A couple of weeks ago i bought a Cannon EOS 400D photocamera. I really want to buy a good zoom lens. Because i want to be able to make nice picture of animals when i travel. So the most importent is that it can really zoom. Does anybody know what a good zoom lens is? (preferrably not more expensive then 200 Dollar). Thanks in advance
No offense, but it sounds like you bought a DSLR without really knowing what you are getting into. You should plan to spend a LOT more for your lenses than what you spend on the camera body. If you really want to take great pictures of animals (like the pros take), you're going to need (unless you can walk right up to them) a lens that really gets out there (the term is telephoto.....some lenses will zoom out far enough, but the term "zoom" just means that the lens will adjust within a range of focal lengths--some will zoom out to telephoto range, but some zoom lenses will only zoom within wide angle ranges). A Canon 600 mm super telephoto is the type of lens that is perfect for wildlife photography, but that thing lists for twelve THOUSAND dollars!! Photography is all about compromise, so I'd suggest that you start out with Canon's cheapest of their four 70-200 mm telephoto zoom lenses. It's still out of your budget, and it won't catch all of your long shots, but it does get out there a bit, and it is a good lens. Here's the best price I've found on it, and there is a $35 rebate--it will still be twice what you want to pay for it, but you won't find what you really want with that budget. http://www.bluestripephoto.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=247 Here's another lens I would consider; it isn't rated as high, but it will get out there farther, and it has image stabilization--and Canon does that well. http://www.beachcamera.com/shop/pro...pc&utm_campaign=CN70300USMIS&sku=CN70300USMIS A good place for lens reviews can be found here: www.fredmiranda.com
Pole, No offense taken. I do know lenses might cost even more then the body we bought. We have bought a body because we got some funds for a research we did. We decided to buy a good camera for that money. I, indeed, am no expert with photographs. I think we do not need a lens which is the quality of profesionel people. we just really want a lens that can really help for photo's far away. We just really love taking photo's and we found out that with our last camera it is difficult(altough our photo's frrom our africa time were great) we are planning on spending a lot more money then the budget i mentioned. The only thing is that I wanted to see if people around here knew about lenses that are good(which means for me, that it is able to make pictures of something far away) but also relativly cheap. (since i want to give it to my girlfriend for here birthday, and i'm not really rich. I do think that i will not be able to find such a thing, that was exactly the reason i came here). Also a stupid question. How can i see(on a discription of a lens on websites) how far away a lens can take a picture? We are noobs on this subject, but we want to learn. Thanks for your advice
The mm description is what tells you how far away the picture is. Pole is pretty much right on on everything he said. He may not have made it clear, but the point he was getting at as that even if you could find the type of lens you want, in your price range, buying it would be a waste of money, because it'd be one crappy lens. The lens is jus that important. That's not to say there aren't budget brands, that are good. Tamron is a brand I'd suggest. For a lens that does a lot of different things, has decent zoom, and can act as a macro lens, see here. It is an automatic focus, 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 - looks like you can get for a couple of hundred bucks.
Yeah i was afraid of that(cheap=crapp ). That was one of the reasons i asked here. Ok i will change my question then. Does anybody know good lenses that are cheap(in this case less then 800 euro). the thing we find importent it can make good pictures on a far distance. The Macro functions are less importent. Our current lens is ok for closeby(not macro but closeby). Thanks everybody for the advice.
You likely have the 18-55 lens. Your XTi (or 400D) is a very good camera. The sensor cleaning feature on that camera is something that will eventually be on all Canon cameras. I wish I had that feature (I own a 20D). You are going to need at least a 70-200mm lens. Tamron and Sigma will probably best fit your budget. For all of you photogs out there check out this site...some GREAT portraits. http://www.portrait-photos.org/
A good lens for you would be the 28-135mm IS but even that is around $350 or so. And it's not particularly long. With the 1.6x magnification it should be decent though. If you can afford it though the cheaper of the 70-200 is a good one. I don't think you'll find much below $200. Look for the other brands instead. Sigma makes good lenses and are cheaper than Canon. Tokina lenses are kinda plasticky in quality but have good outcome.
I can do even better than that, but it's in java, so I don't know how to give you a direct link. Go first to: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndexAct&fcategoryid=150 Then look on the right side of the page and click on the "choose the right product" button That will expand that group and from there click on "EF lenses 101" That will open a new window, and from there click on "Focal length comparison" This will open an aplet that will allow you to see what each focal length can give you in terms of getting that shot. You'll see that there is a 1200mm setting on there, and Canon used to make a 1200mm lens by special request. I've read that sports illustrated owns two of the twelve or so known to be in existence. They cost almost ninety grand a piece.
Good lenses start at about $350. I would recommend a tamron 28-75mm 2.8 and the Canon 70-200L 4.0 that runs about $400.
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