Advice please - travel zoom

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Hi all, I'm off to canada for 4 weeks in the summer, vancouver, banff etc etc. I plan to do some wildlife spotting, and have a trips to watch bears, eagles and other such stuff already planned.

My dilemma is on the lenes to take for this. I have the wide angle sorted, it's just the long end thats a problem. I expect I'll be a little way away from the bears (well hopefully :eek:) so I need something with some reach. I've got a Sigma 70-200 plus a 1.4 tc, just wondering if that will be enough. Or should I be looking at something else eg:

Nikon 80-400 VR (old, and slow focussing by all accounts but good)
Sigma 80-400 OS (also old and quite heavy)
Sigma 120-400 OS (not out yet)
Sigma 150-500 (heavy)
Sigma 135-400 (is it sharp enough?)
Nikon 70-300 VR

All of the above slower than my 70-200 even with TC, but will that matter?

Thanks
 
I think I'd stick with the 70-200 and tc. If you need more reach, you're in prime territory IMO. I believe Nikon do a 300 f/4 which would give you a 420 f/5.6 with your 1.4x
 
grumpybadger said:
I think I'd stick with the 70-200 and tc. If you need more reach, you're in prime territory IMO. I believe Nikon do a 300 f/4 which would give you a 420 f/5.6 with your 1.4x
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sounds like the best option! shame you're not canon otherwise the 100-400 would be perfect ;)
 
purpleclouds said:
shame you're not canon otherwise the 100-400 would be perfect ;)
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:agree:

At LensesForHire the Canon 100-400 is our most popular lens for wildlife, by some distance. We have the Nikon 80-400 on the way, and when it comes I'll try to test it back-to-back with the Canon to see how it compares.

Weight and cost aside, I'd say the ideal lens would be a 300mm f/2.8 VR. You can fit any teleconverter you like and it will hardly dent the image quality. If weight or cost is an issue, the 300mm f/4 would also be a good choice, though Nikon don't do a VR version yet.
 
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