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Ok looking to get my next lens as decided to keep my setup D90

I have the 18 105 vr which im very pleased with but looking into wildlife etc and with no reach it's impossible to get close so would the 70 300 vr be a good bet as my next buy ?

Or can you suggest any others , also looked at the 1.4x convertors but being a novice don't want to start buying stuff i no nothing about and if there compatible with diff lens's etc etc if you know what i mean.

Budget is about the £500 / £600 mark or there abouts.

thanks in advance

Tom
 
What do you enjoy shooting? Lens choice will be based on what you are shooting... If its only wildlife, the longer the better :) and the faster the better! 300mm prime? or a quality x-400mm tele
 
Thanks for the input

Mostly shoot birds " feathered ones " ;)

also any animals that are in range, deer , squirrels etc

so i do a lot of tramping about with my kit , got my self a cf tripod also to ease the weight problem.
 
The Nikon 70-300 VR will not work with a Nikon TC, it will damage the lens physically..

The kenko may work iirc.

You are better off looking for someting like the Nikon 300mm F4 or the siggy 100-300 F4 both used, and fitting a 1.4 or 1.7 TC to the Nikon (Nikon or kenko but only 1.4 for the latter)
or a siggy 1.4 to the sigma lens .

The kenkop tc are supposed to work with any lens, but if you buy a brand name best to only fit it to lenses of same make.

Don't get a 2x TC though
 
70-300 is a logical step up the focal length scale and at that budget, the Nikkor VR version is probably the pick of the bunch. You might find a Sigma 50-500 or 170-500 in your budget on the 2nd hand market but at the longer end you'll almost certainly want either VR (OS in Sigma speak) or a tripod/other support and that's only available in the 150-500 Sigma which will be harder to find 2nd hand. Any of the long Sigma zooms is going to be quite heavy and may well not fit in the bag while the 70-300 is relatively compact and probably will. IMO, TCs are best avoided on the longer zooms - better to keep the stop or 2 of light and crop if necessary. Primes are a nice idea but will be hard to find at your budget.
 
Good lens needed for shooting all types of birds ;)

Nikon 300 f4 is nice lens, I have one for motorsport. Yet to use it with the D300 , so that will be fun. Last time out I was manually focusing on my D40x.
 
Thanks guys for all the very usefull info :thumbs:

plenty to mull over there , might nip into jessops also to see if i can get a look and feel of any of there longer lenses before i take the plunge

Thanks again

Tom
 
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