Canon or Tamron 70-300 ??

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Hi all,

I'm looking to get my next lens, I fancy a reasonable zoom. Ive seen a few talks recently at my local club and they had amazing shots of sports and wildlife!!
Dave Bowen was one Tog and then one of our club members.
So my question is would a Canon 70-300 f4-5.6 IS USM or the Tamron 70-300 f4-5.6 VC be any good for me to start off with??
Any alternative suggestions welcome

Thanks
Paul
 
I believe this has been asked many many times. Anyway, from what I know, the two lenses are about equal, and at around the same price. I have the Tamron. USD is nice and it has full-time manual focus. VC also works really well. Sharpness at 300mm f5.6 is ok (subjective, of course), and it gets sharper at f8. Many people also like their Canon. I guess you can't go wrong with either of them.

If you don't need 300mm, Canon 70-200 f4L non-IS is another popular choice at a little higher price. I have not used one as 200mm is quite short for wildlife, but it is supposed to be sharper than both the 70-300 and also faster.

And of course, there is Canon 70-300L, which is much more expensive.
 
I've got a canon 55-250 which gives a certain amount of zoom, not great for birds far away if you want up close shots.
Good auto focus. And gives me great pictures. It wasn't too expensive either (from amazon)
But it might not be right for you.
If you know anyone with the lens you want I'd recommend you try it first before buying.
 
I have the canon 70-300 IS and from 70-200 it is very, very good (better stopped down a little of course), it falls down a little at 300/5.6 but excellent value for money when you factor in the excellent IS!
 
Unless you are thinking of getting a Full Frame camera then conventional wisdom would suggest the 55/250 Ef-s lens is a far better lens than the 70/300 from either Canon or Tamron, it too has IS.
If you need to a longer focal length then the 100/400 is a good lens, but once you get past 250mm zoom lenses (from Canon) start to get very expensive. I'd check what focal length you think you are going to need before deciding what to buy, the shorter zooms i.e. up to 300mm may not be long enough and therefore a waste of money.

Matt
 
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