----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "EOS list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:59 PM Subject: EOS First Tele-Zoom for a Rebel ?
> I have a young colleague with a few hundred quid burning a hole in his > pocket and he has a 350D (Rebel XT) with an 18-55 kit lens. He wants to > buy his first 'telescopic' lens ;-) > > I have no idea about consumer tele-zooms but would I be right in > thinking that the 28-135mm f3.4-4 IS would be a good start for him? The > only thing I could recommend unequivocally was IS. > > Recommendations please for his first telephoto lens (he likes the idea > of a zoom, and to be fair I think a prime would scare him - he might > think it was broken ;-)) > > TIA > Cheers, > Cotty Hi Cotty, The EF 28-135 is an f3.5-5.6 so it needs the IS. How about something longer such as the 75-300, or the newer 70-300 f4.5-5.6 DO IS USM ? Plenty of choice in price depending on whether s/h or new. Cheers, Malcolm Milton Keynes, UK http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
