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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nikon Kid" data-source="post: 1579444" data-attributes="member: 56094"><p>I go along with Cristian here, going to be alot of 40d second hand cameras soon with a fair number upgrading to a 7d, before you buy ask how many shutter actuations have been used 100,000 seems to be the maximum before replacement needed, if you buy off someone on here they will tell what the shutter count is, theres a little programme that can be used with your computer to tell this. I just sold a 70-300mm yesterday for £310 on ebay they are selling around the £300 mark but it is a bit short, but you can put a Tele Converter 1.4 on it and manual focus and sometimes AF and get 420mm its all within your budget, the reason for recommending the 40d is the 6 frames per second which is very handy for birds in flight. I also like sigma lenses and the 50-500 is a good lens for the price, I have never used one but many on here have, the 40d and the sigma comes into your budget very nicely and a very good starting point.</p></blockquote><p></p>