Zoom lens between 18/55 and 70/200 help

[Andrewchalkie]

can anyone help.
l am buying a 300D and it comes with 18/55 lens and l would like to be able to zoom in on my sudjects like garden birds and cannot aford a 70/200 lens would like to know some lenses between the 2 at a fair price thankyou for your patience.:oops:

[Mike Panic]

what is a fair price? would the 28-135IS lens do the trick?

[pcasciola]

You can get several versions of Canon's 75-300mm for between $150-400, depending on whether you get the USM version, gray market or US warranty, and/or IS:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?ci=1&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=SearchBar&A=search&Q=*&shs=canon+75-300mm

[EricKonieczny]

28-105, 3.5-4.5 works well for what you are looking for. It is a decent lesne, but not L.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=206434&is=USA

[Jon]

Take a look at the lens stickies, especially the Starter Lenses (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=56747) where the 75-300 (IS or non-IS) is one possibility, and the Wildlife zooms (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=59931) where it pops in again. For birds, even in your yard, you'll really need more than 200 mm. Even the 300 mm of this may be on the short side. This isn't the greatest lens out there, but it's affordable, and the results will be better than using a shorter, albeit higher quality, lens that you need to crop like crazy to get your birds visible. The 75-300 does have a reputation for being soft at the long end, but that's still better than extra empty magnification from a shorter lens. Unfortunately, there aren't any prime lenses in the 200-300 range that are really affordable and of good quality, or I'd suggest a prime lens.

[Andrewchalkie]

thankyou guys for your help has given me more of an insight.

just to let you know the distance lm looking at from subject is about 10 to 20 metres