Brand new 100-400L woes.

[FlyingColors]

I'm not trying to be a smart ass but you don't have to give me the old "shoot in better conditions" speech the n00conversation get.

"Now Luke, what we have here is a failure to communicate"

Joking aside, perhaps this is just one example of how a post can't properly relay a persons tone and attitude, unlike conversation can.

I was in no way trying to give you a condescending comment, but can only attest how many times I go to a favorite spot to shoot and some days are spot on and others can be a real crap shoot.

Welcome to the gang.

[runway27r]

Definite motion blur on these two:

http://www.cityscenes.net/airport/UPS_752_170.jpg

http://www.cityscenes.net/airport/US_A321_285.jpg

One other can be viewed either as soft or slight motion blur.

Paul

[Steven Holzinger]

How does one solve the problem of motion blur? I seem to have that problem with my little point & shoot every now and then...and getting a DSLR is out of the question. :-)

[Matt Molnar]

That looks almost like digital distortion.

[Wagz]

As an update to my little problem. The lenses are going back to B&H tomorrow via UPS. They've agreed to send out replacements same day they get the two faulty ones in.

On the topic of motion blur, I also realized right away some were clearly blurred, including the UPS. Maybe I lost my footing mid-shot on those (all those departure shots were taken from PHL's own "Gravel Lot", which as you can guess is full of loose gravel with lots of depressions and puddles). I figured I should have been relatively safe from motion blur shooting at 1/500 or better, plus having the benefit of IS. Go figure.

On the other hand there's a shot like the DL 757. A whole 180mm and its really soft, but in this case not suffering from motion blur.

Oh well, we'll see what the replacements look like.

[whakojacko]

eh, just get 1.4x and/or 2x for your 70-200 instead imo. The 70-200 both versions are just awesome. Not like the 100-400 is bad, I just personally dont like the push/pull mechanism

[PHL Approach]

He does have a 1.4, barely uses it. I've used it a few times myself. The ratio of soft shots with that thing on is horrible. It's a 200 dollar POS is all I have to say about it.

[whakojacko]

He does have a 1.4, barely uses it. I've used it a few times myself. The ratio of soft shots with that thing on is horrible. It's a 200 dollar POS is all I have to say about it.

really? hmmm. I have a 1.4x on my 70-200 f/4 and it works very well without a noticeable drop in quality. The 2x is pretty noticeable though