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hey I'm getting myself that same camera , and i bought the canon 70-300 lens, which i believe is the same 12X zoom my s5 had,
is that right?
Nope. The 70-300 lens by itself has a range of 4 times or so. That means that when you zoom in, you are seeing things four times bigger.
S3rocks, I'm sorry but forget trying to replicate your P&S.
Start thinking about what you want to shoot most right now and get a lens for that.
After you've gotten that out of your system and have a much better feel for your new camera then you will have a better idea which lens to get next.
It may well be that you won't want what you would buy right now.
"Teleconverters
Unless you have a budget in the thousands, it is pretty difficult to find a digital camera that offers more than a 12x optical zoom (approx. 400mm in SLR terms). If you take into account the fact that you need a 400mm-600mm lens for most surf photo conditions, you need to explore other options if you want some serious photos. One way to get round this is to add a teleconverter. These usually come in 1.5x or 2x.
A disadvantage of teleconverters is that they do reduce the amount of light able to enter the lens, which in turn affects the speed/quality at which you can capture action."