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Old 18-06-2007, 02:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi all.....
I'm new in photography....
Need to learn and know more things about lens....
Can anyone recomend which kind of lens to use when I need to take photo of a bird that's around 50m away? Or maybe some other objects like in weddings that's normaly max 5-15m away but need a wide angle 1.....
Currently I'm using a Cannon 400D and the kit lens that comes with it....
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Old 18-06-2007, 02:18 PM   #2 (permalink)
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For photographing birds (not in the sky), a 80-200mm lens should enough for DSLRs.

For wedding photography, a 17-40 would be fine.


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Old 18-06-2007, 02:27 PM   #3 (permalink)
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For photographing birds (not in the sky), a 80-200mm lens should enough for DSLRs.

For wedding photography, a 17-40 would be fine.
Is the 80-200mm wide angle like those when we take from plane down on a river??
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Old 18-06-2007, 02:58 PM   #4 (permalink)
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80-200 lens is a tele lense. I don't know what lense photographers use to take aerial photography.

You should google and read up on photography basics before buying any lense. Don't spend on lenses that you don't need.


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Old 18-06-2007, 03:06 PM   #5 (permalink)
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80-200 lens is a tele lense. I don't know what lense photographers use to take aerial photography.

You should google and read up on photography basics before buying any lense. Don't spend on lenses that you don't need.
What do u mean by tele lense??
Ofcoz I'm not going to spend on lenses that I don't need.....
By the way how much will it cost for a brand new 80-200??
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Old 18-06-2007, 03:14 PM   #6 (permalink)
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You need to read up more on photography to understand what you need to shoot what you want.

There are many brands of 80-200 lenses. For me, I like the Sigma 80-200 HSM f2.8. It's just a preference. Around 1-2k region.


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Old 18-06-2007, 03:35 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Any website to recomend???
I'm very interested to know more....
Btw 1.2k is a bit ex for me.....
Any brand that is around 600-800???
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Check out clubsnap.com. The people there are more knowledgeable. Some of them buy more gears than they shoot.


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I'm using a Tamron 17-50mm for most of my photography on a Canon 10D. Is aound your budget.


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