please review this setupfor a newbie

[gsgary]

Here's any example of the depth of field F2.8 will give you at 300mm shot at about 35 feet

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[doug494]

deleted you guys post faster than i can

[samal]

no, I would say
Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM Macro
Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM II Macro

for budget minded amateur, or

Canon L lenses for Quality/aspiring pro oriented

[Mgw189]

So you would say

Sigma 70-300mm 4-5.6 DG Macro lens

and
Canon Zoom Telephoto EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM Autofocus Lens

But that still leaves me in the 28mm range which may be too short.

4.0 will be way to slow for the kinds of photography your talking about wanting to shoot. and look for lenses that complement each other not cover each other. no reason to cover 70 - 200 twice.

[samal]

Here's any example of the depth of field F2.8 will give you at 300mm shot at about 35 feet

Great picture gsgary! action is really coming at you! I would probably ran a little Gaussian blur on the grass that is in focus under the dog, sorry if C&C was not appropriate here

[gsgary]

Great picture gsgary! action is really coming at you! I would probably ran a little Gaussian blur on the grass that is in focus under the dog, sorry if C&C was not appropriate here

But then you wouldn't have seen the very small depth of field

[Enem178]

Sorry Disregard!!

[doug494]

Sorry guys I had a sigma 24-70/2.8 (not the 70-300) but pasted the wrong one in the post. I didn't get it deleted fast enough.

[DavidSR]

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Here is the XSi kit that I was talking about. This ships and is sold from Amazon which many have purchased from before. I also think it might be cheaper to buy this compared to buying the XTi and 18-55 IS.