What lens should i get if i want to take sports/animal pictures with bokeh? Is the Canon 55-250IS a good choice? If not any recomendation?FF... AP-C.. aiyoyo...... pening.

Ops... I do not have any experinces nor touch the lense before.... I cannot afford... Just spend money on new CF and now broke liao...

Any Canon gurus here?

Oooo I hijacked a thread.. Sorry guys.

you can always rename to whatever you deem fit.

Thats cool thanks, but no idea how to.

And since I've got a new thread, which is better sigma 70-300 or Canon ef 70-200.

Hard to compare because the cheapest Canon 70-200 (F4L non-IS) is like a few times more expensive than Sigma 70-300 f4-5.6. It's an RM3000 lens vs RM600 lens.

But Sigma APO 70-300 does have more range and produce warm colour as far as I can tell.

Ok, thanks. Does the sigma work well with the 400d and is the lack of OS a killer?

And that makes canon 70-200 out of budget like a lot.

on the other hand, can consider the Tamron's 70-300.

Macro


Tele towards Waterfall / Human activity


Sports / Action


Fashion Show / Runway Models


Yup..... all done with the Tamron's 70-300 - the direct competitor to the Sigma APO 70-300.

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Added on February 20, 2008, 5:09 pm

look at the links i gave you.

they're snapped with an equivalent of the Sigma 70-300.

no OS. snapped all the pics with 350D.

The lense in white color right? I heard very expensive one....

But usually see all those pro and media using them. Must be good la....

Pro got sales to support... media.. well what can i say? Lolz. Me student. Have to work this hols to start earning money

Btw the Tamron how much? Price really matters to me...

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Added on February 20, 2008, 5:18 pmNice pics goldfries... make me want to get my slr fast fast fast.....

i actually prefer the Tamron design over Sigma.

Goldfries is a good photographer.

How about a used Canon 70-200 f4. I think if source around, RM1900 can get liao... I know still a bit expensive la... but the value is there and no worry on rugi later...

White color = Good stuff

but... white lens and black body look like taik cicak
if got white body then

The reason of having White colors for telephoto
so it does not absorb much heat during hot weather when taking sports

Wellll.....400d does have silver...

Lolz Rm1900 would mean me fasting for a few years.... I've still got to buy the slr body... Oh my, photography is getting painful in the pocket.

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Added on February 20, 2008, 5:29 pmAnd I havent really seen the Tamron yet... Any idea on the price?

If spend on photography only still ok.

Like me... I have 3 different things to spend on - camera, cars, computer... that's 3C!!!

Good thing are a bit pricy one la... Just like the iPOD that come with white color, much more expensive than other brand... but good stuff!

White lenses also good match with your iPod

White Color = Good Stuff

Lolz yeah. Looks nice aso. But everytime I see white lens in the news, I'll think $$$. Haha, maybe when i start working fulltime, i can spill my cash out to buy whatever lens i want....

Btw, I'm into photographing animals and sports. Especially horses, so the 55-250IS is very tempting.... But then money... haihz. So now trying to find cheap replacement. Just a slight improvement over the Canon S5 is ok...

ooo... can attach the white lenses to iPod? i see... that's new to me.

Lolz. He meant that iPods come in white

aiyoh. no la. i just do my best with what i have, still far from being good as you guys.

btw the 55-250IS should be good. comes with IS but it AFAIK it costs a little more than those 70-300 from Tammy / Siggy.

it has lesser range but seriously la, lenses like the Tammy 70-300 ah, it goes soft after 200. so i usually keep my shots within 200 +/- 10 to 20mm. even for my macro shots.

AFAIK the 55-250IS doesn't have macro mode.

Hmm.. good point. But I think the canon would be out of the picture for now... budget constrain.. Now its the tammy or sigma. Budget and Comfort....

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Added on February 20, 2008, 5:55 pmThis is stupid, but can i go to a shop and ask to try their lenses....AND their camera together?

sample from 55-250 IS USM.. for new one can get as low as RM650.. but have to wait for da stock la..

Why not? That's your right as a smart consumer. I do go to shops to test and walk off, of course not doing it too frequent and making em thinking like you are just fooling around.

now i'm considering whether to get canon 70-200 F4 L IS or 70-200 F4 non-IS. Both white with red stripe. damn freaking cool.

