Canon Photography

Best lens for Bird photography



Hey

im newish here so, hi. :)

I was wondering if you guys have an opinion on the best lens for the amateurish/novice bird photographer? I have a Bigma 50-500mm but find myself dissappointed with the results.

Sure its handy enough to carry around but I recently bought a book by a professional Irish wildlife photographer and his main weapon is a Canon 400mm f2.8 . Its expensive, but i might go for it.

Do you guys think , for a kinda beginner, there is a better/cheaper lens for me?

thanks for readin


All pictures in my gallery taken with the Canon 100-400IS, and I am pretty pleased with it.

From what I know the Bigma is actally that bad so Iw old be interested to thear what is wrong...


[QUOTE=jimmy2faces;1035647]All pictures in my gallery taken with the Canon 100-400IS, and I am pretty pleased with it.

From what I know the Bigma is actually that bad so Iw old be interested to thear what is wrong...[/QUOTE]


hey jimmy2faces

I guess whats wrong with it is that it doesn't have IS and also you need to get pretty close to the bird to get any sort of decent shot. I need a lens where i can be able to zoom in from a long distance, therefore not scaring the bird away.

My shots never really come out as cyrstal clear as i would wish, maybe thats my failing, Im not sure. I have got some great shots but something to make things easier would be great


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