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150aintenuff
12-30-2005, 05:07 AM
Greg and other gurus, what would be the best addition to the 18-55, 70-300 cannon lenses My wife currently has. Looking for more distance photos rather than close up.. for close up work she still perfers her 35mm... im thinking something in the 400mm range??????

Spd-Kilz
12-30-2005, 08:14 AM
Price range? I mean the possibilities are endless...You could buy hear a nice $10,000 lens:rolleyes: Or buy me one (I have the XT too with th 18-55 and 75-300)

Anyways, like I said, post a price range, and Greg will chime in here I'm sure:o

150aintenuff
12-30-2005, 05:07 PM
less than the cost of the camera..... under a grand... ima poor bastard

jerry
12-30-2005, 05:49 PM
Get A 70-300 Af, Vr F2.8

150aintenuff
01-01-2006, 04:29 AM
she already has a good 70-300mm... the river I do alot of boating on is 2 miles wide, and there is a 400 ft rule from shore and the 300mm isnt quite enough to zoom in on a boat that far away+ she likes to do deer and othere wildlife and some times of the year we cant get as close as we would like... thus the need for me to ask this question... is there a good quality lens that fits a connon rebel xt doesn not have to be "name brand" as long as it specs out and has good reflex and optics brand name means nothing except extra $$$ outa pocket,so not to concerned about it being a cannon just a good quality lens for a fairly proficient amature photographer who possesses the ability if she so desired to, to have some of her best stuff published off and on.... and it it was reverse compatible to her 35mm cannon that would be an added bonus IMO. i know some are and some arent...

Scream And Fly
01-01-2006, 04:46 PM
Nick,

While I usually do not like consumer-grade 'super zoom' lenses, a very good lens to look at is the Sigma 50-500 HSM. It's not extremely fast, but it's one of the most inexpensive choices in this range and it provides great image quality. It's very large though, so a monopod is a must - especially for shooting anything over 300mm. I would not use it for sports or action photography, however. If you want a fast zoom, you'll have to pay a lot more. I think the Sigma 50-500 runs about $1000. Other than that, I would only consider Canon lenses, but Canon does not have a something in that zoom range that costs less than $2000 (as far as I know).

My personal choice would be for the Canon 70-200 USM 2.8L and a teleconvertor, but this will set you back about $2000. Maureen has this lens and it's extremely fast and sharp. It's also a pro lens with a price to match. :)

Greg

hsbob
01-03-2006, 10:51 AM
i'm assuming your not a pro. i have the 50-500 sigma and greg is right. the best way to go would be a 18-200mm lens for normal shooting and then a big zoom lens like the 50-500. the thing about the 18-200 is you will hardly ever have to change lens. thus no dust problem on the ccd. if you can get a stablized 18-200 lens so much the better. if you want to check the quality of older lens look at photodo.com.

tdogcarter
01-05-2006, 09:24 PM
Got the Tamron 28 - 300 DI lens. It is alot better than the 18 - 55 or 70 - 300 standard Canon Lens that came with the camera. Only was like $350 too. So it is cheap. If you take a picture in the very fine mode with the camera, the camera has a very large image, you can then zoom in with software of what the object your trying to get in the image. Even on the camera itself you can zoom on a picture just using the view finder. The camera is very nice for the money. Another lens that you should get is the 50 1.8 lens. $90 lens and takes excellent portrait or non - zoom shots, best lens I have seen for the money.

Trey

150aintenuff
01-05-2006, 11:07 PM
I was afraid of that..... to get DESCENT it is BIG $$$ her 70-300 was as good as I could afford at the time ( it is a cannon but not their #1 lens) so basically I will just have to be closer to the action... a 300 MM on out river system wont pick up a 18-20' boat if its in the channel... but if a 500 mm wont do action there is no point to having it... so I guess I will just have to venture in a little closer..... but if anything comes out that is under the 1K mark let me know...

Scream And Fly
01-05-2006, 11:35 PM
Nick, the 70-300 will work fine in very good light. Just get closer to the action so you won't have to shoot at maximum telephoto (which is usually not optimal for most lenses). Soon I'll be posting an extensive article on photographing boats at events.

Greg

hsbob
01-06-2006, 09:56 AM
the 300mm will end up being a little short across the columbia. eagle across the skagit with 500 comes up short some times. but since you already have the 300, try a 1.4x or a 2x multipler. it mounts betweent the camera and lens and will make the 300 a 450 or 600 respectively. arround $150 ea. now the bad news. you will need lots of light and the 2x may need manual focusing. get a good trypod rule of thumb is the shutter speed needs to be 1/len's mm at minium. eg the 300 w 2x = shutter speed of 1/600 or faster. if its anything less you need a trypod. hanging a weight from the center of the trypod mount will help also. even if you get the stablized lens [$$$$$] it will take good picture of the stantionary landscape and a blur of the moving items.

tdogcarter
01-06-2006, 10:13 AM
You might want to check out the Tamron Lens thats under $900
I think you can get it for $800 with the $30 rebate

Here is a review

http://www.photofocus.com/showarchive.php?aid=224&cid=1

I am really happy with my 28 - 300 Tamron lens, like it alot more than the 75 - 300 Canon Lens I got.

Scream And Fly
01-07-2006, 01:48 AM
Keep in mind, that Tamron has a maximum aperture of F5 at 200MM and F6.3 at 500MM. Translation: it needs a lot of light for any effective action photography - expecially on the long end.

Greg