Extremetaz 15 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) ive been looking at an optical doubler for my 70-300 but there £300 That lense is f5.6 on the long end IIRC, and the extenders cost you 2 stops which brings you to an f7 at your best. That's gonna means shooting in nothing but the brightest conditions and paying a serious price in your depth of field. Furthermore, I don't think it's actually compatible with the extenders to begin with - I'll fit on alright, but I'm reasonably certain that you'll loose metering and autofocus so you have to do everything on manual (but you should be doing that anyway ). This is why I tend to recommend the 70-200 IS lense - it's a helluva lot more money, but it gives you that flexibility. As for that 50mm f1.8, it's a decent enough lense for what it is and it's a great way to learn about composition because it forces you to adapt your shot to the scene rather than just tweaking the zoom. Unfortunately, it's about as far from a wildlife lense as you're likely to get, but it's a mainstay in the photographic world as an "educator" and definitely well worth having in the kit - using it *will* make you a better photographer! Edited March 16, 2012 by Extremetaz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cleanspade 3,322 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 ive been looking at an optical doubler for my 70-300 but there £300 That lense is f5.6 on the long end IIRC, and the extenders cost you 2 stops which brings you to an f7 at your best. That's gonna means shooting in nothing but the brightest conditions and paying a serious price in your depth of field. Furthermore, I don't think it's actually compatible with the extenders to begin with - I'll fit on alright, but I'm reasonably certain that you'll loose metering and autofocus so you have to do everything on manual (but you should be doing that anyway ). This is why I tend to recommend the 70-200 IS lense - it's a helluva lot more money, but it gives you that flexibility. As for that 50mm f1.8, it's a decent enough lense for what it is and it's a great way to learn about composition because it forces you to adapt your shot to the scene rather than just tweaking the zoom. Unfortunately, it's about as far from a wildlife lense as you're likely to get, but it's a mainstay in the photographic world as an "educator" and definitely well worth having in the kit - using it *will* make you a better photographer! thanks for the advice. i need all i can get .cs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
undisputed 1,664 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 ive been looking at an optical doubler for my 70-300 but there £300 That lense is f5.6 on the long end IIRC, and the extenders cost you 2 stops which brings you to an f7 at your best. That's gonna means shooting in nothing but the brightest conditions and paying a serious price in your depth of field. Furthermore, I don't think it's actually compatible with the extenders to begin with - I'll fit on alright, but I'm reasonably certain that you'll loose metering and autofocus so you have to do everything on manual (but you should be doing that anyway ). This is why I tend to recommend the 70-200 IS lense - it's a helluva lot more money, but it gives you that flexibility. As for that 50mm f1.8, it's a decent enough lense for what it is and it's a great way to learn about composition because it forces you to adapt your shot to the scene rather than just tweaking the zoom. Unfortunately, it's about as far from a wildlife lense as you're likely to get, but it's a mainstay in the photographic world as an "educator" and definitely well worth having in the kit - using it *will* make you a better photographer! thanks for the advice. i need all i can get .cs. I've got the Nikon eqivalent mate....well nearly it's the 1/4 version it's good for close up photography...wildlife you need at least 200-300mm...there's a good beginners course online just google photographycourses.com to see if there's one near you £85 for the day but you'll learn what you need to know about your camera and lens and settings....if your not to far from me your more than welcome to tag along Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 1,065 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Just got out bid Thursday night for a lense on ebay, if it hadnt been for the f*****g camera club I would have got it, outbid on my maximum bid by a tenner.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bush Rummager 4,694 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Good work fellas... the nifty is one hell of a lense for the money.... its light... cheap... and razor sharp! only down side is, on a crop body you have to stand off that bit more, Cleanspade.. if you were a tad closer to me i would drop you my 70-200 off to try out out for a couple of weeks.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cleanspade 3,322 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 ive been looking at an optical doubler for my 70-300 but there £300 That lense is f5.6 on the long end IIRC, and the extenders cost you 2 stops which brings you to an f7 at your best. That's gonna means shooting in nothing but the brightest conditions and paying a serious price in your depth of field. Furthermore, I don't think it's actually compatible with the extenders to begin with - I'll fit on alright, but I'm reasonably certain that you'll loose metering and autofocus so you have to do everything on manual (but you should be doing that anyway ). This is why I tend to recommend the 70-200 IS lense - it's a helluva lot more money, but it gives you that flexibility. As for that 50mm f1.8, it's a decent enough lense for what it is and it's a great way to learn about composition because it