| Re: which lens for birding
If you only want to use a zoom at maximum, then a prime makes a lot of sense; and it will also work well with a converter. The downside with the Canon 400 is no IS and a relatively long minimum focusing distance. I think it could be as long 11 ft. which means you could miss something which comes close, like that rare butterfly!
But if you normally use a tripod the 400 makes a lot of sense.
When faced with a similar dilemma recently, I eventually chose the Sigma 150-500 for a general purpose lens. But if the 400 had IS then I would probably have bought that. |