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Confused Canon EF 75-300
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im just looking around for good prices on good lenses at the moment, now i found this review site and i found this lens.
http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/lenses/canon_75300_456is/index.htm
However, if i look at the Amazon deals at the bottom, it says its $1085.
I was also looking at prices on Dabs Ireland website and i found this.
Is this the same lens?
If so, would you recommend buying this one with the 40d kit or just buy a body and this lens?
they are not the same lense
one is the IS version
but be careful as there are even 2 is versions too
the IS version gives you the ability to hand hold the camera at much slower shutter speeds without getting camera shake in the images
I will concur with what Steve said. You have to be very careful when buying lenses. Personally I wouldn’t buy a lens without an IS (image stabilizer) or an OS (optical stablizer) same thing.. FWIW I would buy the 40d and 17-85 kit lens and start from there
Good luck
Pat
the problem you will have with all of this info, is that everyone has an opinion, and generally will all differ
for example, I have one lens that i can think of without IS, which i actually find better than the one that had it at the time. I have the 70-200 f4 L and at the time the one with IS was the 70-200 F2.8L IS, the f4 version i felt was sharper.
now there is an IS version of the f4 but its a lot more money that I dont think it worth the investment for
on the kit lens
I played with one for a while and wasnt fussed on it, other people love it
BUT, most importantly, figure out what kind of photographs you want to take and then get the right tools for the job.
I am still really confused by what everything means, the f’s etc, is there a guide on this or something i could read?
Also, I think I want to do a little bit of everything to just see what i like most, landscapes, portraits and perhaps some macro photography, so i’m still looking around, its hard to find the right tools if you don’t understand the numbers :D (i’m sorry for the many questions)
i would suggest you get a book maybe, or do some reading on the internet. that will help a lot with understanding the details
as for lenses landscapes and portraits you could get away with one lens for possibly. like the 17-85 or sigmas 17-70, actually the 17-70 will do some macro stuff too
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