what you should start looking for kind of depends on what you're planning to do with the photos.
I am a hobbyist photographer who follows a professional bird photographer around from time to time. For what it's worth, the majority of the bird photos I've shot ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/skye/sets/1202178/ ), have been done using a 70-300 zoom. I'm not particularly ashamed of it -- it was about a hundred bucks and I didn't see the sense in spending more, given my lack of ability at the time. SOME of the most recent photos in that gallery were done using a 400mm lens, but you still see me sneaking back to the zoom from time to time, because it's auto-focus and the 400 is not. On 4/17/06, Russell Kerstetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is a decent lens (or a decent length) for shooting birds? I read > a book about this topic, and author prefers to shoot at 200, but I > have noticed that many of the shots posted here are much longer than > that, and often with a TC. This also brings to mind Tim from Norway > and having problems even with a 500. So is 200 (or 135 for angle of > view) unrealistic until I have mastered stalking? What I have right > now is the 18-55 kit, A24/2.8 and a Super-Tak 50/1.4. So the only way > I can get close enough for a decent picture is if I also bring my > Ruger, and I don't think that would be a good idea. > . . . > > My point is that I would like to know what I need to start looking/saving for. >
