Any Lens Recommandation for Bird Shooting?

[bcad84]

Hi,

i'm looking for any good and cheap lens that I can afford to buy to do some birdtography....

Any Recommmandation?

Thanks.

[7939077]

You can try EF 90-300mm f4.5/5.6 USM.

Cheap & Good.

[bcad84]

How about this lens EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6II USM?

[ComB]

Originally Posted by bcad84 Hi, i'm looking for any good and cheap lens that I can afford to buy to do some birdtography.... Any Recommmandation? Thanks.

U can try sigma APO 500 f4.5 HSM,cheaper than Canon.

[bcad84]

Wah this is a 500mm Lens ar? Not loooks for since a long range for the time being first... hehe...

[tkj]

Originally Posted by bcad84 How about this lens EF 55-200mm f/4.5-5.6II USM?

For bird shooting you need 300mm and above.

[Newguy69]

Canon 400mm F5.6L. Light, sharp, fast & cheap (comparing to other primes). Some of my birding bubbies are using it and got many great shots of birds.

[Garion]

Originally Posted by Newguy69 Canon 400mm F5.6L. Light, sharp, fast & cheap (comparing to other primes). Some of my birding bubbies are using it and got many great shots of birds.

Bubbies?

First off, what is your budget? It is very hard to recommend a specific lens as there are such a wide variety out there, from primes to zooms, ranging from few hundred bucks to over tens thousand. But generally, most aspiring bird shooters starting out usually start off with something fairly affordable, say a 70-300 zoom, then move on to a longer prime like 300mm or 400mm, or a 50-500mm zoom or its equivalent, and finally, if they are really serious and dedicated enough, move on to the big guns (500mm primes and above).

For shooting birds, esp. thos in the wild, a lens of 400mm and above is recommended. A good starting point would be a 300mm f4 or 400mm f5.6 as NewGuy69 mentioned. Cost is abt 2k or slightly more, and gives you very good image quality. The 300mm f4 is usually combined with 1.4x TC which still gives sharp and high quality images.

[dragos]

the 400mm 5.6 will be good..

[nickmak]

I advise the 300mm f4L IS USM + 1.4x TC... Have that to compliment my 500mm f4L IS USM for flight shots...

[bcad84]

My budget is about 300 - 500 dollar. Dun have alot of money hehe... Any good recommendation within this range?

By the way, wat's a 1.4x TC?

[Zack]

In that case I recommend a Sigma 70-300mm APO. Should be around $300+ new.

You can also find a used Canon 75-300mm IS USM around $500 with some luck.

[DEADMETAL]

Originally Posted by bcad84 Hi, i'm looking for any good and cheap lens that I can afford to buy to do some birdtography.... Any Recommmandation? Thanks.

Birding lens, someone told me before it starts from 400mm. For that range, cheap and good will be 50-500mm or 170-500mm. Don't go for those prime lens unless you are very certain you will always go birding, prime lens cost $$$.