Canon Telephoto Lens ??

[steveo]

Am looking at getting a decent telephoto lens for general use for my 5D, at the moment i dont have anything over 50mm so am needing something with some reach, when the season kicks of again am wanting to get some shots of my brother in laws cricket team and my mates rugby team in action, and am wanting to use it for wildlife at Zoos, birds in the garden and the Farne islands Puffins like i said general use.

in my price range at the moment is the Canon 70-200mm F4 IS which gets great reviews and stunning shots, while the 2.8 IS would be nice i cant justify the price or the weight, my concern with the lens is if the reach is not enough on a full frame lens or if there are other options like the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM for £920 secondhand or something else

help and advice would be great here guys

 

[steveo]

well then thats either the canon 100-400 L or a sigma 120-300 2.8 non OS ie older model, the sigma's weight is just to much for walking around a zoo with plus the size of the thing, the canon is smaller from what i can tell but am not sure if its fast enough for sport with f/4.5-5.6

 

[steveo]

I'm in a similar dilemma, Got a 5D want a longer lens for wildlife.. Although I always wanted a 7D I managed to get the 5D mk ll for a good price.

I have been looking at the 100 - 400 also..

same here picked up my 5D for a cracking price, really looking at the 100-400L now as i had a Bigma with my old Nikon D80 and to be honest it was sold after 6 months due to lack of use