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A question I toiled with not so long ago (in fact my choice arrived this weekend 
) I plumped for the Tamron 70-300 VC USD, in all the reviews I read there was no discernible real world difference in IQ between that and the Canon... Tamron won out for me on Build quality which is reportedly better than the Canon (and it is superb), full time manual focus and a great Image stabilisation system, oh yeah and a "free" lens hood. Both lenses are pretty much the same price.
Not had much chance to shoot with it as weather has been neff but the VC is awesome, it focuses quickly and accurately and most importantly of all the IQ I think is great. Not put anything on line yet but can upload a couple of samples tomorrow
In all the research I did the Sigma offerings in this range languish a long way behind the Canon and Tamron and I discounted them very quickly.
i have a canon non L 75-300 some pics in my profile are taken with it tho i have to say im not a big fan but its all i can afford :-( maybe go for the tamron as spoke about above
Quote: Canon 70 200 f 4 L and a 1.4 x extender is a very useful combination
And worth thinking about . The 200 end is very good with reasonably good 280mm with extender
Realistically, you could get away with this, but do keep in mind that the 70-200 f4 L is an EF lens, rather than a EF-S, so you'll get an automatic 1.6x. Add the 1.4 teleconverter, and you essentially have a 140-400 piece of kit 
I agree with all the comments concerning the 70-200 with 1.4TC however for me it sat outside my budget, I bought used at £225 for my Tamron, the cheapest I saw a Canon 70-200 f4L go for was £310 and then need to budget and additional £70-£100 for a good TC and fore go image stabilisation 
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