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Aviation Photography / Buying a new camera
« on: June 30, 2006, 09:52:36 pm »
Tagging along with the new camera thoughts what would I need to keep in mind when getting a new lens for a new camera for use at airshows in particular?
I'm a newbie with a new Canon 20D with the cheap plastic lens that comes with it (18-55mm 3.5-5.6) and a Sigma (135-400mm f4.5-5.6) which I got at a nice price for what it is and am a little disappointed with the "soft" results in the photos I got at Salthill'06 (I'm not discounting that I might just be crap at using my camera yet either).
I think that the Canon 70-300mm F4.0-5.6 IS USM (it's been described as an L-series in disguise) is where I need to be heading (as its range fills a nice gap in my coverage and a LOT of lens-changing went on at the airshow last week) but I'm a bit too new to take the plunge and get it without advice.
Any thoughts?
I'm a newbie with a new Canon 20D with the cheap plastic lens that comes with it (18-55mm 3.5-5.6) and a Sigma (135-400mm f4.5-5.6) which I got at a nice price for what it is and am a little disappointed with the "soft" results in the photos I got at Salthill'06 (I'm not discounting that I might just be crap at using my camera yet either).
I think that the Canon 70-300mm F4.0-5.6 IS USM (it's been described as an L-series in disguise) is where I need to be heading (as its range fills a nice gap in my coverage and a LOT of lens-changing went on at the airshow last week) but I'm a bit too new to take the plunge and get it without advice.
Any thoughts?