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Capturing Wildlife with a 60D

Started May 6, 2016 | Discussions thread
inevitablyissie
OP inevitablyissie Junior Member • Posts: 48
Re: Capturing Wildlife with a 60D

dgumshu wrote:

The nice thing about the 70-200 F2.8 is that it takes extenders well and you can get to 400mm (640mm crop) with a Canon 2X and still be at F5.6 with all your focus points. But all that glass gets expensive.

You can also pick up a mint used 400 F5.6 prime (very sharp) in the $750-800 range... a much less expensive option. I still have an 400 F5.6, although I don't use it as much as I used to, but won't sell it because it is so good.

Check the fredmiranda forum Buy/Sell site. They have great buys every once in a while.

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/10

You will want more reach than 250mm for wildlife.

Yes I agree for most wildlife it takes more than 250mm, a 70-200 with a 2X will probably look very nice and you could get some sharp images with it, possibly sharper than the 250 extended. But it can amount to a lot of money and a lot of weight. While I had the 70-200 I found myself lugging it around and when I switched to the 55-250, I was astounded by the difference in weight!

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Canon EOS 77D Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM Canon EF-S 10-18mm F4.5–5.6 IS STM Canon EF-S 24mm F2.8 STM Canon EF 50mm F1.8 STM
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