New Camera

[ChasWG]

What lenses are you using Ron? Everytime I even think about shooting birds, unless it's sitting on my fence or in one of my trees, I don't even bother. My 70-200 f4L just doesn't have the reach in most cases. So I don't bother. I really would love to get a 300mm f2.8L, but they aren't exactly cheap and I have a lot of other things I want to get as well.

My current stable of lenses, that I keep in my bag at all times is as follows:

Primes - Canon 28mm f2.8 and 50mm f1.8
Zooms - Tamron 10-24 f3.5-4.5 SP, Canon 24-70 f2.8L, Canon 70-200 f4L

Wish List: Canon 7D or 5D MkII (not really sure yet),300mm f2.8L, Canon 50mm f1.4, Sigma 30mm f1.4, Canon Extender 1.4 TC, a new tripod with ball type head and a bunch of other crap that cost a lot of money.

[ronaldhanko]

Originally Posted by ChasWG

What lenses are you using Ron? Everytime I even think about shooting birds, unless it's sitting on my fence or in one of my trees, I don't even bother. My 70-200 f4L just doesn't have the reach in most cases. So I don't bother. I really would love to get a 300mm f2.8L, but they aren't exactly cheap and I have a lot of other things I want to get as well.

My current stable of lenses, that I keep in my bag at all times is as follows:

Primes - Canon 28mm f2.8 and 50mm f1.8
Zooms - Tamron 10-24 f3.5-4.5 SP, Canon 24-70 f2.8L, Canon 70-200 f4L

Wish List: Canon 7D or 5D MkII (not really sure yet),300mm f2.8L, Canon 50mm f1.4, Sigma 30mm f1.4, Canon Extender 1.4 TC, a new tripod with ball type head and a bunch of other crap that cost a lot of money.

Hi Chas,
At present I'm using a Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM for general work, a Tamron SF AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro, and a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS telephoto. Along with my macro lens I use (sometimes) a Sigma EM-140 Macro Ring Flash. The telephoto is the one I decided to get because it's so compact. It would be nice to have something with a lower f-stop perhaps one of the L series lenses, but we do a lot of backpacking and everything has to be carried. I would like to get the Canon extender but I don't have the money at present - even 300mm is a bit short for birds unless you are lucky. I do have a tripod that I use for backpacking, although the 7D is really too heavy for it, a Manfrotto 785SHB - packs down to about 12 inches, is light, has a ball head and allows me to get within a few inches of the ground.