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re: Beginner Camera for Wildlife Photography
Posted on 1/15/24 at 10:37 pm to Tear It Up
Posted on 1/15/24 at 10:37 pm to Tear It Up
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Any others I would be looking at? I’d prefer to keep the cost of the camera and lenses below $1k.
A Canon 5d mkiii is a very good camera body that you can find used on eBay for around $400. You could put a Tamron 150-600mm lens on it and have a very nice set up.
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That camera body was about $3500 when it first came out and professional photographers still use them.
This post was edited on 1/15/24 at 10:42 pm
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Posted on 1/16/24 at 8:43 am to highcotton2
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A Canon 5d mkiii is a very good camera body that you can find used on eBay for around $400. You could put a Tamron 150-600mm lens on it and have a very nice set up.
That would be a very good starter setup. As an alternative, I might suggest a used 70-200mm F/2.8 and a 2x teleconverter. The cost would be just bout the same. It would reduce the reach of the lens system from 600mm to 400mm, but give more flexibility and light gathering ability on the low end (by removing the TC). It all really comes down to what the user wanted to do.
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