Cameras

[spoony]

Right I have a canon 450 and a 18-55 lens,
Not used it much as I thought the lens limited its use in the countryside, do I buy a larger lens or go for a compact like a used canon g10 I want to use it for screenary and may some wildlife in the mountains in lakes and other places. Compact would be a plus smaller size, or would I get better results using my 450d and lug the larger camera about thoughts please.


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[BearInTheWoods]

Nothing wrong with your setup, if you want to do landscapes you might get a wider-angle lens, or just get a tripod and do panoramas. You can stitch them together in Photoshop (I think the cheaper cut-down version 'elements' does this too). My advice is to get as good as you can with what you have to hand, and then think about kitting-up later.

If you've got money to chuck about, some oblong graduated filters (Hitech are good) and a lightweight tripod/cable release would be quite the thing.

Here's a pano I did at Budleigh Salterton a while back, takes about 15 mins on the computer to put it together:

 

[ozzy1977]

When Igot my nikon it came with an 18-55 and a 55-200, I found that what ever I wanted to shoot was too far for one or too close for the other. I have just bought a Sigma 18-200, same size as the 18-55, a little heavier but so much more usefull. I paid £98 for it secondhand, I think that new they are around £270, loads on ebay, I got mine from cex in Scarborugh but there website has them.

 

[HantsScooter]

Personally I would go for seperate lenses for landscape and wildlife on the DSLR and put up with the weight and bulk. When I take the camera anywhere it does add about 6kg by the time I have spare batteries, tripod, an additional panoramic tripod head etc.

As I'm a photography rebel and use Pentax bodies I don't know what's available for you camera so can't help with specifics but use a 10-18mm on an APS c sensor for most landscapes and on the odd occasion I try wildlife shots I use a 70-200mm. Both my main lenses are Tamron and therefore relatively affordable.

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[spoony]

Cheers so will a 55-250 be ok cant stretch to the 70-300



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[HantsScooter]

Sorry I was talking rubbish earlier my second lens is actually a 28-300, I traded in the 70-200 when buying it. In my defence I barely use now as I've been principal playing with 360-180º panoramas for the last year hence the pano tripod head.

Re: the 55-250mm if its the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II then a quick glance at the reviews suggest its a pretty good choice. I have seen some discussion that suggest there are issues with the 70-300 mm beyond 200 mm.

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[wattsy]

sigma 70-300 apo is a good lens and cheap second hand only paid £130 for mine

 

[spoony]

Re: the 55-250mm if its the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II then a quick glance at the reviews suggest its a pretty good choice. I have seen some discussion that suggest there are issues with the 70-300 mm beyond 200 mm.

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Hope so I've just bought it



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