Hi all am wanting to get a new canon lens to shoot wildlife shots with and was thinking this would be the best http://www.photowarehouse.co.nz/canon-ef-100-400mm-f4-5-5-6l-usm-is-lens/ but am unsure so if anyone has a l series canon lens i would love to know what they think

I would love an L series lens but unfortunately the budget does not nallow for such.

LoL! I'm pretty sure that if you get ANY Canon L-series lens, your shots will come out pretty sweet.

Some deep pockets you got in your coat! :lol:

Looks like a nice lense. Wish i could afford one like that

Personally i think for the money it is a bit of a white Elephant.

it'ds pretty dark at top end of focal length for that price.

How about getting the fixed focus 300mm F.4.

Its about 25% lighter in weight, a full stop brighter so makes it a lot more user friendly by about 2 stops which more than make up for the slight reduction in focal length.

The 300mm is 20% cheaper also so I'd be putting that saved money into a faster shorter focal option( either fixedd or fastish zoom) because I'd say a 1.4kg. F.4.5 100mm with a terrible minimum focusing distance as with the 100-400mm would be a dog, and chances are you are looking at that lens for the top end of the focal range anyway.

And I think the 'costs' of that extra focal length don't add up.

I'd definitely be trying both to compare.

What would you be putting it on?

thanks everyone and 5d markII ive been saving up for a while with money that should be going to a car :nilly: but this is my dream to have a setup that can get amazing shots firenzenz i agree with you and id save money but could it get the same distance?

with the shots? thanks everyone.