forces you to adapt your shot to the scene rather than just tweaking the zoom. Unfortunately, it's about as far from a wildlife lense as you're likely to get, but it's a mainstay in the photographic world as an "educator" and definitely well worth having in the kit - using it *will* make you a better photographer! thanks for the advice. i need all i can get .cs. I've got the Nikon eqivalent mate....well nearly it's the 1/4 version it's good for close up photography...wildlife you need at least 200-300mm...there's a good beginners course online just google photographycourses.com to see if there's one near you £85 for the day but you'll learn what you need to know about your camera and lens and settings....if your not to far from me your more than welcome to tag along cheers. undi. i will look into that i'm also going to join my local camera club. once i can use a camera a little better i may take you up on that offer cheers cs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cleanspade 3,322 Posted March 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Good work fellas... the nifty is one hell of a lense for the money.... its light... cheap... and razor sharp! only down side is, on a crop body you have to stand off that bit more, Cleanspade.. if you were a tad closer to me i would drop you my 70-200 off to try out out for a couple of weeks.. i'm saveing right now for some half decent kit. thanks for the offer but i couldnt borrow kit. i'm a clumbsy fcuker. cs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
undisputed 1,664 Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 the camera i'm useing is a canon 350d. and it came with a sigma. 28./300 zoom lens it a big heavy bulky thing so i have bought my first lens. ive been messing around with camera's for years and tried nikon. canon. and the little samsung nx10. they are all very good but i like the canon it fits my big hands best so i'm going to stay with canon. and bought a ef 50mm f/1.8 11 this is a very small and lite lens with good low light capability. i'm looking forward to trying it out. will hopefully put some pics up here soon. cheers. ps. the other reason i chose this lens is its the cheepest. and i could just afford it with my stop smokeing fund :laugh: Listen mate there's a Cannon 75-300mm lens (mark 3) for £90 on Ebay the sellers name is Digigood...might be worth a look I'm a Nikon man so can't tell you anything about the lens but if you google the reviews for it you'll have a fair idea if it's for you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cleanspade 3,322 Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 the camera i'm useing is a canon 350d. and it came with a sigma. 28./300 zoom lens it a big heavy bulky thing so i have bought my first lens. ive been messing around with camera's for years and tried nikon. canon. and the little samsung nx10. they are all very good but i like the canon it fits my big hands best so i'm going to stay with canon. and bought a ef 50mm f/1.8 11 this is a very small and lite lens with good low light capability. i'm looking forward to trying it out. will hopefully put some pics up here soon. cheers. ps. the other reason i chose this lens is its the cheepest. and i could just afford it with my stop smokeing fund :laugh: Listen mate there's a Cannon 75-300mm lens (mark 3) for £90 on Ebay the sellers name is Digigood...might be worth a look I'm a Nikon man so can't tell you anything about the lens but if you google the reviews for it you'll have a fair idea if it's for you cheers undi. i cant use ebay. ive never really got to grips with it. never sorted a paypal either. so i browse gumtree. its local and a lot of the sellers can be phoned direct. have seen some good nikon stuff on there as well. . thanks again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 ive been looking at an optical doubler for my 70-300 but there £300 That lense is f5.6 on the long end IIRC, and the extenders cost you 2 stops which brings you to an f7 at your best. That's gonna means shooting in nothing but the brightest conditions and paying a serious price in your depth of field. Furthermore, I don't think it's actually compatible with the extenders to begin with - I'll fit on alright, but I'm reasonably certain that you'll loose metering and autofocus so you have to do everything on manual (but you should be doing that anyway ). This is why I tend to recommend the 70-200 IS lense - it's a helluva lot more money, but it gives you that flexibility. As for that 50mm f1.8, it's a decent enough lense for what it is and it's a great way to learn about composition because it forces you to adapt your shot to the scene rather than just tweaking the zoom. Unfortunately, it's about as far from a wildlife lense as you're likely to get, but it's a mainstay in the photographic world as an "educator" and definitely well worth having in the kit - using it *will* make you a better photographer! put me down for 2 i understand most of what your saying in a nutshell its no good with my telephoto lense and i would have been better off getting a 70-200 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Extremetaz 15 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 i understand most of what your saying in a nutshell its no good with my telephoto lense and i would have been better off getting a 70-200 lol - that's about the size of it alright - but that's the lifetime story of camera kit right there - there's always something better that you can't afford but will someday regret not having. When you get to where I'm at though, the difference is that the kit you want is no longer anywhere near the "can just about stretch to it bracket". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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