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Jules,

Whilst the white 100-400L is sexy you can save $500 and get the Sigma 50-500 which is equally sharp and longer. check out drip's work on pbase if you doubt this.

Lose the 77mm filters and save $210

Take the $710 and ....

get a fast prime either 50mm 50mm f1.8 for $70

With the spare $640 you should get a 17-40 f4L $600 (after rebates) which is an awesome WA zoom and goes wider then your 28mm

I'd lose the 28-135 and go with the 70-200f4L.

Amazingly you'd now have

17-40 f4L
70-200f4L
50mm f1.8
50-500mm Bigma

for the same price.

You'll have low light options, and better zooms particularly at 17-200 which should be most of your shots.

good luck with whatever you do
Rob
Jules said:
After all the great advice given to me here, I've decided on my
lens and accessory purchase for my new rebel. What do you think of
these items?

Canon EF 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS Zoom $399.94

Canon Lens hood for above $ 25.99

Hoya 72mm UV HMC filter $ 37.39

Hoya 72mm Cir Polarizer HMC $119.94

Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM $1399.94

Hoya 77mm UV (0) Ultra Thin HMC $ 52.39

Hoya 77mm Cir Polarizer HMC $155.94

Bogen #679 monopod $ 35.95

Bogen Tripod Head 3232 $ 16.95

Tamrac 604 Zoom Traveler 4 Bag $97.95

Tamrac 517 Tele Zoom Pack $ 38.95

As stated in my previous post, I'm going to Asia in Dec and Africa
in May.

This is certainly a huge investment, but these trips are a once in
a life time opportunity.

Have I gone TOO overboard?

Thanks in advance .
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In case your wondering\, that reco is not where i'm heading
I'm agoing towards

10-22 or 12-24mm
24-70 f2.8L
50mm f1.8
70-200 f4L
50-500mm Bigma
100 mm macro
TC1.4

Rob
Robert Holloway said:
Whilst the white 100-400L is sexy you can save $500 and get the
Sigma 50-500 which is equally sharp and longer. check out drip's
work on pbase if you doubt this.

Lose the 77mm filters and save $210

Take the $710 and ....

get a fast prime either 50mm 50mm f1.8 for $70

With the spare $640 you should get a 17-40 f4L $600 (after rebates)
which is an awesome WA zoom and goes wider then your 28mm

I'd lose the 28-135 and go with the 70-200f4L.

Amazingly you'd now have

17-40 f4L
70-200f4L
50mm f1.8
50-500mm Bigma

for the same price.

You'll have low light options, and better zooms particularly at
17-200 which should be most of your shots.

good luck with whatever you do
Rob
Jules said:
After all the great advice given to me here, I've decided on my
lens and accessory purchase for my new rebel. What do you think of
these items?

Canon EF 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS Zoom $399.94

Canon Lens hood for above $ 25.99

Hoya 72mm UV HMC filter $ 37.39

Hoya 72mm Cir Polarizer HMC $119.94

Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM $1399.94

Hoya 77mm UV (0) Ultra Thin HMC $ 52.39

Hoya 77mm Cir Polarizer HMC $155.94

Bogen #679 monopod $ 35.95

Bogen Tripod Head 3232 $ 16.95

Tamrac 604 Zoom Traveler 4 Bag $97.95

Tamrac 517 Tele Zoom Pack $ 38.95

As stated in my previous post, I'm going to Asia in Dec and Africa
in May.

This is certainly a huge investment, but these trips are a once in
a life time opportunity.

Have I gone TOO overboard?

Thanks in advance .
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Jules said:
After all the great advice given to me here, I've decided on my
lens and accessory purchase for my new rebel. What do you think of
these items?
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One thing I'd change is the bag - I'd go with the Pelican hardcase / bag combo (1526). It gives you the protection of a waterproof hard case for travel with a conventional bag to carry around.

I like the hard case for travel - you can put a camera in the overhead without worrying about it getting banged up.
 
Robert Holloway said:
Jules,

Whilst the white 100-400L is sexy you can save $500 and get the
Sigma 50-500 which is equally sharp and longer. check out drip's
work on pbase if you doubt this.

Lose the 77mm filters and save $210

Take the $710 and ....

get a fast prime either 50mm 50mm f1.8 for $70

With the spare $640 you should get a 17-40 f4L $600 (after rebates)
which is an awesome WA zoom and goes wider then your 28mm

I'd lose the 28-135 and go with the 70-200f4L.

Amazingly you'd now have

17-40 f4L
70-200f4L
50mm f1.8
50-500mm Bigma

for the same price.

You'll have low light options, and better zooms particularly at
17-200 which should be most of your shots.

good luck with whatever you do
Rob
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That is a well thought out plan. If you can get a good copy of the 50-500, & most I've seen are pretty good, this would be a good setup. But, I really like the 28-135IS as an in town walk around lens.
 
