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06-12-2013 05:02 PM
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06-12-2013 05:06 PM
Canon wise, 16-35 F2.8L II, 24-70 F2.8L II, 70-200 F2.8L II. Those are the best Canon zoom from 16mm to 200mm.
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06-12-2013 08:20 PM
Everything's a compromise unless you have an unlimited budget. Since I happen to shoot superzooms way more often than anything elso they can be a good choice but the really good ones are HEAVY I've owned & shot the Sigma 18-200 and the OS version too along with the Tamron 18-270 VC and currently shoot both the older Canon 35-350 L and the current 28-300 L IS. The 28-300 L IS is noticibly heavier than the 35-350 & both get heavy quickly if you're out & about. I'll be shooting an event this weekend with one or the other on 1 body & the 100-400 on another & will be on the flight line at least 6 hours per day with that load.
If you have any questions about any of the above lenses I will do my best to answer them.
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06-12-2013 09:23 PM
Just an FYI re the idea of going the 70-200 PLUS TC there's a discussion comparing the 70-200's against the 70-300 L IS here.
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1215992
I followed it for a while but I'm not up to date & won't offer an opinion.
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06-13-2013 07:03 AM
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06-13-2013 07:06 AM
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06-13-2013 12:00 PM
Also, you must be careful about which extener you buy. Canon extenders are not compatible with all lenses. Canon extender have a lens protruding into the lenses back element. If you use it on a non-compatible lens it may damage the lens. This is true even with Canon lenses. So make sure you buy compatible products.
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06-13-2013 12:40 PM
@Bill-Emmett wrote:
This mean if you have a f4 lens, a extender will reduce the amount of light to the sensor by 2 full f stops. This is like reducing your aperture to f6. (making a smaller aperture allowing less light to the sensor) The extender does magnify the output of the lens..
f/8
Also, as a point of clarification: Autofocus won't necessarily not work. It will be slowed in all situations (to 25%). Whether it works at all is dependent on the camera body and lens combination.
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06-13-2013 04:26 PM
Something else to keep in mind is that on your crop sensor a 200mm lens will be the equivalent of 320mm, and a 300mm will actually be 480mm. When I started out I used the 70-300 on the 60D for a lot of wildlife shots. Sometimes it will come up short as others have mentioned but worked 80% of the time. The 70-200 2.8 is a great lens but you will lose autofocus on the 60d when combined with a 2.x teleconverter (not an issue with the 5d). My favorite lens for wildlife right now is the 100-400L and you can pick those up used for about 1200.
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06-13-2013 11:59 PM
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06-14-2013 08:49 AM
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06-30-2013 09:08 AM
For wildlife photography, I have been generally happy with a 420mm f/5.6 fixed lens system (300mm f/4.0 L IS USM + 1.4x converter) with a monopod. On the 60D it is light enough to carry on long treks in the field. I use a monopod. The past two weeks while traveling I have been using a borrowed Canon 100-400mm l/4.0 IS USM zoom. It is MUCH heavier, but it has the great advantage of being able to shoot large subjects such as herons and alligators at close range without cropping. Worse, I did not have my monopod. It took many great photos, although I had trouble getting sharp focus on small subjects such as songbirds at 20-30 feet range. Using center point focus, it seems that the focus area is larger or more diffuse than with my 420mm system, so I had many bad out-of-focus outtakes in these circumstances. It seemed to focus on the foreground or background, or intervening vegetation that would not have been a problem with the 300mm_1.4 extender. It also seems not to focus as closely in the macro setting. BTW, I always carry a point-and-shoot for landscape and macro shots when needed. You may see my more recent shots and compare them with past ones on my FLICKR pages.