need lense advice

BlueHoseJacketBlueHoseJacket Registered Users Posts: 509 Major grins
edited October 10, 2006 in Cameras
I need some advice on lense purchase, due to a major blunder on my part today. My wife and I took our dog on a walk this afternoon at the nearby National Forest. While changing from my (Canon EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 lense) to my (Canon 28-105mm 1:3.5 -4.5 lense) for some shots of my dog I really screwed up. I put the 28-105 lense on the camera and zipped the camera bag......BUT NEVER PUT THE 300mm in the bag. I moved to get a better angle on the dog and heard something clanking on the rocks behind me, I turned and watched my lense roll into the river rapids:huh :huh :huh :huh .

so now I am in the market for a new lense and would like some advice on what lense to buy in the $400 to $700 range. I have one lense now, the Canon Ultrasonic 28-105mm . I am a true amatuer, but would like to purchase for my "future". I like to shoot spoting events for pure personal pleasure (do not sell any shots) and pictures of the family. I have been a memember of dgrin for about a month and am learning a lot and am really starting to enjoy shooting.

Anyway suggestion for lenses and places to purchase, I would love a .28 of some kind

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  • Red BullRed Bull Registered Users Posts: 719 Major grins
    edited October 8, 2006
    I'm guessing you would like a telephoto to replace the one you lost? If so, then I would suggest the Canon 70-200 f/4 L. Fantastic lens. I love using mine, it's such a sharp and good quality piece of glass and is only about $600.
    -Steven

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  • TristanPTristanP Registered Users Posts: 1,107 Major grins
    edited October 9, 2006
    Yes, either the 70-200/4L or the 70-300 IS. The 70-300 is a much better lens than the 75-300 was and the portrait-orientation issues have been taken care of by Canon.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,939 moderator
    edited October 10, 2006
    Wow! That's an expensive lesson. Were you able to recover the lens
    and is it repairable if so? Maybe that'd be an option.

    If not, try the 70-200 f/4. A lot of folks seem happy with it.
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
  • BlueHoseJacketBlueHoseJacket Registered Users Posts: 509 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2006
    No, I was not able to retreive the lense. I wanted to cuss, cry, scream etc....I just sat there in disbelief. The lense was an older 70-300mm, it was about 8 years old and I saw it at Costco for $154 yesterday. I would really like to upgrade from what I lost. I think I want to stick with at least a 300mm. I own the Canon Rebel XT and now have only one lense aCanon EF 28-105 1:3.5 to 4.5.

    What a stupid delima I am in.
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