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Originally Posted by gresch

Any lens that covers such a broad focal length like that 80-300 is going to be horrible at the ends, and considering you're looking for more reach, I bet you were out at that 300 end most of the time. I don't recall what camera you said you have, but you might want to consider renting a high end, high quality zoom/tele for a weekend and see how you like it. Usually lens rentals are dirt cheap and it really gives you a good chance to test drive an expensive piece of equipment before you buy anything.

One more thing, stay away from Ritz, they're overpriced and their sales people are complete morons (most of the time). Stick to a store like bhphotovideo.com, adorama.com, 17thstphoto.com, they're all top notch brick/mortar stores in NY that have websites. B&H is known all over the world and has a stellar reputation, as does Adorama.

Thanks for the tips. I don't own a camera yet, but my wife has been looking into the D70s for my 30th comin up in October. I used my coworkers Canon D20 (or maybe it was D10 - the 6.1mp D70 competitor) at the track. He picked it up 2 years ago with the sigma lense package (28-80, 70-300) and yes, I was out at 300 the whole time. The camera felt and shot great, but I'm looking at the D70s cause I've always been a Nikon fan, and the D20 is more right now.
You are right about the people at Ritz. She went in to ask some questions and she told the guy was a total d1ck. Only reason I thought to go to Ritz was for the free class since clearly I'll need something like it.

I can post some untouched (i suck with photoshop) pics of when I was at the track if you'd like to see... actually, I did touch them. I cropped them and resized them cause they were huge and well over 1MB.

If it was 2 years old it was most probably a 10D. For the type of shooting you're going to do, I would recommend that you get a 20D (the prices are pretty damn good right now, they've dropped a few hundred in the last copule of months) and a Canon 100-400. That is a sweet setup for what you're looking to do, and you could pick up a 28mm 1.8 for a walking around lens etc etc depending on what your budget is. The 100-400 is a little heavy, but if you pick up a monopod (bogen makes a few nice light sturdy modesl) you'll be in extremely good shape.

My research also led me to the canon 20D vs the nikon D70s and the high quality canon "L" lenses are slightly less expensive than the high quality nikon lenses. I would read the review of the 20D at www.dpreview.com before deciding as they do a comparision vs the D70.

BTW costco.com has the 20D with the 18-55 kit lens for $1399.00 and you get a $100 mail in rebate from canon for a net price of $1299.00.

Dennis

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Originally Posted by BlueX5guy

BTW costco.com has the 20D with the 18-55 kit lens for $1399.00 and you get a $100 mail in rebate from canon for a net price of $1299.00.

Newegg.com sells it for $1,479.99. Depending on tax, and how impatient you are, you might want to go with Newegg.

Taken with the Canon 10D w/ sigma 70-300 resized.

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Originally Posted by rangerfan

Newegg.com sells it for $1,479.99. Depending on tax, and how impatient you are, you might want to go with Newegg.

Dell has them for ~ $1300 as well. DO NOT BUY THE KIT LENS, it's junk.

Newegg is a great site for electronics, BUT, they're a little difficult with returns and or refunds.

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Originally Posted by GUINNESS

Taken with the Canon 10D w/ sigma 70-300 resized.

well, you're beyond the reach of almost all consumer length lenses with those 2 pics :)

I have always been a user of SLRs. Not yet converted yet. I have always been a Nikon fan: they are just built solid and take natural shots. Canons tend to be better for subjects that move a lot ie. sports, kids etc. No matter, Id take a Nikon without reading a review.