What to buy for a Newbie

[horizon_grazer]

Birding photography is never cheap ! :devil:

If u r tight on budget, as u pointed out, 3rd party is ur best bet..

The TC will cause significant light falloff as it will cause ur aperture to drop to the same multiplier of TC u use (eg, u shoot at F4 X 1.7 TC = ~F6.8)
Its still ok if u shoot in sunny weather & light is enough but if in a gloomy weather then :sweat:

 

[SeetohYW]

Thanks for all the advice from all the Masters of this fantastic website.

Decided to abandon initial plans to purchase Nikon D90.

Will be getting Olympus E-30 with 12-60mm and 50-200mm SWD lenses instead.

May not be the ideal option for birding but seems a good buy with two high-end lenses and also within budget of around S$4k.