I'm thinking of getting a bigger lens?

What do you think of this?

A compact, handheld photography is possible 600 mm equivalent of the super-telephoto zoom lens Too super-hope regions of 140-600 considerable mm are achieved by the lightweight design of 127mm only in the total length and 620g in mass in 35mm seal conversion. Too super-hope zoom lenses of 600 considerable mm that can reserves be taken a picture can aim at the shot with power according to various angles by light footwork, and expand the taking a picture area greatly

• Specifications :
  
• Focal Length :70-300 mm (35mm size reduced 140-600mm equivalent)
  
• The lens consists of: 10 group of 14 sheets (ED lens 3)
  
• Angle: 18 ° -4.1 °
  
• The shortest range: 0.96 m (MF use) * However, in the shortest time AF range 1.2 m
  
• Maximum magnification shooting: 0.5 times (35 mm equivalent size reduced 1.0 times)
  
• Nearest neighbor shooting range: 26 x 35mm
  
• Drawing feather item: 9 (circular aperture)
  
• Maximum aperture ratio: F4.0 (70mm) - F5.6 (300mm)
  
• The minimum diameter ratio: F22
  
• Filter size: φ58 mm
  
• The maximum diameter x Length: φ80 x 127mm
  
• Weight: 620 g
  
• Lens food LH-61E, lens cap LC-58C(58mm), lens rear cap (LR-1)

For just over just over £200 deliver is it worth a punt?

Might be best getting one with VR or some other stabilisation. What brand of camera / lens are you thinking of?

It's only for my cheap camera (I'm only just starting out)

It's an Olympus E410

I brought it as a kit for £300 with 18mm-45mm & 40mm-150mm lens (which I will probably sell on if I buy the other lens)

Something like this one

NEW Olympus ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 70-300mm F4.0 - 5.6 on eBay, also Digital SLR Lenses, Digital Camera Lenses, Lenses Filters, Cameras Photo (end time 11-Apr-08 20:15:36 BST)

It wouldn't be me.

Hand held at 300mm is going to require at least a shutter speed of 1/300s or higher in order to provide blur free shots, and at f5.6 will need quite a bright subject. A max aperture of f4.0 (at 70mm) isn't that good. If you feel you want to experiment with long telephoto I'd just get a 250 or 300mm fixed lens.

I got a 50mm, f1.8 Nikkor lens for my Nikon d70s and hardly use anything else. Excellent for portrait and scenery alike.

Have you read kenrockwell website?

Have you read kenrockwell website?

I'll check it out

personally , i would leave the lens where it is,, glass for your camera is worth spending every last penny on IMO, you can spend all the money in the world on a great camera and then have a £100 lens stuck on the front of it and wonder why your piccys look bad,, working the other way,, you can have a £300 camera, and a £500 lens and you will say WOW to your shots far more often!