Zoom lens help

[ZACKYAM]

My wife has a digital canon rebel ds6041 she want a large zoom lens.
any suggestions
I found a Opteka Lens 650-1300 zoom Anybody used one of these?

thanks

[CatFan]

I guess you'd need to consider a few things. First, what is she is wanting to photograph and what does she want to do with the pictures? Second, is she a serious photographer or just somebody who likes to take pictures? What other lenses does she have now?

A 600mm Canon lens will run you $7-9000, so you can't expect very good image quality from the Opteka. It isn't autofocus, and it is a slow lens, so the camera's metering may not work well. It is only useful if you mount it on a tripod, and take pictures of things that aren't moving. You probably won't get anything you want to hang on the wall.

A teleconverter, which goes between the camera and lens to give 1.4 or 2 times the lens length might be of more use to her. That can be had for less than $200, although it has disadvantages too.

[ZACKYAM]

What she is using it for is Still shots of wildlife----hobby

[ZACKYAM]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CatFan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I guess you'd need to consider a few things. First, what is she is wanting to photograph and what does she want to do with the pictures? Second, is she a serious photographer or just somebody who likes to take pictures? What other lenses does she have now?

A 600mm Canon lens will run you $7-9000, so you can't expect very good image quality from the Opteka. It isn't autofocus, and it is a slow lens, so the camera's metering may not work well. It is only useful if you mount it on a tripod, and take pictures of things that aren't moving. You probably won't get anything you want to hang on the wall.

A teleconverter, which goes between the camera and lens to give 1.4 or 2 times the lens length might be of more use to her. That can be had for less than $200, although it has disadvantages too. </TD></TR></TABLE>


Thanks I ordered a x2 tamron lens for her. We'll try that first