Which lens for taking wildlife?

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I recently purchased a Canon 400d and want to take wildlife photo's in the garden. I am thinking of buying a secondhand Sigma 70-300 APO DG Macro or a 75-300 f/4-5.6 USM canon lens

Which should I buy?

Thanks

Terry
 
I have the sigma and it's a great lens for the money.

Here's one I took with it.
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i have the sigma and have been happy with it, it can produce soft images at the 300mm end though. heres a couple i have taken with it

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How about..... "Bloody hell they're good!!!"
 
Rich

Your photo's are great. Just the sort of thing I want to be able to do. What do you mean when you say the image can be a bit soft and is it reflected in either your 2 photo's?
Terry
 
Heres a couple i took at under 240mm or there abouts you can see there quite sharp. you can see the difference.

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i would say the top robin is soft. im not very good at explaing really lets hope somone pops along to explain better:thinking:
 
I see what you mean
the top Robin's a Wren!
 
Phew, I was getting worried, I thought where's the Robin?

So far, It looks like I will be buying the Sigma. No one out there to support the Canon?
 
THe 2 photos i posted first are juvanile robins:)
 
richie said:
THe 2 photos i posted first are juvanile robins:)
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well blow me down with a feather
I thought they were wrens :bonk:

(go to the back of the class!)
 
Go for one of these instead Sigma 100-300 F4 EX DG or Canon 70-200 F2.8 L IS. Might sell my Sigma 100-300 F4 EX DG for £500 mint condition.

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Canon 70-200 F2.8 L IS

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Sigma 100-300 F4 EX DG
 
Lovely punk Robin shots Rich! :clap:

If I had to make do with one lens for all wildlife shots, it would probably be the Canon 100-400L. It's not the fastest lens but is very usable in good light, with the IS being a real boon.

Not the cheapest lens I know, but it's a really useful zoom range.
 
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