What size of telephoto?
Posted by: tonym on 24 January 2010
I know there's a fair few of you good folks who're into photography so I'm after a bit of advice about telephoto lenses.
I've got a Canon 5D MkII and a reasonable collection of lenses, mostly on the wide-angle side of things (all EF) - 16-35mm 2.8L, 24-105mm 4L (stays on the camera most of the time), 50mm & 90mm primes (the latter a macro) plus a few other oldies, including a 300mm telephoto.
Most of my photography's landscapes & general stuff, but I've been considering getting a better telephoto to give me a more balanced range of lenses.
My inclination is to go for a 100-300 zoom, but then perhaps something a bit bigger, a 150-500 or thereabouts might be a bit more flexible, but then there's the smaller apertures, stability problems (I'd definitely get one with Image Stabilisation), size etc. etc.
Because it'd probably have limited use I don't really want to lash out on an "L" series job - something up to a grand or thereabouts seems about right. Or perhaps a Sigma? Don't know much about them but they look pretty good (not white though. I might need white...)
Any help and opinions would be most welcome!
I've got a Canon 5D MkII and a reasonable collection of lenses, mostly on the wide-angle side of things (all EF) - 16-35mm 2.8L, 24-105mm 4L (stays on the camera most of the time), 50mm & 90mm primes (the latter a macro) plus a few other oldies, including a 300mm telephoto.
Most of my photography's landscapes & general stuff, but I've been considering getting a better telephoto to give me a more balanced range of lenses.
My inclination is to go for a 100-300 zoom, but then perhaps something a bit bigger, a 150-500 or thereabouts might be a bit more flexible, but then there's the smaller apertures, stability problems (I'd definitely get one with Image Stabilisation), size etc. etc.
Because it'd probably have limited use I don't really want to lash out on an "L" series job - something up to a grand or thereabouts seems about right. Or perhaps a Sigma? Don't know much about them but they look pretty good (not white though. I might need white...)
Any help and opinions would be most welcome!