want some opinion on the kit 75-300mm lens vs the Minolta 70-210 f4 beercan lens.

The kit lens is cheaper (with a200) and can zoom 100mm further. What's it's aperture at around 210mm? 5.3?

what so special??

anyway, how does the beercan compare to the kit 75-300mm?

gogo2 was replying to someone else. Here's my take: you should not be asking others what gear to buy: wide, tele, portrait or flash - it's all up to you! Nobody knows what photography you enjoy more than you yourself! If you travel a lot, wide angles will be most useful, followed by a tele lens (I think). If you like shooting indoors (perhaps you party all the time), then the kit 75-300 is pretty much useless - a 50mm f1.7 will definitely be useful. Flash? If you do landscapes, it'll be pretty useless. So ask yourself what kinda photos you wanna take more often.


That's b***s***!! Everyone has the right to enjoy photoraphy, regardless of their budgets!! Why else are there 400D, D40 and A200s on the market?! Canon is a firm believer in that - provding a wide variety of lenses for people with different budgets. Eg: Canon's 50mm primes come in f1.8, f1.4 USM and f1.2 USM L versions, depending how deep your pocket is. I'm sorry if your interest is solely in wildlife and sports photography - can't help you with that.

Not everyone will be willing to fork out RM1k for the Sony 50mm f1.4 over the Minolta f1.7. It's just a blardy 0.3 - that alone is not gonna make your pictures pop. Do a search on Flickr and you can see plenty of impressive pictures taken with a RM 250-350 piece of plastic toy, otherwise known as the Canon 50mm f1.8. But of course, if you shoot a lot of portraits and if you can afford it, why not?

So one should ask themselves: "if I see a bird or monkey on top of a tree, would I rush to shoot it?" for me, NO

All I'm trying to say is, don't scare the newbies. Later they think "haih, so expensive, forget bout it lah". Canon 50mm f1.8 or Minolta f1.7 is a great starting point.

For me personally, I intend to get a Minolta f1.7 and not the Sony 50mm f1.4. Not only because it's a tad beyond my budget - I also don't wanna be those people who use damn expensive gear and take shit photos. Slowly practice wit the Minolta f1.7 before upgrading Still havnt decide wanna get 75-300mm or not. I've been asking about 75-300mm vs 70-210mm beercan on this thread a few times but no one seemed to reply..

Really?! Thanks for the tip mate! Will be aiming for the beercan then..

A200 with 18-70 kit: RM 1710 (really can get that cheap?!)
Minolta 50mm f1.7: RM 400+
Minolta 70-210mm beercan: RM 700+

Total damage: roughly RM 2900

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Added on February 14, 2008, 5:05 pmI think what albnok means is: for street photography, chicks wont pose for your BIG WHITE lens, maybe just stare at you.. hopefully they won't be thinking "damned pervert/sei ham sup lou"

If the chicks are chatting amongst themselves (or on the phone), you may be lucky enough to capture some gorgeos smiles, more candid kinda pose


This post has been edited by dx_myrddraal: Feb 14 2008, 05:05 PM

congrats bro.. where did you buy from?

quote eagle.ng
but if change to full frame....then all the kit may not to apply on the full frame camera.

A900 not even released yet.. i think many of us won't even consider going all the way to full frame.. maybe A700 (or whatever it's replacement)

Yup.. me also getting around next week. Need to wait masuk gaji first