best zoom lens for canon 400d

[basser]

hello everyone,after reading this forum ,i decided to buy my wife a canon 400d due to the great reports it gets on this forum.she has noticed there is very limited zoom on the lens supplied and would like to know of a good zoom lens /price/where to buy from ....any help would be appreciated

 

[Astaroth]

What sort of budget are you looking at? What sort of level of zoom does she want/ what sort of pictures will it be used for?

For zoom work I very much favour my Canon 70-300 IS lens which you can get for around the £400 mark

Down from that there is the likes of the Sigma 70-300 APO DG that is about £175

Going in the other direction there is the likes of the canon 100-400 L IS for about £1k

I find that for a zoom lens you really want to be looking at 300mm as a minimum at the top end - frequently I use mine at this length and to be honest at times would prefer it to be longer still though of cause there is the option of the multiplier things (cant remember their proper name of the top of my head) to give the extra reach

 

[Mark123]

Down from that there is the likes of the Sigma 70-300 APO DG that is about £175

If you go for this - make sure you get the APO version as Astaroth mentioned - there is a non APO version that is cheaper but quality is not as good.

there is the option of the multiplier things (cant remember their proper name of the top of my head) to give the extra reach

Extender

 

[basser]

thanx for the help....looks like im buying the Sigma 70-300 APO DG as thats as far as i can afford right now.... in fact just got one off ebay brand new £98 inc delivery...thanks again mark and astra

 

[Astaroth]

Extender

thats the sausage.... get confused at times between extender and extension - head has been in ASP.Net coding all day so twas just one of those times.

Basser - hope she enjoys the camera/ lens

 

[beachy]

thanx for the help....looks like im buying the Sigma 70-300 APO DG as thats as far as i can afford right now.... in fact just got one off ebay brand new £98 inc delivery...thanks again mark and astra

you got a bargin there mate if it was brand new, i just got one from one stop digital for £120 and i thought that was good for the price, great budget len,s though, only thing a bit noisey when zooming, sounds like a tank going over a sand dune heres's one from today taken with it.