Long lens recommendation for surveillance.

[aaronh]

T4i and 55-250? That says 'surveillance' to me. Sounds like someone couldn't get an uncontested.

Haha. Nope, that's not the case.

 

[aaronh]

I asked him about some of the more serious high-tech they must use (he works for Homeland Security) and they do have all that stuff. He just needed something small and simple to keep with him for when he was out doing whatever it is he does. He said he mostly needs it for taking pictures of license plates and stuff like that.

 

[cayenne]

I hope they all have proper warrants for this surveillance....

I don't like the way the powers that be are constantly trying to avoid this....but that's another thread.

<steps off soapbox>

 

[dr croubie]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/siimvahur/4171598852/#

It was designed for the KGB, so if it's good enough for them...

 

[TexPhoto]

Every few days I get emails from the director of the FBI. I also get lots of offers of millions of dollars and apparantly there are several women in Russia that want to marry my cat..... don't believe everything you see on the internet.

LOL ;D

You mean I really didn't win $100 billion USD in the Nigerian lottery?

My all time favorite spam message claims the BMW corp is awarding me 800 million Euro (about $1.2B at the time) and... a Jeep. Seriously BMW is giving me 1.2 Billion and a Jeep! No extra Beemers laying around I guess.

 

[KyleSTL]

I asked him about some of the more serious high-tech they must use (he works for Homeland Security) and they do have all that stuff. He just needed something small and simple to keep with him for when he was out doing whatever it is he does. He said he mostly needs it for taking pictures of license plates and stuff like that.

If that's the case, I would have suggested the Panasonic FZ200 for compactness (smaller than a DSLR+lens) and versatility (25-600mm f/2.8 lens). Although the AF speed would likely have disappointed and resulted in lost photo opportunities (and it would be pretty worthless in the dark).