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17-02-2008, 12:22
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Moonshine
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Or, goto Jessops and buy vouchers
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17-02-2008, 13:10
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Mornings with coffee are nice...
The main problem is not having a clue what the numbers mean, which makes any advice which is relying on numbers without explaining what they mean not particularly helpful.
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17-02-2008, 13:27
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Ah right. Ok. A lens is like this. Canon 70-200 f/2.8 IS L. 70-200 is the zoom. 70mm to 200mm. Basically anything over 100mm is generally considered telephoto. The smaller then number the wider the view. The next number, f/2.8 is the maximum aperture on the lens. Some lenses are 4-5.6 which means at the wider view its 4 and zoomed in its 5.6. IS means image stabilizer.
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17-02-2008, 13:44
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Thanks for the explanation Pete, that pretty much makes sense (still floundering with the term aperture, I know what the word means but no idea what it means in this context :/).
Have found a sigma 70-300 on Amazon for ~£120 brand new... Worth picking up?
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18-02-2008, 14:55
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I know this is a little late, but i'm typing anyway  As pete said, these kind of lenses are rather soft due to them being 'cheap' I've got my eyes on a new lens, and tbh wish i'd of picked it up first... oh hindsight and greater experience prevail. Looking at a 28-135 USM IS lens as it seems like a perfect walkabout lens having a decent focal range with a nice quiet motor and some image stablising prisms  £260 but i'm sure it'll be worth every penny.
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18-02-2008, 19:00
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I was thinking about getting used sigma telephoto lens in the 300 to 400 mm range and getting the sigma 2 x tele convertors ! Any ideas on which sigma lens which I should look at please ?
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17-02-2008, 13:50
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No
 I really wouldn't wish that lens on anyone. Its just not a good lens, unless you get very lucky. Sigma's quality control isn't great.
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I have this lens, I purchased at the same time when I got my Canon 400D. Not a bad lens, it is light and compack. At the moment camera World are selling it for apx £70. So you can buy that fro her plus ( as mentioned earlyer in this thread ) a cable release, UV filter for the said lens. Any problems dude, phone me
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