Timeline for What is the best Canon Telephoto Zoom Lens for $600-650?
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| Sep 25, 2013 at 16:28 | vote | accept | Saqib Khan | ||
| Apr 5, 2013 at 7:05 | comment | added | Saqib Khan | 3. Buy Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS Pros: 1. It’s Canon. 2. Consistent quality means I don’t end up with a sub-standard piece of lens. 3. Sharper than Tamron. I tested a friend’s Tamron and the zoom ring wasn’t smooth. It stuck a bit slightly when moving from 70mm towards the long end. Maybe its something to do with his piece. So what do you guys think? | |
| Apr 5, 2013 at 7:04 | comment | added | Saqib Khan | 2. Buy the Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD. Pros: 1. Non-rotating front element. Good since I use a polarizer. 2. Better rendering of color and contrast. 3. Better solid build than Canon 70-300mm. | |
| Apr 5, 2013 at 7:03 | comment | added | Saqib Khan | So I’m down to three revised choices now: 1. Buy Canon 70-200 F4 L non-IS along with a 2x (or 1.4X) tele-converter. What is the impact of this multiplier? Does it transmit the image with no loss of sharpness and detail? Are tele-converters any good at that? And which brand? | |
| Apr 5, 2013 at 7:01 | comment | added | Saqib Khan | Thank you @Michael and Pat for your advice. I appreciate it. I’ve been reading quite a lot on this forum as well as elsewhere so that I don’t ask any redundant question, and the way I see it, the Canon 70-200 L f/4 (non-IS) is the ultimate bargain. Unfortunately, the range is not sufficient considering that one of my major uses for the telephoto will be capturing aircraft taking off from the runway which is just behind my apartment complex and 300mm focal length is the least I need for that. | |
| Apr 2, 2013 at 2:05 | comment | added | Max C | I've got Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD. awesome lens for 350 | |
| Apr 1, 2013 at 12:30 | comment | added | Dreamager | The 70-200 f4 L is definitely the best lens you could get for that money quality-wise, so it just depends whether you want a different zoom range, or some IS | |
| Mar 31, 2013 at 19:48 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackPhotos/status/318449621603069952 | ||
| Mar 31, 2013 at 18:14 | answer | added | Michael C | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 31, 2013 at 18:05 | answer | added | Pat Farrell | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 31, 2013 at 17:18 | comment | added | Chinmay Kanchi | If you can stretch the budget ever so slightly to about $680, the Canon 70-200 f/4 L is your best bet | |
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| Mar 31, 2013 at 16:41 | history | asked | Saqib Khan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |