Well success both lenses eventually sold on ebay...

Have ordered the 100-400 L, ebay.. from hong kong... oh dear.. lol I'm sure it'll be fine. 

The only horror story I've had with the imports is my 17-50mm Tamron.

I originally decided to get it so that I had something low-light for doing Kathryns gigs with. Ordered it a month before Kathryns gig and the week before it still hadn't shown up. I ended up having to cancel the order etc through the company and getting a more expensive copy from a local shop.

The fun started then though, as the import actually arrived, a week after I asked to cancel. I then had to send it back, and it took 2 months for them to sort out a refund. Well, I say that, I actually had to contact my credit card company and explain the situation and they gave me my money back.

It all came out good in the end though, as the import company at some point a month or two later actually refunded me as well 

MMMMMMMM TASTY!!!


IMG_0089 by Adam Woodford, on Flickr

And it arrived quicker than i thought it would!!

So does that mean more photo-walks coming up then?

So does that mean more photo-walks coming up then?

Indeed, want to get a filter on it first though..

That definetly didn't take long to come!

Got any plans on what to use it on first?

No idea.. birds probably

There are those that argue that even a high-quality UV filter will affect IQ, especially on longer focal lengths. Might be worth borrowing one and doing some comparison shots first?