Beginner's lens for bird and insect photography

Tony247 said:

Hi,

I am new to wildlife photography. I own Nikon D5100. I am looking for a budget lens to start with which can take good close up shots of objects from 10-30 feet distance. I am mainly interested in birds, insects, lake wildlife. Static and moving objects.

I was reading reviews of 70-300, new tamron 18-400 and few other. Not sure which one is right. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Tony

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Morris0 said:

Tony247 said:

Hi,

I am new to wildlife photography. I own Nikon D5100. I am looking for a budget lens to start with which can take good close up shots of objects from 10-30 feet distance. I am mainly interested in birds, insects, lake wildlife. Static and moving objects.

I was reading reviews of 70-300, new tamron 18-400 and few other. Not sure which one is right. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Tony

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Hi Tony,

The Tamron 18-400 is capable of doing this. You might be surprised by the price

Morris

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Tony247 said:

Morris0 said:

Tony247 said:

Hi,

I am new to wildlife photography. I own Nikon D5100. I am looking for a budget lens to start with which can take good close up shots of objects from 10-30 feet distance. I am mainly interested in birds, insects, lake wildlife. Static and moving objects.

I was reading reviews of 70-300, new tamron 18-400 and few other. Not sure which one is right. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Tony

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Hi Tony,

The Tamron 18-400 is capable of doing this. You might be surprised by the price

Morris

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Thanks Morris.

Heard Tamron 18-400 is not good at 10 feet. Gets better from 50 ft. Is that true?

Tony

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G Rothwell said:

Insects at 10-30 feet are very small, Have you considered the Sigma/Tamron 150-600 ?

regards

Graham

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