Lens advice for a novice please...

[r44flyer]

Hi all,

I am a novice just getting into photography and as an entry level 'proper' camera I've gone for the Fuji S5600. This is mainly due to the price as my budget is low, and with batteries/charger, memory, case etc it comes in at under £150. I think it seems a good camera for the price.

Now, I'm interested in wildlife photography and panoramas, so I'm looking into getting telephoto and wide angle/macro lenses. I know as with most things you get what you pay for in terms of quality etc, however I have seen these on ebay...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=230125819315&rd=1&rd=1

...and hoped they would offer decent performance for not too much outlay. I have been told that Tokina are not too bad, any comments on this, or advice on what I should buy instead?

I am hoping the 3x power of the telephoto will provide some good shots when the camera is properly stabilised. The cost is a lot more than the 2x power versions, I'm not sure if it will be worth the extra.

I'll probably purchase a 3-piece filter set as well, while I'm at it. With import duty etc I'm hoping everything will come to under £250.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Jim

 

[RobertP]

Can't give you any advice on those items but back when I had an early Kodak digital I ordered add on wide and tele lenses. The tele lens was not very good and the wide angle was truly awful so they went back.

I'd not expect too much of those add ons. No suggestions where to look but I'd want the opinion of a user first.

 

[r44flyer]

Cheers Robert, I had a feeling low price generally equals low performance.

I have searched on here and found someone recommending Raynox for the wide angle and macro, which are universal I see, just clipping on.

I have also already seen suggestions for the Olympus TCON-17 as a good telephoto add-on. Maybe I'd be better off with something like that, rather than going for the bigger numbers in the 3x power!

Any more thought anyone?