Help! Which Lens should i buy

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Hi pls could you help me in which lens i should buy. I have not a lot to spend so i was looking at the Canon 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 EF-S & Canon 75-300mm f4.0-5.6 III EF Zoom Lenses or the Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6DI lens from jessops at £119 when brought with a dslr camera, I have no clue on any of the lenses so any help in which one i should go for!!! Ii will use it for motor sport photography and taking pics of my little one and general use!

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Steve:bonk:
 
Neither of the xx-300mm zoom's will be great for motorsport, they're just not fast enough.

I accept money is limited, but these kit bundles (camera + lenses) ain't worth investing your money in. You would be better just getting the 18-55mm (make sure its the MKII version with IS as this is a better lens than the version I) and the camera to start with.

Then saving the pennies and buying a better longer zoom when funds are available. The 70-300mm f4-5.6 USM IS at about £400 is probably the best budget 300mm zoom lens you could get, just to give you an idea.

Unfortunately most of the time you get what you pay for.
 
You just told him that a 75-300 4-5.6 wasn't fast enough for motorsport, then recommended a 70-300 4-5.6...

In fact, you can shoot motorsport adequately with a 5.6 zoom. How do I know? Because I've shot motorsport at F/8 quite regularly.

Obviouslly you won't be shooting indoor go-karts at 1/8000th like that, but on a bright day you'll be fine outdoors with a relatively high ISO. I doubt the OP needs to print six-sheet posters of his shots.
 
if you are on a tight budget a canon EF-S 55-250 f4/5.6 will compliment an 18-55 well.
you can pick them up second hand for about £120-£150 - bargain!

the 50mm difference when compared to a 70-300mm is very small - you wouldnt notice much difference. its a kit lens but the best 'bang for buck'.
i own one and its really great for the money.
if you really get into your photography, eventually you will want to upgrade it. i see mine as a stepping stone to better things.

most of the shots in my gallery (linked in sig) are taken with it so you can see what its like for yourself
 
loplyg said:
You just told him that a 75-300 4-5.6 wasn't fast enough for motorsport, then recommended a 70-300 4-5.6...

In fact, you can shoot motorsport adequately with a 5.6 zoom. How do I know? Because I've shot motorsport at F/8 quite regularly.

Obviouslly you won't be shooting indoor go-karts at 1/8000th like that, but on a bright day you'll be fine outdoors with a relatively high ISO. I doubt the OP needs to print six-sheet posters of his shots.
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Yes because the 70-300mm 4-5.6 has a USM motor inside it which gives better autofocus performance, the tamron 70-300 and canon 75-300 which are well known for being poor lenses.

I could of suggested a sigma 120-300mm f2.8 or 300mm f2.8 IS, but I was being practical and suggesting that £400 was a minimum he would need to be thinking about spend on a motorsports lens and that it would be better if he purchased the zoom separately and later on when funds were available rather than buying a poor lens and being disappointed with it.
 
75-300 is USM, but that's about the only good thing about it. That Tamron is extremely average too.

I think you'll be okay focusing for motorsport with most lenses. Just don't expect fantastic servo tracking when something's hurtling straight towards you at 100mph, but then you need a pretty fast camera to do that anyway.

On a tight budget, the 18-55 IS kit lens is the one, and it's twin is the 55-250 IS. Both pretty good lenses and exceptional value. If you can stretch to the 70-300 IS, that is obviously better.
 
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