my suffering hubby says about 1500.00
we go down in the new forest a lot, so a bit wild, deer, nut hatches ect hawks
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR Len F4.5-5.6
is this the one i want?
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II Lens
if i put a converter on this would there be enough light,? i say that but do not really know what i am talking about lol
which one would you buy?
I'm not a bird specialist but I've heard good reports about both the Nikon 200-500mm and the Sigma 150-600mm both within your budget.....
thank you and happy Easter
It's not the fastest lens in the world, but it's about the most popular choice nowadays amongst wildlife shooters.thank you, will that be ok with the low light which is often in woods?
Thank you all for your very good advice, i have just ordered myself a nikon d7100 camera body, someone above said that it might be a good idea,
then i am going to go into a camera shop and try the various lenses that have been suggested on here, and i have noticed that jessops hire lenses out so another option, dont know how much they charge
My first 'proper' wildlife lens was a 300mm f4 non vr. It's a great lens and one I've thought of buying again as a walk about lens when I want to carry less weight. It works well with a 1.4 Teleconverter. One thing it does better than the 150-600 or 200-500 zoom is a wider aperture, sometimes a f4 aperture can be very useful to keep ISO down. It does come at the expense of the versatility of a zoom, it all depends what's most important to you. You can have both zoom and f4 aperture cost then becomes the problem as you would be looking at £2-3k for a used one. I've not personally used a 80-400 vr G version (newest version) but I can understand how it could be a useful zoom range.As a start for wildlife lenses on Nikon bodies, the lens mostly recommended is the 300mm Prime f4 AFS which can be had for around £500 secondhand (£900 new UK model) and it works very well with the 1.4 teleconverter which can be had for around £180 secondhand. There is a newer version 300mm f4 lens and teleconverter which came out last year and is half the weight, but expensive at present. The main benefit for the newer lens is the reduced weight, it has VR, newer design and coatings. As for weight, it's going to be around 755gms versus upto 2000 > 3000gms over the longer Sigma and Tamron 150-600mm lenses.
Nikon 300mm f4 AFS lens. > http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/9997/Show.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PLA&utm_term=300mm AF-S f/4 D IF-ED&gclid=CPSV_8nS5csCFUO3GwodLg0F1g
Nikon 1.4ii Teleconverter >http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-...=w27xtnnk_dc&gclid=coytypjs5cscftaz0wodasqcig
Newer Nikon 300mm PF prime lens. > http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/95246/Show.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PLA&utm_term=AF-S 300mm f/4E PF ED VR NIKKOR Lens&gclid=COOfrJXT5csCFUO3GwodLg0F1g
Newer Nikon 1.4iii Teleconverter > http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-...match=&plid=&gclid=cloq6mzt5cscfdw4gwodmesabw
London Camera Exchange in Lincoln have an used 80-400 VR in stock.lincoln