Photographer Jeff Cable posted a real world review of Canon’s new [shoplink 25455]EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II[/shoplink] lens. Compared to the [shoplink 124]previous 100-400mm[/shoplink] lens, he says…:

• It is sharper (all the way from 100mm to 400mm)
• It focuses faster
• It holds focus better when zooming in or out
• The image stabilization is newer and better
• The minimum focus distance is half of what the older model could achieve
• Better weather sealing
• The new lens hood has a retractable door for rotating a filter

For more impression and many sample pics head over to Jeff Cable’s blog.

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Kai of DigitalRev reviews Canon’s new EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 II lens.

The Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II is not a budget lens, selling for $2,199 B&H Photo | Adorama  | Amazon.

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More EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II coverage here at CW.

ephotozine reviewed the new Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II lens. From the conclusion:

With the popularity of this lens’ predecessor, Canon’s new 100-400mm lens has a lot to live up to. As far as the performance of the lens is concerned, it has no problems living up to the reputation created by the old lens. Images are sharp, it focuses fast and handles well, especially thanks to the novel resistance adjustment on the zoom.

Where this lens my struggle is with how much it costs. Continuing the trend for new versions of lenses to be a fair bit more expensive, this lens is priced at a level higher than its predecessor ever was. Even so, for some people, the differences will be worth it. It’s credit to the old version of this lens that it is so hard to beat in terms of quality and value.

They liked the excellent build quality (see what R. Cicala has to say about the build quality), the relatively light weight, low distortion, weather and dust resistance, low chromatic aberrations, the built-in image stabilisation, and the fast auto-focus.

The Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II is not a budget lens, selling for $2,199 (B&H Photo | Adorama  | Amazon. EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II price check for your country: [shopcountry 25455]. More EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II coverage here at CW.

“Is this the best lens ever built?” wonders Lensrental’s Roger Cicala while tearing apart Canon’s new EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II lens.

R. Cicala writes:

I know I can’t really, without showing you dozens of other lenses, do a good job of impressing you with just how robustly engineered this lens is. I will say that the insides look more like what we’d expect to see in a 500mm f/4 or 600mm f/4 lens, rather than a telezoom. It’s by far the most heavily engineered zoom lens [we] have ever seen; and we’ve seen the insides of dozens of lenses in this range.

Well done, Canon engineers, well done!

The whole disassembling process is documented with lots of images – very interesting to see how this lens is build internally, and to read Cicala’s comments about how well Canon engineered this lens.

The Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II is not a budget lens, selling for $2,199 (B&H Photo | Adorama  | Amazon.

EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II price check for your country: [shopcountry 25455].

More EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II coverage here at CW.

Image courtesy of lensrentals.com