Scanning From Germany, joined Feb 2001, 18 posts, RR: 0 Posted (8 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3620 times:
Dear fellow photographers,
I am going to switch from my Olympus C-730UZ to a Canon EOS 300D.
What is the most effectful telezoom for aviation photography in respect of
sharpness and other quality criteria. What are your experiences with the 300D?
Thank you all in advance and happy shooting.
Best regards,
Guenter Grondstein
IL76 From Netherlands, joined Jan 2004, 2235 posts, RR: 51 Reply 1, posted (8 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3579 times:
There are almost as many different lenses in use on 300D's as there are photographers on this forum. And everybody will tell you their lens is great. To prevent you from getting lost in the forest of lenses:
Clickhappy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 9444 posts, RR: 72 Reply 2, posted (8 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3577 times:
WERNAIR From Austria, joined Aug 2003, 164 posts, RR: 14 Reply 3, posted (8 years 10 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 3502 times:
Since I bought the 300D I have the same question as you... But I think I found an answer now!!!
I started with the low budget version Tamron 70-300 which is rather cheap but image quality is not that great. Also slow and unprecise AF is a problem with this lens. After that I tried a lot. I bought Sigma APO II 70-300 which is ok and has also a good price but it wasn't good enough for me. I also had some AF problems with this one.
Then I lend a Canon 28-300 IS USM! This was the best I've ever had on my cam but if you check out the price: 2300€!!! Thats way too much I think.
So I tried the smaller sister the 75-300 IS USM! And I bought it some days ago and I'm very very happy with it. It has a precise AF, picture stabilizer and a great picture quality also beween 200-300mm...
Go for it, if you can afford it, if not get the Canon 75-300 USM III! Half the price without the stabilizer but also good picture quality.
Hope this helps...
Regards, Werner
@Clickhappy: That looks cool; do you often go to the gym
Scanning From Germany, joined Feb 2001, 18 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (8 years 9 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 3389 times:
Thank you all for your advices. Meanwhile I ordered a Tokina 80-400 which is used by a lot of DUS-spotters and they all are very happy with it.
Regards
Guenter
Paulinbna From United States of America, joined Feb 2003, 1114 posts, RR: 5 Reply 6, posted (8 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 3319 times:
And the 100-400 L IS but a bit well OK a lot more expensive, and don't forget the 170-500 by Sigma.
Canon 50D user; 100-400 MM L IS 10-22 MM, 60MM Macro
Manzoori From UK - England, joined Sep 2002, 1516 posts, RR: 37 Reply 7, posted (8 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 3315 times:
Yep... let's not forget the venerable Sigma 170-500... a cracking lens for the price! I'll not post any thumbnails but please feel free to peruse my shots for examples of what the Sigma 170-500 can do.
Cheers!
Rez
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Wietse From Netherlands, joined Oct 2001, 3809 posts, RR: 57 Reply 10, posted (8 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 3262 times:
Stay away from hyperzooms. divide the max zoom by the min zoom. If that number is higher than 4-5, it will suck. There are ofcourse exceptions, but they are very very expensive.
OD720 From Lebanon, joined Feb 2003, 1919 posts, RR: 36 Reply 13, posted (8 years 9 months 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3230 times:
Wietse,
Just the other day I was talking to a professional photographer and he was explaining me about the Canon L series lenses. He had a good collection of those and others. They are indeed very expensive.
707cmf From France, joined Mar 2002, 4885 posts, RR: 32 Reply 16, posted (8 years 9 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 3149 times:
I have a 55-200 USM lens, which quite great for a 300D, I definitely recomment it.
Although, having used over the last few days a 70-200 L, I would also recommend that one a lot if you can afford it.
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