What is the best telephoto lens for a Digital Canon Rebel XTi

Question

Digital camera lens

Answer 1

Well the 'best' depends on your needs. The best performing lens is going to set you back a few thousand dollars, but since you're using an XTi I'm guess you're not looking to spend that kind of cash.

Some lenses you may want to research are the EF 100-300mm, the EF 70-300mm, and the 100-400mm (as well as those that fhotoace suggested). The three I suggested go in order from lowest price/worst performance up to highest price/best performance.

Answer 2

For sports and wildlife the 400 mm f/2.8 and 600 mm f/4 are the two favorite of the pros

Answer 3

More details.. what subjects are you going to photograph?

Here is a good review of Canon 100-400 mm lens.

http://www.popphoto.com/cameralenses/275...

And a photo to show you

http://www.flickr.com/photos/little_pook...

Or another, Canon 135 mm f 2

And a couple of photos

http://www.flickr.com/photos/little_pook...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/little_pook...

You can zoom into each one by clicking ALL SIZES.

(These were taken with Canon 5D, so your will get a narrower view than mine.)

Answer 4

that depends what you are trying to photograph.

the reason there are so many different lenses is because each is designed for different photo situations.