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And we just got a Sigma 70-300 for $150 (new). Bought it off ebay but the guy was great. It's actually a camera shop in NJ. We had it in 3 days.

We use our stock lens for a lot too though. For my Round Up shoots, I use the 50mm so it all depends on what you want to shoot. Between me and Matt, we use all 3 lens pretty equally. All of our stuff is here and it has all the exif on the shots.

 

Thanks for all the help. I will also be needing a lens that is extremely good for snapping wild birds.

Nice pics everyone has BTW

 

What will be your price limit for the lens? If you're serious about it, there are MANY options with some big players. Sigma and Tamron make some great lenses on the cheap (still expensive but MUCH cheaper than some of the default primes from Nikon or Canon). OR you can go with those primes...

All depends on your price range. You can also get a decent length, 70-200 2.8 and strap on a 2x t/c. Again, like I said, many options...

 

for dslr, canon!
dell.com has good prices
thats where i got my xti....and with that price you'll have money towards another lens too......dell was really good, excellent service and my camera was delivered in a timely manner. also, i worked a deal w/them on a zoom lense since i was buying the camera from them.

 

I found this:

Canon Xsi 450D
Tamron 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Wide Angle Aspherical Autofocus Lens
Tamron 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD Zoom Telephoto Macro Autofocus Lens
Canon Normal EF 50mm f/1.8 II Autofocus Lens
Wide Angle Autofocus Lens
2x Telephoto Lens
UV, FDL, and a Polarized Filter
Two 8GB SD Cards

Price = $850

Good/Bad/Ok?

 

Need more info, where is it from? Post or PM the link and I'll take a look.

 

Seems like a bit of generic stuff. I wouldnt go cheap and get a package like that but thats just me...

 

WTF?

 

I did some research in about 10 mins and think that the lenses are not that great.
Canon EOS Digital REBEL XSi 450D Camera +5 LENS 4GB NEW - eBay (item 300280734839 end time Jan-12-09 13:31:14 PST)
Not the exact one but close minus the bag, tripod, memory etc etc
Probably going to go with B&H. I have a limit if a 1000 shipped and am looking for the camera, and one "all around" lense and a good zoom lense.

 

Amazon.com: Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (Black): Electronics

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Newegg.com - Transcend 4GB Secure Digital (SD) Flash Card Model TS4GSD133 - Flash Memory

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like $650 and pretty much all you need off the bat. packages are just a scam

spend an extra $200 for some crappy lenses, plastic filters, fake memory cards and a crappy tripod, doesnt sound like a good deal to me