p.82 #7 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
Since everybody seemed to wish for a v2 of this lens, I’m shocked anybody can make such wonderful images with such a heavy and poorly balanced lens! [sarcasm]
p.82 #8 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
corposant wrote:
Since everybody seemed to wish for a v2 of this lens, I’m shocked anybody can make such wonderful images with such a heavy and poorly balanced lens! [sarcasm]
All in all, I still like 100-400GM the best out of the alternatives I tried (Sigma 100-400DN and Tamron 50-400) ...
p.82 #9 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
corposant wrote:
Since everybody seemed to wish for a v2 of this lens, I’m shocked anybody can make such wonderful images with such a heavy and poorly balanced lens! [sarcasm]
heavy, relatively speaking, if you want heavy try the 200-600, when you use both, the 100-400 is lite, but I understand what your saying.
The biggest issue with the 100-400 is the lack of smoothness to zoom. It's down wright terrible for any action that requires to zoom fast.. Perhaps for portraits, landscape, macro, its workable.
p.82 #11 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
Not sure if it is just my lens, but the smooth to tight adjustment does not get tight enough for me and anytime the camera points down, it creeps. So I bought some "GRIFITI Elastic Band Joes 6" X .75" Silicone Rubber Bands" and put one partly on the zoom ring to add the extra friction I wanted. Not recommended if you want to zoom fast.
If version 2 came out, would it have internal zoom, and would that make it harder to keep the lens as sharp?
What I like most is this lens is the best working distance close focus lens I have.
p.82 #16 · Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM Image Thread
ony A7RIV with 100-400mm lens. I was playing with the fact that such long lenses compress distant objects to the point I could make an abstract image of reflections of big commercial fishing boats. I made the original image at 285mm, f13, ISO 400. Then as an afterthought, I decided to have some fun by including the yellow rubber duck. The image was a real hit on our Facebook page. I also shoot a lot of medium format and I have come to like the 4:3 format, so I extended both sides from 3:2 to 4:3 using Content Aware Fill. PS did an excellent job changing formats here. At age 87 I guess my sense of humor is getting warped.
Thanks for looking
Dave in NJ
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heavy, relatively speaking, if you want heavy try the 200-600, when you use both, the 100-400 is lite, but I understand what your saying. 
