Re: Need advice: flash and lens.

2003-01-13 Thread Altaf Shaikh
You may want to consider the Vivitar 285s since you are shooting animals you probably wont need ttl if you are far enough away you will just be firing at max power. I think they are under 80 dollars each so you can always replace them. They are pretty hard to destroy and have none of the fancy

Re: Need advice: flash and lens.

2003-01-13 Thread WBeard
Gregory wrote: >I'm looking for a zoom lens that goes to 300mm or so. I can't afford a >good one, but I don't want to scrape the $100 bottom of the barrel. I >want the second from the bottom of the barrel. Some lenses, which seem >about what I'm looking for, from B&H's web site are > > Tamron

Re: Need advice: flash and lens

2003-01-13 Thread Gregory L. Hansen
Brendan said: > I'd look at the Sigma and Tamron lenes, The sigma has > a good reputation here ( I have one and love it ). Now > about he flash, it's not leaving it on overnight, it's > letting the batteries last longer on location, leaving > the flash on so you don't miss a shot, so put that > so

Re: Need advice: flash and lens.

2003-01-13 Thread Gregory L. Hansen
Altaf Shaikh said: > You may want to consider the Vivitar 285s since you are shooting animals > you probably wont need ttl if you are far enough away you will just be > firing at max power. I think they are under 80 dollars each so you can > always replace them. They are pretty hard to destroy and

Re: Need advice: flash and lens.

2003-01-13 Thread Gregory L. Hansen
Paul Franklin Stregevsky said: > Gregory, > > You didn't state that the zoom must be autofocus. If it needn't be, and if > you're lucky and patient, you might find the superb Tokina AT-X 100-300 f/4 > in the same price range ($200). Among zooms that reach 300mm, the Tokina is > about as good as it

Re: Need advice: flash and lens.

2003-01-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Just a short notice. I have Sigma 28-135/3.8-5.6 zoom lens. Bought it off B&H for $170 about a year ago. Now it sells for even less. This is quite an average lens. It has only one advantage - versatility. The rest dissatisfies me. Especially the build quality - zoom creep was noticeable alread

Re: Need advice: flash and lens.

2003-01-14 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 13.01.03 20:16, Gregory L. Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm looking for a zoom lens that goes to 300mm or so. I can't afford a > good one, but I don't want to scrape the $100 bottom of the barrel. I > want the second from the bottom of the barrel. Some lenses, which seem > about what