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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 827085" data-attributes="member: 48483">I think a 70-300mm option will give some better photos for eagles. 55-300mm is a 5.5x zoom while the 70-300mm is 4.5x zoom. There just will be less optical distortion that way. At 300mm, you may be wishing you could get closer. But we all start somewhere.I have an eagle spot about 45 minutes away at a hydroelectric dam. I started photographing there with a D7000 and 70-300mm lens. That was an easy hand-holding setup. But I had to crop my photos pretty far. One of my happier lens purchases was a Sigma 150-600mm C lens and I have enjoyed chasing birdies with it since. Kind of heavy for hand-holding, but works great with a monopod.</blockquote>