Is the 100-400mm Sony lens still a buy in 2023 by "Camilla & I"

[@KGsPhotography]

Great video Mark. My Canon EF 100-400 was my first proper wildlife lens and absolutely loved it before moving to the RF. beautiful footage and images mate.

[@CamillaI]

Great to hear! Thanks Keith 🙂

[@SteveHedgesPhotography]

Very good video Mark, excellent tips. I use my 200-500mm zoom which I find is great for dragonflies in flight. Does get heavy though. I have to manually focus with the Z6II because it just doesn't lock on quick enough, challenging but good fun. All the best, Steve.

[@CamillaI]

Absolutely Steve great stuff ! I would like a 400mm f5.6 👍

[@kevinpotts9583]

Hi ive got the 200-600 mm and i am going to use the cropped mode on tuesday

[@CamillaI]

Excellent happy hunting 👍

[@njrtech]

Would you not prefer the Sony 90mm macro instead? That lens will provide far sharper details which becomes obvious when cropping.

[@CamillaI]

Not for Dragonflies as the extra reach is required when they are on the move ! But if your Dragonfly is still captured early morning with dew on you can not beat the 90mm Macro. It was the worlds tenth sharpest lens when I originally reviewed it ! 🤔

[@Jonathantuba]

I find the 100-400 a nice ‘lightweight’ walk about lens, although don’t like the extending to zoom. It is not smooth to use like the internal 200-600. Another alternative is the 70-200 with 2x teleconverter still giving F5.6 and internal zoom. That may or may not be as sharp as the 100-400 as those teleconverters do seem to vary a bit in image quality. That would also work for dragonfly with good close focusing using that setup.

[@CamillaI]

Yes a good call Jonathan I will be exploring that option too 👍

[@VeeTravels]

Thanks for the video, Camilla. I am wondering if this lens is better than the new Sigma 60-600mm. I am deciding between the 2.

[@CamillaI]

Well it is better quality but hasn’t got the reach of the Sigma !

[@VeeTravels]

@@CamillaI how is it better quality than the sigma?

[@CamillaI]

@@VeeTravels Well it's f5.6 GM lens dedicated to Sony also much faster focusing but still only 400mm so it depends on your subject

[@VeeTravels]

@@CamillaI Oh I didn't know Sony as faster AF

[@tsizzle]

What about the Tamron 50-400mm f4.5-6.3 for Sony FE?

[@CamillaI]

Wow well I haven't seen that one . Good call out 👍