I have a Nikon D60 camera with a 18-105 lense which I love but I did feel that I needed more zoom capability when we were on safari in South Africa the last time. I've been looking at getting a 70-300 lense but I was really struggling to justify spend so much money on something that I might only use a couple of times a year. I know that I'll use it when we go to Kruger at New Year but not sure how regularly after that.
I got quite a lot of money from my parents-in-law for my birthday last week and decided to look at getting a zoom lense again but I still struggled with the price. It just didn't sit right with me, I wouldn't mind spending the money if I felt that it would get used enough but I couldn't honestly say that it would.
After much pondering I decided that I would look at other makes of lenses instead of Nikon ones. I found a Sigma 70-300 lenses which was 1/3 of the price of the Nikon one (120 euros compared to 375 euros) and Ian and I went to the camera shop yesterday to look at it.
The Sigma lense isn't much longer or heavier than my current lense and shorter and not as heavy as the Nikon equivalent which I bought Ian last year. The lense also has a macro function which I have no idea about but seems like an added bonus ;-)
So I bought it! And now I still have enough birthday money to buy a netbook too :-)
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