Setups???

[arb]

just found a post by someone with good results with this same lens on another forum, don't know if they post on here. http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showth ... p=22030469" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just remembered my brother has same lens on a 1000d or 450d... http://www.flickr.com/photos/kbutcher/

[Richard B]

Go along with the others that good practice is the key, would say the camera you have is very capable, the lens is the biggest variable that will yield good images,
the camera body is just a light box and will only give what it see's, stick a milk bottle over the front of a £5000 camera or stick a £5000 and lens over a run of the mill camera and the lens will come out top.

So if you want to invest go for the lens 1st, a good lens will not loose money, infact they can go up and make a profit back after time.
the body will always loose money. if you have a grand to spend look at a good lens. Canon 100-400 is a good choice thou as issues, or the Sigma 50-500 is a very good allrounder.

[Richard B]

Right what im going to do is practise, but im going to buy the canon 70-300- is usm that was mentioned in earlier post.
I know it sounds like that im blaming the tools but am seriously convinced that it is part of the problem.
I will post results under this thread in case it might be of use to some other learners like myself and keep practising. Thank you for the help and info will put it to good use and thanks for saving me a grand or so (for the time being anyway)

Cheers

Kev.

Would also look for the money is the Canon 70-200 F4L, OK It's 100mm shorter. but the price is very much around the same as the 70-300is.
thou the quality the 70-200 will give will blow you away, even cropping the pics to 300mm or a bit will still outdo the 70-300 in my view.

you will also be owning a bit of Canon L glass and it will hold it's price better. thou if you want the reach and have a grand look at the Canon 100-400 or Sigma 50-500.

[kevos1]

Thank for the info guys.
The 70-200 sounds like a safe bet As i have been researching the lens i found an IS version. How necessary would you say the IS......is.

Thanks

Kev.

[Ben Montgomery]

Kev - practise is definitely up there with one of the top tips.

These two were taken in 2008 with a EOS 400D and a cheapy 75-300 USM (not the IS one, the III USM version). Admittedly I've edited them quite heavily, but the originals were near to the sharpness you see here.

EDIT: And Photobucket has done it's usual job of removing the quality!





Possibly before spending a large amount on a new lens it'd be worth hiring one to test it and make sure it gives you the results you want. That's what I'm currently looking at doing.

Ben

[stevep22]

Having just started to dabble with photography using my Fuji HS-20 I've already picked up a load of useful information from this thread alone which i will try to put into practice in the future.

The camera seems not bad for static and taxy shots but getting any good flying photos is going to take a lot of practice and a bit of luck (or is that a little practice and a lot of luck!)

Cheers

Steve