pampers Junior Member  20 posts Joined Aug 2007 Location: Hollington st leonards east sussex U.K. More info | Aug 23, 2007 07:40 | #1 Right I have been offered a lens for my birthday (in advance) by my son.
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runninmann what the heck do I know?  More info | Aug 23, 2007 07:49 | #2 pampers wrote in post #3780351  Right I have been offered a lens for my birthday (in advance) by my son. The lens I am thinking of is the Tamron AF 200-500MM F5-6.3 DI LD (86mm). For long shots. Now will it be sutible for use with my Canon 400D. As I have been to their site and find most of their write up to be complete double dutch to me. Also any drawback to useing this kind of lens. Many thanks in advance. I considered this lens as a low-cost super tele zoom solution. I compared reviews/user experiences/opinions of it, the Bigma, the Tokina 80-400 and decided on it due to price/mass/favorable reviews. Then, I found a very good deal on the less well-regarded Sigma 170-500 and settled on it for the time being.
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Madweasel Cream of the Crop  6,224 posts Likes: 61 Joined Jun 2006 Location: Fareham, UK More info | Aug 23, 2007 17:03 | #3 It seems very well-regarded for the price and will work fine on the 400D. It will give a very high magnification on a crop camera (like the 400D), and you may well find that you are initially disappointed as it takes a while to learn how to get the best from a lens like that. A tripod is highly recommended. Mark.
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LotsToLearn Goldmember 2,290 posts Joined Mar 2007 Location: GTA, Canada More info | Aug 23, 2007 19:15 | #4 I was going to buy the Tamron before I got a good deal on a Bigma. Everything I've read is good outside of lack of high speed focus motor but even that isn't too bad depending on what you're shooting I suppose. But optically it's supposed to be pretty good.
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pampers THREAD STARTER Junior Member 20 posts Joined Aug 2007 Location: Hollington st leonards east sussex U.K. More info | Thanks for you comments guys.
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tcrank Member  173 posts Joined Mar 2007 Location: Lynchburg, VA More info | Aug 25, 2007 08:25 | #6 You can always 'trade up' after the fact... 'Today is a gift...that's why they call it the present!'
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