Hey Denise,
Originally Posted by ddt0725
hihi your not really full of patience are you? [:P] I'm longing for better weather as well, so I get it [:P]
To answer your question....I just can´t, because I had nor the 300mm nor the 200/500, but what I think is: probably you're better of cropping your image taken with a 300mm prime than buying a lesser quality zoom.
But if you've got money to spend and no better things to think about, you should just try it [:P] But I really don't think your photos will get better and you'll be even more disappointed next winter when f6.3 minimum would be a real mood-killer.
Instead of that you might want to take a look at the canon 100-400 L.
I'm not saying you can't take beautiful pictures with the Tamron, but I can say that it's probably a lot harder than with the canon. My friend once bought a Tamron 70-300 when I bought a 70-200 f4L and in the beginning he was very pleased with it. But when he discovered the difference in keeper-rates he sold it eventually and bought a canon as well.
But again....I don't have any experience with the 300mm canon nor the 200-500 tamron, but when I would buy a wildlife lens, it would definitely be the 100-400 canon lens.
I probably don't even last 15 minutes [] You know what is nice to do as well? Film instead of taking photos only...I did it in my backyard and am very pleased with the result. Keeps you busy in an other way for a while [Y]
Good luck! Jan
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