This is Photography

[freeride53]

Bordeaux by sina.pour, on Flickr

[87e30]

Get some off camera flash for those ski shots, would have turned out sick!

I know, I was scared to experiment since we only did a handful of runs due to crowd, police, pain etc. You can't see that the landing is HORRIBLE - they almost always ate it. Snow sucked too.

I'm now wishing I would have used it...

[Massimo]

So guys I need a zoom lens for my Canon 60D I have come down to two options.

Canon 70-200mm F2.8 IS USM II $2,200 AUD
Canon 100-400mm F4.5 IS USM $1,600 AUD

I think the 100-400mm will suit me better as I really want a nice long range zoom, but the lack of a low f stop make me wonder if I should spend more and go for the 70-200mm and loose some zoom.

Anyone had experiance with both of these or can add there advice on what they think.

Don't ask what I shoot, I am just an amiture who likes to do a bit of everything, so this lens will be an all rounder for me. For example I like taking photos of our dog at the park which I can get close to, while I do go to sporting events where I am far away from the action and need to zoom in.

[noE30]

Random photo from the other day. 365 Project still going strong.

365-15 Jan 20th 2012 by m_colby, on Flickr

[T Verdier]

Unless we know what you shoot then it's impossible to tell you which lens to get, all I know is that 70-200 2.8is ii is one of the sharpest and most versatile lenses
You could own, so I'd get that one if I were you. But like I said I don't know what you shoot.

[mrsleeve]

So guys I need a zoom lens for my Canon 60D I have come down to two options.

Canon 70-200mm F2.8 IS USM II $2,200 AUD
Canon 100-400mm F4.5 IS USM $1,600 AUD

I think the 100-400mm will suit me better as I really want a nice long range zoom, but the lack of a low f stop make me wonder if I should spend more and go for the 70-200mm and loose some zoom.

Anyone had experiance with both of these or can add there advice on what they think.

Don't ask what I shoot, I am just an amiture who likes to do a bit of everything, so this lens will be an all rounder for me. For example I like taking photos of our dog at the park which I can get close to, while I do go to sporting events where I am far away from the action and need to zoom in.

well this prolly wont help ya but. I am waiting till I am going to be getting some time off for more than a week, but I going to get BOTH of those and prolly MP-E65 too, as soon as I get the word. As I shoot lots of landscapes and wild life I will put both of these to use

Why are you buying NEW buy off the used market and pricing will be about 2/3's of new.

I would suggest the 70-200 2.8 if your shooting lots of lower light medium range stuff with out a tripod. But the 70-200 is one of the best lenses in the line up for versatility


100-400 if your going to be going for wild life and what not were you cant get close and in decent lighting, or with a tripod or some other kind of support.

But really with out knowing what you shoot and what your goals are for it, we cant really help too much.

[87e30]

So guys I need a zoom lens for my Canon 60D I have come down to two options.

Canon 70-200mm F2.8 IS USM II $2,200 AUD
Canon 100-400mm F4.5 IS USM $1,600 AUD

I think the 100-400mm will suit me better as I really want a nice long range zoom, but the lack of a low f stop make me wonder if I should spend more and go for the 70-200mm and loose some zoom.

Anyone had experiance with both of these or can add there advice on what they think.

Don't ask what I shoot, I am just an amiture who likes to do a bit of everything, so this lens will be an all rounder for me. For example I like taking photos of our dog at the park which I can get close to, while I do go to sporting events where I am far away from the action and need to zoom in.

That's a no brainer for me... 70-200. Especially on a crop body.

[5Toes]

Got this one tonight

[Pantless Spency]

good shot 5toes! im digging the texture of the foreground with the reflections of the headlights. looks awesome.

[Massimo]

Yeh kinda what I thought, not really having a preferance for what I shoot makes it hard to pick lenses. I supose I can go to my local camera shop and try the two out see what I think. I am just not shore if the 200mm with have enough zoom for when the time comes.

Damit this is really annoying. mrsleeve let me know what you think of the two once you have them as I am in no rush to be buying one yet. I am also keeping an eye on ebay for used lenses that are coming up here and there.

Cheers guys

[5Toes]

Thanks.

Yeah we had 45 minutes to go out and get some night shots... I forgot a tripod and yeah a sidewalk works good too!

I had to guess on the focus, but the shot is f/18 aperture at a 15 second shutter length.

Another good one, set the camera on a ledge

[Pantless Spency]

derp tripod always fool.
i scored a super nice quality 80's styled tripod at goodwill for 10 bucks :D
originally priced at like 200

[5Toes]

I have one... just didnt bring one.

lol a prosthetic leg with a camera set against it makes a good tripod too :P

[izthistaken]

Get a 70-200 IS I. You'll save about 1k!

[Cook]

Two from my trip to the zoo :D