Once again, thanks for all your advice. The biggest bit of information I take away from this form is that "everyone agrees to disagree". Most opinions about equipment is subjective with a few universal likes and dislikes.
Hopefully my choice will be the right one.

My only confusion now is about filters. If I will have the lens hoods on when shooting in sunny days, what good is having a cir polorizer filter ?Don't you have to take the hood off to adjust the filter?
Jules said:
After all the great advice given to me here, I've decided on my
lens and accessory purchase for my new rebel. What do you think of
these items?

Canon EF 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS Zoom $399.94

Canon Lens hood for above $ 25.99

Hoya 72mm UV HMC filter $ 37.39

Hoya 72mm Cir Polarizer HMC $119.94

Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM $1399.94

Hoya 77mm UV (0) Ultra Thin HMC $ 52.39

Hoya 77mm Cir Polarizer HMC $155.94

Bogen #679 monopod $ 35.95

Bogen Tripod Head 3232 $ 16.95

Tamrac 604 Zoom Traveler 4 Bag $97.95

Tamrac 517 Tele Zoom Pack $ 38.95

As stated in my previous post, I'm going to Asia in Dec and Africa
in May.

This is certainly a huge investment, but these trips are a once in
a life time opportunity.

Have I gone TOO overboard?

Thanks in advance .
Click to expand...
 
Jules said:
Once again, thanks for all your advice. The biggest bit of
information I take away from this form is that "everyone agrees to
disagree". Most opinions about equipment is subjective with a few
universal likes and dislikes.
Hopefully my choice will be the right one.
My only confusion now is about filters. If I will have the lens
hoods on when shooting in sunny days, what good is having a cir
polorizer filter ?Don't you have to take the hood off to adjust the
filter?
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They aren't for the same purpose. The polarizer is for darkening skies, and reducing reflections (from water, for example). The hood is for increasing contrast and decreasing flare by putting the front lens element in the shade.

Lee Jay
 
Jules said:
My only confusion now is about filters. If I will have the lens
hoods on when shooting in sunny days, what good is having a cir
polorizer filter ?Don't you have to take the hood off to adjust the
filter?
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No. The hood is screwed onto the outside of the lens front. You screw the filters into the lens thread. Should be no problem.

A lens hood does not replace a polarizing filter, and a polarizing filter does not replace a lens hood. Use both. If you want to show the reflections e. g. on water surfaces, you have to remove the polarizer.

--
Gabi

http://www.gabis-galleries.com/
 
OK, but you can only have one or the other on the lens at a time?
ljfinger said:
Jules said:
Once again, thanks for all your advice. The biggest bit of
information I take away from this form is that "everyone agrees to
disagree". Most opinions about equipment is subjective with a few
universal likes and dislikes.
Hopefully my choice will be the right one.
My only confusion now is about filters. If I will have the lens
hoods on when shooting in sunny days, what good is having a cir
polorizer filter ?Don't you have to take the hood off to adjust the
filter?
Click to expand...
They aren't for the same purpose. The polarizer is for darkening
skies, and reducing reflections (from water, for example). The
hood is for increasing contrast and decreasing flare by putting the
front lens element in the shade.

Lee Jay
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Jules said:
ljfinger said:
Jules said:
Once again, thanks for all your advice. The biggest bit of
information I take away from this form is that "everyone agrees to
disagree". Most opinions about equipment is subjective with a few
universal likes and dislikes.
Hopefully my choice will be the right one.
My only confusion now is about filters. If I will have the lens
hoods on when shooting in sunny days, what good is having a cir
polorizer filter ?Don't you have to take the hood off to adjust the
filter?
Click to expand...
They aren't for the same purpose. The polarizer is for darkening
skies, and reducing reflections (from water, for example). The
hood is for increasing contrast and decreasing flare by putting the
front lens element in the shade.

Lee Jay
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Gabi said:
No. The hood is screwed onto the outside of the lens front. You
screw the filters into the lens thread. Should be no problem.
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The hood does make adjusting the filter more difficult since you have to reach inside to do it.

Lee Jay
 
You can use a smaller size filter if it bother you too much. I am using 58mm filter with step down ring from 77mm on my 17-40mm lens. But the hassle is that when i put the polarizer i can no longer put on my lens cap as my polarizer is only size 58 and my cap is 77mm (I am lens cap freak btw)

So in the end I bought a 77mm polarizer just for my 17-40mm, I sometimes accidentally touch the filter glass while trying to rotate the polarizer (especially tricky with the lens hood installed) but after a while i get used to it and know where to turn it without touching the filter glass.
 
on my Hoya filter the turning ring for the polarizer is in between the polarizer and the lens,... while on my B+W filter the turning ring is at the front therefore you dont have to put your finger in too deep to turn the polarizer (it does makes it easier to accidentally touch the filter glass though)

compromises...
 
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