Is it worth an extra $100 and a sacrifice of 100mm to get a USM canon lens.
Options are
CANON EF 55-200mm f4.5-5.6 II USM LENS
or
CANON EF 75-300mm f4.0-5.6 LENS
We're getting an 18-55mm lens in the deal but the two options are hard to decide on.
I want lens which I'll use all the time and not sit in the cupboard. I want to be able to hand hold the camera as I can't see myself lugging around a tripod with all the kids stuff. If I can hold the 12x on the Ixus relatively easily I think I have a chance with the 200mm.
Tony likes the larger size, ie for moon or sun shots. But it's only 12.8% of the vertical height, small I think.
What do you think? Is the 300mm better value?
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