COMPARED PERFORMANCE OF THE ZOOM LENS
CANON EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L USM



Up, the EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.5L USM (zoom lens)
Down, the EF 400 mm f/4.5L USM (fixed focal lens)

The image are acquired with a Canon EOS 20D in RAW format and 100 ISO. The raw is decoded by Iris software (gradient method)

 EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   vs  EF 400 mm f/5.5L USM

 EF 100-400 mm - f = 400 mm @ f/5.6 - left border

  EF 100-400 mm - f = 400 mm @ f/5.6 - center

  EF 100-400 mm - f = 400 mm @ f/5.6 - right border

 EF 400 mm @ f/5.6 - left border

 EF 400 mm @ f/5.6 - center

 EF 400 mm @ f/5.6 - right border

 

 

 

 EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   vs  EF 200 mm f/2.8L USM

EF 100-400 mm - f = 200 mm @ f/5.0 - left border

EF 100-400 mm - f = 200 mm @ f/5.0 - center

EF 100-400 mm - f = 200 mm @ f/5.0 - right border

EF 200 mm @ f/2.8 - left border

EF 200 mm @ f/2.8 - center

EF 200 mm @ f/2.8 - right border

EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   vs  EF 100 mm f/2.8 macro USM

EF 100-400 mm - f = 100 mm @ f/4.5 - left border

EF 100-400 mm - f = 100 mm @ f/4.5 - center

EF 100-400 mm - f = 100 mm @ f/4.5 - right border

EF 100 mm @ f/4.5 - left border

EF 100 mm @ f/4.5 - center

EF 100 mm @ f/4.5 - right border

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