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Canon EF 500 mm f/4L IS USM
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Specifications:
| Manufacturer | Canon |
|---|---|
| Model | EF 500 mm f/4L IS USM |
| Lens style | Telephoto |
| Focal length | 500 mm |
| Maximum aperture | f/4 |
| Angle of view | 5 o |
| Closest focusing distance | 4.5 m |
| Maximum magnification | 1:8.33 |
| Minimum aperture | 32 |
| Number of diaphragm blades | 8 |
| Auto focus type | USM |
| Lens Construction | 17 elements / 13 groups |
| Filter diameter | 52 mm |
| Macro | No |
| Available mounts | Canon EF |
| Dimensions | 146 x 387 mm |
| Weight | 3870 g |
| Additional information | Marketed July 1999 |
Owners reviews (7)
Overall
Owner since: 1 year
Price: $5000
User profile: Semipro
Cons: A lens that needs to be on a tripod/monopod if used all day due to weight. Not supplied with a bag but a hardcase. Bag would be more useful. Bought a Manfrotto pro light TLB-600 which holds body on lens perfectly. Expensive lens to buy but much cheaper than Mk11 version.
Pros: Build quality, sharpness/contrast all excellent, easy to use. Delivers stunning pictures that are pin sharp.
Summary: Used mainly for motorsport and occasional wildlife. Used on a 7D Mk2 gives me 800mm or my 5D Mk2 straight or with 1.4 x extender 700mm, all give excellent results. Maybe me, but can't yet get the same results with a 2.0 x extender. If you can afford this lens go for it, have other excellent lenses but this one's brilliant !!
Overall
Owner since: 2 years
Price: 5600$
User profile: Amateur
Cons: Heavy Expensive (you get what you pay for) Slight imbalance (front heavy), tripod collar should be positioned more to the front of the lens
Pros: Very good image quality wide open Fast autofocus Excellent build quality Very good image stabilizer Useful with tele-extenders Really nice functions: AF stop buttons, Focus memory & limiter
Summary: An excellent super-telephoto lens with great image quality, very good IS, fast autofocus and excellent build quality, quite heavy though and pretty expensive (but version 2 costs almost twice as much).
Overall
Owner since: 3 years
Price: $6900
User profile: Amateur
Cons: quite heavy.
Pros: razor-sharp wide open, very sharp and excellent contrast with 1.4 extender
Summary: fantastic lens for wildlife photography
Overall
Owner since: 5 years
Price: $6500
User profile: Amateur
Cons: Heavy.
Pros: Quick and contrast.
Summary: Fantastic
Overall
Owner since: 7 years
Price: $6800
User profile: Semipro
Cons: Heavy.
Pros: Fast focus
Summary: Excellent lens
Overall
Owner since: more than 10 years
Price: $7000
User profile: Semipro
Cons: Quite heavy
Pros: Very sharp and very good contrast.
Summary: Fantastic lens for wildlife, 5 ********
Overall
Owner since: 5 years
Price:
User profile: Semipro
Cons: quite heavy, tripod or other kind of support (beanbag, monopod, ...) is a necessity at all times
Pros: razorsharp wide open, very sharp and good contrast with 1.4 extender and usable with 2x extender
Summary: fantastic lens for wildlife photography