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300 f/4L IS w/1.4x or 400 f/5.6L

This is a discussion on 300 f/4L IS w/1.4x or 400 f/5.6L within the Equipment Talk forums, part of the Photography Information category; I thought I read somewhere that the Bigma fools the camera into allowing AF at the long end. The 80-400 ...

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I thought I read somewhere that the Bigma fools the camera into allowing AF at the long end. The 80-400 was nice with the OS, but damn, it was slow slow slow to AF..

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So with a good tripod (maybe a monopod?) the 400 5.6L would be a good choice?

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