Hi folks, discovered a bird sanctuary a few miles ago with a couple of purpose built hides so I'm looking for a reasonably decent telephoto lens for a D7200, all in I can scrape together a maximum of £800 without having to resort to finance. I've been looking at the Sigma 150-600C, are there any alternatives I should be looking at? Cheers.
Best Nikon fit zoom, £800 max?
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£800 would buy a decent second hand Nikon 80-200 2.8 ED
Man of Honour
Tamron 150-600 F5/6.3 is another (pretty damn good) contender, though the last 100mm are not quite as good as the first 350mm. Does need a decent amount of light though, as it's sharpest around F/10.
I have this lens and no real complaints, given its price... does lose a bit of sharpness from 500-600mm as mentioned, and wide open it's not as sharp as the Nikon is wide open.
Don't think 200 is anywhere near long enough for birds.
Nikon 200-500 F/5.6 is very very good... you could probably get one second hand for that.
I have this lens and no real complaints, given its price... does lose a bit of sharpness from 500-600mm as mentioned, and wide open it's not as sharp as the Nikon is wide open.
Don't think 200 is anywhere near long enough for birds.
Nikon 200-500 F/5.6 is very very good... you could probably get one second hand for that.
tamron 150-600mm is the main alternative to the Sigma C version. Some people think the Tamron is slightly better, some prefer the Sigma. As Jono says, the Nikon 200-500 is probably the best of the budget options but might be too much of a stretch. For birds 400mm on crop is really the starting point.
Man of Honour
Even from a conservatory window to a bird feeder just a few feet outside at 600mm, sparrows etc. are still tiny :/
Are you on a crop or full-frame body?
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D7200, so it will be APS-C sensor.
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I just purchased the nikon 200-500
After looking at the nikon, tamron and sigma.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18734911
I paid £929 from a uk seller.
On a crop sensor that would give you a 750mm
The nikon had the highest resale of the 3 lenses so even if I sell it the loss would be minimal.
After looking at the nikon, tamron and sigma.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18734911
I paid £929 from a uk seller.
On a crop sensor that would give you a 750mm
The nikon had the highest resale of the 3 lenses so even if I sell it the loss would be minimal.
That's what the 2x converter is for. At close range the image won't be far off the bare lens, though I would recommend having a nice background to it which if far enough away will bokeh out nicely.
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Nikon recommend not using anything other than the 1.4x