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Message: <blockquote data-quote="oncebittern" data-source="post: 1431780" data-attributes="member: 68477">Not necessarily better. Different certainly, but only better if the extra bit of magnification at the bottom end is important for what you expect to be photographing.eg, I use a 170-500mm lens, and to be honest, 95% of what I take is at 500mm. Ocassionally, I pull back to 400mm. In the couple of months I've had it, I think I've only taken ONE photo at 170. So in reality, it wouldn't matter a jot to me if the lens were a 100-500, 170-500, or 250-500, as I only seem to use the top end anyway.Typically, you might set yourself up with say a 35-70 zoom, and a 70-300 zoom, thus fully covering a wide range, from wide angle to telephoto, with just 2 lenses</blockquote>