100-400TestShots 

In early May 2005, I received the Canon 100-400L lens and decided to take it out and test it. It wasn't a beautiful day, but I managed to find a few things to take pictures of anyway. When you are viewing an individual shot, clicking on the picture itself gives the actual resolution of the camera (no resizing), so you can look at things up close and personal to see what you think. There were three pictures that I rotated slightly: The one with the fountain in the foreground and Beckman in the background, the one with the fountain splashing water, and the one of students walking down the street. These 3 images received an unsharp mask in Photoshop of 120% with a radius of 1.2. The remainder of the shots received Capture One's soft look sharpening method with amount: 126, threshold:3. (Test Shots from a Lensbaby 2.0, a selective focus lens)

Rich Jones, Head Coach of Fighting Illini Baseball
Rich Jones, Head Coach of Fighting Illini Baseball
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Beckman garden.  Very nice bokeh.

Canon 100-400L lens test shots.  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
Beckman garden. Very nice bokeh.

Canon 100-400L lens test shots. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
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Beckman garden.  Very nice bokeh.

Canon 100-400L lens test shots.  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
Beckman garden. Very nice bokeh.

Canon 100-400L lens test shots. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
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Girl lying on bench.  Is it art?  Well, who knows.  It struck me as being somewhat artistic.

Canon 100-400L lens test shots.  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
Girl lying on bench. Is it art? Well, who knows. It struck me as being somewhat artistic.

Canon 100-400L lens test shots. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus *
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Going to have to watch the depth of field on this.  The middle fountain isn't in focus.  The far fountain is pretty sharp, though.

Canon 100-400L lens test shots.  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
Going to have to watch the depth of field on this. The middle fountain isn't in focus. The far fountain is pretty sharp, though.

Canon 100-400L lens test shots. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
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Baby geese.  I took a bunch of pictures of these guys, but few of them turned out good.  I needed to stop down more than I did.  f7.1 isn't enough to give me the depth of field that I needed.  This isn't as sharp as I already know the lens is capable of, but it's one of the best ones I have.


Canon 100-400L lens test shots.  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
Baby geese. I took a bunch of pictures of these guys, but few of them turned out good. I needed to stop down more than I did. f7.1 isn't enough to give me the depth of field that I needed. This isn't as sharp as I already know the lens is capable of, but it's one of the best ones I have.


Canon 100-400L lens test shots. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
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Baby geese.  I took a bunch of pictures of these guys, but few of them turned out good.  I needed to stop down more than I did.  f7.1 isn't enough to give me the depth of field that I needed.  This isn't as sharp as I already know the lens is capable of, but it's one of the best ones I have.


Canon 100-400L lens test shots.  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
Baby geese. I took a bunch of pictures of these guys, but few of them turned out good. I needed to stop down more than I did. f7.1 isn't enough to give me the depth of field that I needed. This isn't as sharp as I already know the lens is capable of, but it's one of the best ones I have.


Canon 100-400L lens test shots. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
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I believe the tank was being refilled with liquid nitrogen

Canon 100-400L lens test shots.  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
I believe the tank was being refilled with liquid nitrogen

Canon 100-400L lens test shots. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
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Rob took this shot.  It was of a poster that had been printed out using an ink jet.  This was the first non-through-the-glass shot that the lens took.

Canon 100-400L lens test shots.  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
Rob took this shot. It was of a poster that had been printed out using an ink jet. This was the first non-through-the-glass shot that the lens took.

Canon 100-400L lens test shots. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
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