a lens for Wild life in a bit tight budget

[Colin500]

But for serious bird and wildlife photography I would get a manual focus 500mm/600mm/800mm lens, they cost about the same aseither lens and they enter a new dimension of photography compared to shorter lenses.

Do you have some (more) suggestions in this category?


Since Bryan doesn't review them I wouldn't even know where to start looking ;-)


Thanks, Colin

[Fast Glass]

Yes I do, the FD or New FD 500mm f/4.5 L. It has flourite glass like the EF 500mm f/4.5 L. I have heard that it

[Colin500]

Thanks, John, seeing your Minolta I wouldn

[scalesusa]

I've tried many telephoto lenses, 400mm 5/5.6L, 600mm f/4L, 70-300mm IS, Tamron 200-500mm, Sigma 400mm, etc. The 600mm L was the best, of course, but I could not take it with me for a quick shot, it became a big expedition with the heavy tripod and Wimberly Head, etc. For wildlife, none of them were as long as I'd like.


I finally decided on a compromise, the 100-400mmL. Its easy to carry along, its quite compact when telescoped to 100mm, the IS works well, and at 400mm the images are sharp, even with a 1.4X TC. For small birds, its ability to focus closely is valuable.


100-400mml and female redwing blackbird


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