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Super-tele zooms
Digital Camera World
|June 2022
Here are the best-buy super-telephoto zooms for shooting action, sport, wildlife and more

There are often times when we can't get as close as we'd like to. If you're shooting anything from small timid birds to planes at an air show, from athletes to motorsports, or wildlife on safari, you'll need a lens that really covers the distance. A super-telephoto lens will get you there, and a zoom beats a prime for flexibility when your movements are limited. That's especially true if you're confined to a hide for shooting wildlife, or in a spectators' area at a sporting event.
Allowing you to punch right in on distant subects like this hungry puffin, super-telephoto zooms are go-to lenses for capturing wildlife.
A super-telephoto zoom can also come in handy for shooting candid portraits at events, so you can be unobtrusive and pick people out from a distance, while also blurring the background with a fairly tight depth of field. They can even give a creative alternative for landscape photography, giving a different look by compressing perspective. All in all, it's an extremely versatile bit of kit.
Canon
RF 100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
£669/$649
Compact and affordable RF zoom
Less than a quarter of the price of Canon's RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1L IS USM zoom and much more compact, this is a tempting proposition. Typical of Canon's non L-series lenses, the RF 100-400mm doesn't have any weather-seals, but there are plenty of enticing features.
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