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Lens? Ethan
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM -- 549$ @ amazon

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM -- 547$ @ amazon

Which one /p/?

For the Canon Eos XTi
>> Anonymous
What do you want to take pictures of?
>> Ethan
Thats a good question, I take pics of everything, so whatever would be a good all around tele.
>> Anonymous
Well, the first is a cheap L, which will be way nicer than the standard lens. The IS really depends on you. If you are comfortable with a tripod, you probably don't need it. If you need the extra 100, you'd probably be better off just getting an extra 80 off a 1.4x teleconverter.
>> Anonymous
The reason to choose the second one is the IS, unless you are into bird photography or air shows and need every last mm.

The first one has the better build quality and the constant aperture. The image quality is much the same between them.
>> Ethan
Since it's not my camera...

I feel comfortable with a tripod, and I am very steady hand held.

The person who bought the camera and will be buying the lens has never owned a real camera (or as close as this gets) but I have been around photography all my life. I think I will push him towards the L for the simple fact of quality.

The next step is flash, wide angle, and filters/converters.
>> Ethan
thnx for the quick responses...

BTW, OP pic takin with the camera in question... besides the grainy dark areas (photoshop) any advice?
>> Anonymous
>>90617

It is nice, but it'd look better if more of the flower was in focus and it doesn't look right being off centre like that. I get a feeling like it is about to drop off the bottom of the picture any second. I think it'd look better in the centre than where it is now. I think the "unbalanced" feel of the picture is made worse by the bottom half being out of focus too. You could try adjusting your position or angle with the flower centre to see if that gets more in focus, though your DOF might be too small to get all of it.

If the flower was steady (no wind) and you had IS you could have used a smaller aperture to get more of it in focus and the IS would compensate for a slightly longer exposure. Something to consider.