Originally posted by suefalls:
We bought a Canon Rebel XT (eos 350D) shortly before we left in June for Alaska. i really love it. It is fairly light for a DSLR and since I have not used one before,,I pretty much left it on auto and just adjusted lens to where I wanted it. I just brought a Tamron AF 18-200 lens because it was pretty versatile. After looking through my Swarvoski binocs I wished I had a lens that would zoom as well as them for wildlife pictures. Took good pictures though ( Hopefully I will figure out how to post some soon. I am such a camera and computer neophyte, but keep trying to learn.
Sandra
That Tamron Lens is the lens I use on my Canon 30D. It is pretty good, but I've found that at the maximum zoom (200mm, I think something like 12X), the focus isn't quite right. But otherwise, it is a pretty good value.
I recently used a Macro lens to take flower pics instead of the Tamron. Wow - there really is a difference in the clarity in extreme closeups.
