Need help deciding on zoom lens

Daniel Rodriguez · Mar 11, 2004

Hello you all...

I want to buy a zoom lens with a maximum of around 300 mm and I really can't afford an L series lens. I own a 28-135 IS lens... what lens do you recommend I should get with at least close to the image quality I get from the 28-135 IS lens... but still not an L lens from Canon... The lens does not have to be a canon brand lens... Thanks for the help

Danny

EMS · Mar 11, 2004

Daniel Rodriguez said:
Hello you all...

I want to buy a zoom lens with a maximum of around 300 mm and I
really can't afford an L series lens. I own a 28-135 IS lens...
what lens do you recommend I should get with at least close to the
image quality I get from the 28-135 IS lens... but still not an L
lens from Canon... The lens does not have to be a canon brand
lens... Thanks for the help

Danny

jimmyd181019 · Mar 11, 2004

if your'e shooting with a 10d, it's my understanding that a lens with the long end at 200mm actually gives you about 300mm because of the undersized sensor chip.

Daniel Rodriguez said:
Hello you all...

I want to buy a zoom lens with a maximum of around 300 mm and I
really can't afford an L series lens. I own a 28-135 IS lens...
what lens do you recommend I should get with at least close to the
image quality I get from the 28-135 IS lens... but still not an L
lens from Canon... The lens does not have to be a canon brand
lens... Thanks for the help

Danny

Daniel Rodriguez · Mar 11, 2004

EMS said:
Daniel Rodriguez said:

Hello you all...

I want to buy a zoom lens with a maximum of around 300 mm and I
really can't afford an L series lens. I own a 28-135 IS lens...
what lens do you recommend I should get with at least close to the
image quality I get from the 28-135 IS lens... but still not an L
lens from Canon... The lens does not have to be a canon brand
lens... Thanks for the help

Danny

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hockeynut · Mar 11, 2004

I'd try the Canon 75-300 IS. It's a very respectable lens for $500.

IS is nice... if you're handholding outside in lower light. It takes away camera shake.

IS will not stop action in action shots. You need a fast shutter for action shots.

Don Race · Mar 11, 2004

It does not give you the magnification of 300mm lens.

jimmyd said:
Daniel Rodriguez said:

Hello you all...

I want to buy a zoom lens with a maximum of around 300 mm and I
really can't afford an L series lens. I own a 28-135 IS lens...
what lens do you recommend I should get with at least close to the
image quality I get from the 28-135 IS lens... but still not an L
lens from Canon... The lens does not have to be a canon brand
lens... Thanks for the help

Danny

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Jeff Peterman · Mar 11, 2004

Don Race said:
It does not give you the magnification of 300mm lens.

It does if you print the final image at the same size as you would have from a 300mm lens on a 35mm camera. (Although its actually a 320mm lens on the 10D.)

Yes, I know that the 1.6x is really a crop factor, not a magnification factor, but unless you keep the image the same size as it is on the CMOS and compare it with a contact print from a 35 mm negative, it has the same result as a magnification factor.

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