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Trigger
28-09-06, 01:53 PM
I have a Canon 350D and the standard 18-55mm zoon lense. I am after a telephoto lens for around £200 for shooting motorsports and wildlife. I was looking at the Canon 90-300 or maybe the sigma 28-300. Any suggestions, advice. What have other people got for shooting motorsports?
Trigger
Stephen
28-09-06, 02:47 PM
I have a Canon 350D and the standard 18-55mm zoon lense. I am after a telephoto lens for around £200 for shooting motorsports and wildlife. I was looking at the Canon 90-300 or maybe the sigma 28-300. Any suggestions, advice. What have other people got for shooting motorsports?
Trigger
I think if it were me I'd go for the Canon USM version. With motorsport & wildlife you would not need the wider angle of the Sigma
coupekid
29-09-06, 09:14 AM
I have a Canon 350D and the standard 18-55mm zoon lense. I am after a telephoto lens for around £200 for shooting motorsports and wildlife. I was looking at the Canon 90-300 or maybe the sigma 28-300. Any suggestions, advice. What have other people got for shooting motorsports?
Trigger
My other half uses the sigma, which is a nice lense for wildlife, as it also has a macro mode. It works pretty well too! So really, when you say wildlife, it depends how diverse your wildlife shots are going to be. If you want to go from the flying heron or red kite, and then take a snap of a butterfly on a flower, I would go for the sigma, if you are not so interested in the macro photography, I would for the canon.
devilgas
29-09-06, 03:02 PM
I have a Canon 350D and the standard 18-55mm zoon lense. I am after a telephoto lens for around £200 for shooting motorsports and wildlife. I was looking at the Canon 90-300 or maybe the sigma 28-300. Any suggestions, advice. What have other people got for shooting motorsports?
Trigger
hmmm, lens for motorsport AND wildlife....
i started with the canon 28-200 3.5/5.6 zoom which was adequate, and did me for a few years of rallying. it didn't suffer too much CA and was relatively sharp. 'twas a bit slower when in the forest though.
i also picked up an older 70-210 F4 zoom which was softer and suffered purple fringing so only ever gets used on the 2nd camera at rugby games. can't comment on sigma as i moved to the 70-200 2.8L. the 2.8L is the lens that sits on the camera 99% of the time.
the shear range of the sigma 28-300 tells me it probably isn't too sharp at the telephoto end and will be 'slow', f6.3 iirc. slow isn't good for wildlife but will force you to get your panning right for motorsport.
generally speaking, you're better off saving for the much more expensive L glass as you do get what you pay for.
i've heard good reviews for both the sigma 70-200 f2.8 and the 100-300 f4 (with shed loads of letters after them;) ) which are cheaper than the canon glass but still way over your budget.
hth.
Stephen
29-09-06, 03:19 PM
generally speaking, you're better off saving for the much more expensive L glass as you do get what you pay for.
Indeed, I would agree, unfortunately £200 does not get you such glass. :(
devilgas
29-09-06, 03:27 PM
Indeed, I would agree, unfortunately £200 does not get you such glass. :(
and if it did, there'd be some serious insulation required to hold the thing ;)
Stephen
29-09-06, 03:33 PM
and if it did, there'd be some serious insulation required to hold the thing ;)
You've lost me now Dave lol :confused:
devilgas
29-09-06, 04:39 PM
You've lost me now Dave lol :confused:
i was eluding to it having been stolen and gotten rid of at a cheap price. bit hot to the touch kinda thing.
Stephen
29-09-06, 06:34 PM
i was eluding to it having been stolen and gotten rid of at a cheap price. bit hot to the touch kinda thing.
Gotcha Dave :D
I have a Canon 350D and the standard 18-55mm zoon lense. I am after a telephoto lens for around £200 for shooting motorsports and wildlife. I was looking at the Canon 90-300 or maybe the sigma 28-300. Any suggestions, advice. What have other people got for shooting motorsports?
Trigger
Ben (coupekid) uses my 11 year old 75-300 Canon EF f/4-5.6 USM to great effect with his Canon EOS-350D and, before that, EOS-300D. This has a viewing range equivalent to 120-480, so you really need to be rock steady when using it at shutter speeds below 1/250th (1/500th and above preferably), so a tripod is advisable.
Ian