The Final Choices...

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Canon 40D

Canon 28-135mm IS USM lens

Canon 70-200mm f4 L USM lens

Tokina 100mm f2.8 AT-X Macro Lens

Tokina 80-400mm f4.5-5.6 AT-X Lens

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OOOOPS, I mean Canon 40D... brain went for a holiday temporarily...
 
LadyLens said:
I would suggest lying down in a darkened room [NOT a Dark Room] for several days! :lol:
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:p You can tell I have spent the best part of a month living and breathing endless Canon and Nikon reviews and pictures...plus only 3 hours sleep last night.
 
Congratulations on your new acquistion :thumbs: ... now's the time to go out and enjoy every bit of that lovely kit you've managed to come-up with.
 
ah, gone with the canon :D

definately the best choice IMO :thumbs:

but why 70-200 and 70-300 both nice lenses, but the 70-300 covers the 70-200 range :shrug:

well you can slip on in the post :naughty:
 
I don't want to add to your confusion but wondered why the 70-300 appears in there. I would suggest for about the same outlay (give or take a little) you could make the 70-200/4L into a 70-200/4 ISL and pick up a 1.4x T/C to get you near 300mm at the same f/5.6 aperture. :shrug:

Bob
 
yep, get a kenko 1.4X then with the cash saved, perhaps then the 24-105mm f4 IS, if that's the range you want. Personally I'd want a fast-ish lens as a walkaround, so perhaps the 17-55 or the 24-70.
 
near 300mm at the same f/5.6 aperture
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On the list the 70-300 is a f4 lens :rules: ... same as the 70-200 which puzzles me with my previous statement:thinking:
 
not getting the 70-300 now.

Instead, I am going for the Tokina 80-400 (it gets almost the same rating as the canon 100-400 in reviews I researched and more than the sigma)

And

Tokina 100mm macro.

Until I can afford more L glass, these should suffice.
 
you only need L glass if you lake the skill to produce high quality images with the resources you own ;)

I'm only saying that because im skint:p

EDIT: And of course you have the skill, thats what i was implying, not that you want L glass therefore you lack skill...

i'll drop the spade
 
Very nice.

Personally I would find the 28mm minimum a bit restrictive. I'd go for a wider angle like the canon 10-22 or a 3rd party 12-24 before the second tele. ymmv of course.
 
I shall be getting a 10-20 as my next buy, probably towards the end of the month.
No-one manages a complete set up in one go generally, especially myself who is on incapacity support currently (*** if the whole studio thing takes off, I might not be forever)

Only reason I am able to aquire this is that I have a wonderful longterm friend who is buying it for me, and letting me pay back gradually.
 
davidbridges said:
you only need L glass if you lake the skill to produce high quality images with the resources you own ;)

I'm only saying that because im skint:p

EDIT: And of course you have the skill, thats what i was implying, not that you want L glass therefore you lack skill...

i'll drop the spade
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I got your meaning, lol.
I feel no need to get the most expensive at this point in time, and it is way beyond my limitations anyway other than the 80-200 I am buying.

I couldn't miss, however, the glut of nice L lenses some on here have listed in their signatures or displayed in the show your gear thread.
 
Well done, you've got a nice collection of kit there, a camera in the hand is better than 2 in the shop IMO so you'v made the right decision.

You can safely ignore my reply in your other post where I suggested a Nikon kit for £1500.

Go and enjoy and share your photos with us - that's the law :rules:
 
davidbridges said:
On the list the 70-300 is a f4 lens :rules: ... same as the 70-200 which puzzles me with my previous statement:thinking:
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The 70-300 IS isn't f/4 at the long end....it's a 70-300 f/4-5.6

Bob
 
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