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First attempt at photographing birds with R, and a question about lenses

Started Jan 29, 2021 | Discussions thread
Alastair Norcross
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Re: First attempt at photographing birds with R, and a question about lenses

Hoka Hey wrote:

It's like crack. Stop now before you are hooked.

I'd suggest you splurge and get the EF 100-400 ii with the 1.4 or 2x extender even though it's out of you budget. You're not going to be happy with less..

Best,

Thanks for the suggestion, but as you say, that’s out of my budget (way out). The most I’ve ever spent on a lens was around $2100, for my 70-200 F2.8L IS II, and that lens has seen a lot of use, for many different types of subject. I’ve taken over 20,000 shots of runners with it, and many thousands more of conference participants. It’s a real workhorse. I simply can’t justify spending even more than that on a lens I’d use a fraction of the time. Also, one of the attractions, for me, of the Tamron or Sigma versions is the weight saving over my 70-200 + 2X combo. The Canon 100-400 is not much lighter.

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