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Old 23-07-2006, 10:37 PM
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Re: Buying a lens

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Originally Posted by bob hastie
Thanks for the quick replies guys.
Sorry I did'nt make myself too clear in my first post, I was indeed looking for tips on how to test the lens.
Is there any way to easily compare the optical quality of one lens against another. ie if I have 2 lenses offered to me what type of shot should I take to really show any slight diferences between them
I'll have a thunk about that and get back to you - I have to say tho that I have never bothered, after all most canon lenses are excellent so you'd be very unlucky to get a duff one and you have the warranty to fall back on if you are that unlucky...

A lot of dealers dont routinely carry the 100-400is so the chances of them just happening to have two in stock is slight - you need to ring before travelling to make sure theyve got it at all in a lot of places.
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