My Problem want Your Help!

Now it's time to sell my Sigma 120-300 / 2.8 OS. My back can not take the lens and the big bag it requires. I have been very pleased with the lens.

Now the problem.

I work for a local company where I do not want to rip out my new 6D too much, so a backup camera would be good. But I also want to have a tele

My thoughts:

I can either buy a similar package:
Canon 70-200 / 4L + 1D MKII or 50 / 60D as a backup camera + 50 / 1.4 USM (all used)

or

A brand new Tamron 150-600 and wait for a backup camera later.


What do you think?

notimetochill wrote in post #17141990
Now it's time to sell my Sigma 120-300 / 2.8 OS. My back can not take the lens and the big bag it requires. I have been very pleased with the lens.

Now the problem.

I work for a local company where I do not want to rip out my new 6D too much, so a backup camera would be good. But I also want to have a tele

My thoughts:

I can either buy a similar package:
Canon 70-200 / 4L + 1D MKII or 50 / 60D as a backup camera + 50 / 1.4 USM (all used)

or

A brand new Tamron 150-600 and wait for a backup camera later.


What do you think?

I would think exactly what do I want to do and which will help me right now. That way I could be out shooting and getting pictures now with my correct needs met right now.

notimetochill wrote in post #17141990
Now it's time to sell my Sigma 120-300 / 2.8 OS. My back can not take the lens and the big bag it requires. I have been very pleased with the lens.

Now the problem.

I work for a local company where I do not want to rip out my new 6D too much, so a backup camera would be good. But I also want to have a tele

My thoughts:

I can either buy a similar package:
Canon 70-200 / 4L + 1D MKII or 50 / 60D as a backup camera + 50 / 1.4 USM (all used)

or

A brand new Tamron 150-600 and wait for a backup camera later.


What do you think?

Canon 100D.

100D is good too small for my hands though

Other options, but nothing that is really going to cover the hole that the 120-300 2.8 is going to leave, especially if you used the f2.8 to f4 range.

Canon 55-250 stm (very good lens for the money) + backup crop
Sigma 50-500 OS
Sigma 70-200 2.8 OS + 1.4TC
Canon 70-300L

Perhaps a silly question but in your type of shooting, can you use a cart of some sort? If so, you can check out the Rugger Gear carts. I use mine to tote my gear when I'm out and about but the paths I'm on are usually semi-smooth so it's easy to wheel around.