can anyone recommend a xx/300mm lense?
 

can anyone recommend a 70/200 or a 70/300 lense that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? It has to fit a canon 400d/rebel xti

If you don't want to spend L lenses money, go for the 70-300 F4.5/5.6 IS. I used it for more than a year and it's a brillant lense

^I was looking at a 200mm lense, wich has much better light

any thoughts?

If you dont want the canon version that is the next best choice. The no arm and a leg part of your requirements was misleading though. The 70-200 2.8 is one of my favorite lenses. It depends what u want in a lense though. Length or speed.

I'd still go for a Canon lense instead of Sigma, but I'm just paranoid probably.

Sigma quality is quite good now and when it costs half as much its a very good choice. As long as you compare equal levels of glass.

Yup, the way to go in 70-300-land IMHO. It's supposed to be a "hidden-L"...

well...this is what I ended up with

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

the low dollar exhange rate makes it perfect to get it from the US for us norwegians. ver half the price of what you have to pay in norway. I found mine on ebay,


crossing my fingers that it will arrive before the 10th so I can bring it to the NS

same lens i'm picking up in a few days :) After testing it, i was hooked!

Good choice! You'll never regret to have invested such money in it!

^they said they would mark the parcel as a gift, so i probably won't have to pay the 25% import tax 8)

What? You guys don't love your tax code? :lol:

so your taking that money away from somebody less fortunate? thats not fair ;)

Wow you called that a "budget" lens? :lol:

My budget lens was a Sigma 70-300mm f/5.6. :D

you know what they say, if you can't beat em, join em!

all silliness asside... the company delivered the wrong lens today (a Nikkon 102 F2.8 VR) which I have no use of... so it will be here tomorrow...all apologies delivered ! :)