> Hi fellow listmembers, > > for the past year I've been trying to decide what telelens to buy. I > currently own Canon's 28-135 IS and 50/1.8 mk1 lens and a Tokina > 20-35/3.5-5.6, so I've got the short and normal end sufficiently covered, > but I would like to have something with a bit more reach. Main purpose > would be portraits/candids and for isolating detail in landscape > photography and anything else that I get interested in once I 've got a > long lens at my disposal and learn how to use it. I have handled a friends > EF 75-300, but found its focus irritatingly slow and the build quality not > so great. Since I would not mind spending a few euros more I'm currently > considering the 200/2.8 (second hand), 80-200/2.8 (second hand, obviously) > and 70-200/4 (new, seems impossible to find second hand in the > Netherlands). All these lenses are in the same price range. The 200 prime > and the 80-200 zoom both have a 72 mm filter thread, which is nice since I > own a couple of filters in that size. Also, both are black which > I consider > to be an advantage. The 80-200 is with its 1.3 kilos twice as heavy as the > other two. Buying the 70-200 would get me a brand new lens, but without a > tripod collar which limits its usefullness (so I would have to spend extra > money for a tripod collar). The 200 is light, fast, black, but not a zoom > lens. And all three lenses "only" go to 200 mm, and I'm not quite > sure if I > would like/need something up to 300 mm. See my dilemma? > > I would greatly appreciate your opinions on this, to help me make up my > mind! What did or didn't you buy or and why (or why not)?How much of a > disadvantage would you consider the 80-200's weight to be? Would 1.3 kilos > be too heavy for you? What you rather have a 300 than a 200 mmm > lens, or do > you find the difference of little importance in real life situations? > > Thanks, > > Bart
Hi Bart, I would like you to bring forward another choice: the EF 70-210 3.5-4.5 USM (second hand). It is a lens also not very often offered second hand in the Netherlands, but I now two shops that have one. I myself just bought one on Ebay from a guy in Germany, where I will pick it up next month. My EF 75-300 is now for sale. It is not that heavy, and it is a lens that would fit in your line-up IMHO. The reasen I bought one is because in my lens line-up it fits very good: not to expensive, heavy or bulky, but stil a reasonble good quality. (My lenses are currently EF 20-35 3.5-4.5 USM / EF 28-80 3.5-5.6 USM I/ EF 50 1.4 USM and EF 135 2.8 SF). I also debated about 200 or 300 mm but realised I didn't used 300 mm that often, and picture quality, together with real USM is more important to me. Drikus * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
