hand action"(did i say that.....ohjee )might be different but the resulting lens action is quite the same: grow, shrink, grow, shrink etc etc
My very own and very similar lens does have a rotation zoom but works best when used as push pule.......
The 100-400 will remain a "Dust Pump" of course........ just for the fun of it.
The truth lives in one’s mind, it doesn’t really exist
Maiznblu_757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 5112 posts, RR: 52 Reply 24, posted (6 years 7 months 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 2890 times:
Congrats on the new glass. Ive had it since '04 and its been great for the most part, recently the push/pull mechanism began to sieze up a bit. Seems others have had this issue as well. Just be aware it could happen down the road. Enjoy it.
25 Spencer: I have the same problem Chad, bearings seizing up on me! I've sadly noticed though, that after 4 years she's taken a few specks of dust in between the
26 AirbusA346: I brought this issue up with a guy I know at a photography shop and he said that he has never heardo this issue with any 100-400's he has sold and it
27 Maiznblu_757: I have a good friend here that had to send his in to Canon to repair this issue, cost $180.00 to be fixed. Luckily I still have the Mack Warranty for
28 F4wso: My 100-400L lens arrived today from B & H! Time for another steep learning curve. My photography is much like my golf game. I wanted to get the fundam
29 LHRman: Hey guys - I can inform you that Ben is a Nikon user so I don't know how he has developed this opinion apart from the hearsay that goes round regardi
30 FighterPilot: Well it finally came in today! I didn't expect it to be that heavy, but I'm only used to my 18-55mm so.. Also it smelled pretty good coming out of the
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