Get either 70-200mm f4, spend the extra bucks on other lens.

OR

Get 70-200mm f2.8 straight.

planning to get one mr 70 300 f4 L too. but anybody know the price for a new one. if 2nd hand 2k suddenly rosak. my heart burst.

Nice shots, you handled this lens well Goldfries

Cheers

thanks. unfortunately this lens of mine died recently when i was at the Bird Park outing.

it is now in hospital (luckily die within warranty period), i'm waiting for it to come home.

ever since i bought my 18-200 OS, i rarely use this lens anymore. when it was gone only i realize how much i miss the macro mode.

really? where can get that with that price?

that price with that kinda range plus IS really makes me wanna get it end of this month. but i still prefer white with red stripe. lol

Get the 70-200 f/4 L IS. New IS Motor and a very sharp lens. And yes its freakin cool...







Many a photographer have told me this, and I have adopted this saying.

"ONE TIME PAIN"

Get it ASAP and join the L Fever.....

yeahh. this i be gets too!

ranks within Top 5 of my shopping list already.

You won't be disappointed bro. One of the lightest L telephotos and produces excellent results.

said to be sharper than the 2.8s too.

Yes. If Photozone and Fred & Miranda is to be believed.....

ya lor..
white lens with red stripe..
after that puasa setahun maa

If the Tammy 70-300 is kept at around 200mm only, is it better to get the canon 55-250 which is rm650? Or is the pictures for the max zoom also soft?

zoom all i believe a lil soft
plus it is very shaky at 300 end without IS

well that doesn't mean you can't go full 300mm.

the thing is the 70-300 has macro mode.

Ok.. canon got IS , smaller zoom. Tammy got no OS but got bigger zoom.. advice please?

Ok... One more comments to the Canon 70-200 f2.8 vs f4...

The f4 is very light compare to f2.8. As a result, it might also help you better handheld with less handshake. So the f4 really have advantage into slightly lower shutter speed to compensate the smaller aperture... And not surprice that if you can handheld better one stop with similar shutter compare to f2.8.

And if you only has 350D/400D/450D, I would suggest f4 version because of weight balancing issue.

Some might ask, how about 300D users? I would say sell off that camera because of lousy autofocusing sensors and upgrade. It might degrade the reputation on Canon excellent 70-200 series.

The only thing I do not like the f4 version is the lack of tripod collar... where you 'might' be needing for nite scene, long exposure kind of shots. But then again, as long as you buy solid tripod, should be ok screwing the camera to tripod with this lense. I think 24-70 L might be heavier and people also screw camera on tripod... Also on wat...

Any of this 4 lenses do rock... cannot be mistake...

And try to avoid the old magic pileline 80-200 f2.8 L. Optically fantastic, I used to have 2 copies, and manage to drop and kong 2 copies The problem with this old lense is that no part are servicable... And I managed to confirm that with complete losses It mean if anything kong, you eat banana, just like me...

Hope my sharing help abit here and there...

Now its between the Canon 55-250IS and the Tammy70-300...... 400D how high can I boost the ISO without much noise.. cause if can boost reasonably high then the no OS will not be a problem... =.="

400D can reach ISO1600 with acceptable noise without noise reduction.

But keep in mind that for indoor sport such as those horses of your interests, minimum is f2.8 lenses in order to get more than 1/200 shutter speed. Or else all subject blur blur...

Hmmm i dont get the f2.8 part... can you elaborate please? Thanks.

Ok... In human words, f2.8 mean fatter lenses to have the hole where the light pass thought bigger dimension... also mean more lights can squeen in because hole bigger ma... It is needed to allow higher shutter speed, which is critical for indoor sport such as the hourse.

Can understand ar?

Errr.... Think so. So that means no more shooting KL GP for me... sobs. Time to hunt for outdoor events.....

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Added on February 21, 2008, 5:18 pmOh and thanks.

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Added on February 21, 2008, 5:42 pmShould I reconsider the Canon EF-S 55-250IS? Because since its about the same price range, and tamron/sigma is soft towards the end of the zoom, and I heard that there is not much difference between 250 to 300mm. Plus it has got IS. Or should I stick with Sigma/Tamron?