Hello everyone and greetings from Cork, Ireland.

During last autumn and with your advice I opted for the Canon 70-200 mm f4. This lens is great and I am enjoying using it very much and at Christmas time I received a very kind present of the 1.4 mk III teleconverter which is great and there is little or no loss of IQ when using it. Was also luky that a Euro 70 Canon 18-55 mm IS came my way and with the few photos for which it has been in use it has been very good and sharp and well worth the few euro.

I have been caught out just a few times lately when 400 mm or thereabouts would have been the better option and bearing in mind that a very nice Canon 100-400 mm is out of my price range for a while to come can anyone give comment on both the Sigma 120-400 and the Tokina 80-400 mk II version on which is better at the longer end? I appreciate that you get what you pay for but maybe some of you can give comment on one or both of the above lenses.

Thank you and happy snapping in 2012!