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<blockquote data-quote="jay_dean" data-source="post: 384970" data-attributes="member: 34040"><p>The very cheapest long lens option is probably a second hand Sigma 50-500mm. Which are very cheap now. You'll have to stop down to about f/8 to find the sweet spot, but you'll find most lenses are like that anyway, probably the 150-600mm is the same. Even the 70-200 f/2.8 needs stepping down really. If you're shooting wildlife with this lens, make sure you stick to big game, when i say big, i mean big, Elephants, Blue Whales, Woolly Mammoths, T-Rexs' etc. Its not a wildlife lens really. If you do want one, go for a vr1 on a crop frame they perform slightly better than the vr2, and don't suffer as bad a focus breathing issue. Shooting outside at f/8 shouldn't be a problem. You might also consider a camera that handles higher ISO's better, there's plenty on the second hand market there also, D7000, D7100 to throw a couple of suggestions in the air. Theres no really cheap long wildlife lens solution which will work at f/2.8 or f/4 and produce the sharpest of images without spending £8000 or whatever, if there was, we'd all have one</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="jay_dean, post: 384970, member: 34040"] The very cheapest long lens option is probably a second hand Sigma 50-500mm. Which are very cheap now. You'll have to stop down to about f/8 to find the sweet spot, but you'll find most lenses are like that anyway, probably the 150-600mm is the same. Even the 70-200 f/2.8 needs stepping down really. If you're shooting wildlife with this lens, make sure you stick to big game, when i say big, i mean big, Elephants, Blue Whales, Woolly Mammoths, T-Rexs' etc. Its not a wildlife lens really. If you do want one, go for a vr1 on a crop frame they perform slightly better than the vr2, and don't suffer as bad a focus breathing issue. Shooting outside at f/8 shouldn't be a problem. You might also consider a camera that handles higher ISO's better, there's plenty on the second hand market there also, D7000, D7100 to throw a couple of suggestions in the air. Theres no really cheap long wildlife lens solution which will work at f/2.8 or f/4 and produce the sharpest of images without spending £8000 or whatever, if there was, we'd all have one [/QUOTE]

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