jmbrailsford
Prominent Member
Hi Folks,
Right, now I have just gotten hold of a Canon 350D via the For Sale Forums, it came with the 18-55mm kit lens.
What I am looking for now is what do any of you suggest for further lenses?
I would like a zoom lens for shooting sports such as golf, motorsport, US Football ( guy at work is a Junior Coach and would like some shots for his website), I would also be looking to shoot some wildlife, I will be able to get within about 20 - 40 yards of most of what I will be shooting including a fox den which will have cubs in it soon.
I know all about how good the 'L' Lenses are but at the moment they are well out of my league as I was fancying the 70-200 F4 L and/or the 100-400 F4 L. Ok I know the 70-200 is around £400 S/H but with a holiday coming up in August I don't want to overspend just now and was looking at the Sigma 70-300 F4/5.6 DG Macro from Onestopdigital for £120.00. I appreciate it won't be in the same league as the Canon L's but it might do as a stop gap until I can afford an L lens and then punt it on eBay where they get about £100 - £130 so wouldn't be losing that much when the time came to get rid of it.
Phew, typing cramp setting in now..... right so what else would you recommend at under £200 that would re-sell ok when the time came to upgrade to an L lens? I have looked at loads of review sites for lenses and all of them give differing opinions on the same lenses, some say so and so lens is great and others say they are crap?
Help .......
Sorry for the long winded post.
Mike.
Right, now I have just gotten hold of a Canon 350D via the For Sale Forums, it came with the 18-55mm kit lens.
What I am looking for now is what do any of you suggest for further lenses?
I would like a zoom lens for shooting sports such as golf, motorsport, US Football ( guy at work is a Junior Coach and would like some shots for his website), I would also be looking to shoot some wildlife, I will be able to get within about 20 - 40 yards of most of what I will be shooting including a fox den which will have cubs in it soon.
I know all about how good the 'L' Lenses are but at the moment they are well out of my league as I was fancying the 70-200 F4 L and/or the 100-400 F4 L. Ok I know the 70-200 is around £400 S/H but with a holiday coming up in August I don't want to overspend just now and was looking at the Sigma 70-300 F4/5.6 DG Macro from Onestopdigital for £120.00. I appreciate it won't be in the same league as the Canon L's but it might do as a stop gap until I can afford an L lens and then punt it on eBay where they get about £100 - £130 so wouldn't be losing that much when the time came to get rid of it.
Phew, typing cramp setting in now..... right so what else would you recommend at under £200 that would re-sell ok when the time came to upgrade to an L lens? I have looked at loads of review sites for lenses and all of them give differing opinions on the same lenses, some say so and so lens is great and others say they are crap?
Help .......
Sorry for the long winded post.
Mike.