Cheap old zoom lenses
Discussion
Hello all,
I am starting a "Wildlife photography club" at my school and need to buy as much equipment as I can for as little money as possible! I am looking at getting some cheap 70-300 lenses and wondered if anyone had any experience or knowledge of the following lenses and could give any recommendations as to which might be the better purchase. All can be had for between £60 and £70 pounds.
Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di LD Macro
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG Macro
At the moment the Tamron is winning purely because its a touch cheaper and has the ability to do 1:2 macro, so would have an extra use (as would the Sigma). Any reasons any of these should be avoided completely?
TIA for you help,
James
I am starting a "Wildlife photography club" at my school and need to buy as much equipment as I can for as little money as possible! I am looking at getting some cheap 70-300 lenses and wondered if anyone had any experience or knowledge of the following lenses and could give any recommendations as to which might be the better purchase. All can be had for between £60 and £70 pounds.
Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di LD Macro
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG Macro
At the moment the Tamron is winning purely because its a touch cheaper and has the ability to do 1:2 macro, so would have an extra use (as would the Sigma). Any reasons any of these should be avoided completely?
TIA for you help,
James
Edited by jimmy156 on Tuesday 1st September 18:07
RobDickinson said:
I had an old canon 75-300 it was terrible.. does that help?
a bit i suppose.The situation is that the school currently has 3x dSLR's with kit lenses, and i will have circa 30 students coming to the club. My budget is around £800. It doesn't make things easy!
To be fair, it doesn't matter too much that the lenses aren't best, its more about getting the students out there taking photo's!
Hi Simpo,
I'm going with Canon bodies because it's what the school already has and its also what i know. To simplify things i was looking at buying from mpbphotographic.co.uk or similar, because i can buy a whole bunch of kit in one go, and i will have some kind of comeback if the lens or body isn't as described.
I'm going with Canon bodies because it's what the school already has and its also what i know. To simplify things i was looking at buying from mpbphotographic.co.uk or similar, because i can buy a whole bunch of kit in one go, and i will have some kind of comeback if the lens or body isn't as described.
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