sentimental_fool65
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That isn't a bad lens, the only thing is it is very light conscious, although it does lower the price of the lens by quite a bit compared to the F/2.8
Being a professional photographer the problem when starting out is getting the most to do what you want for your money, thats especially true in the pleasure photographer arena.
Hands down canon makes the best glass there is on the market period!!!! There are several die hard Nikon fans that will argue that, but the simple fact is every breakthrough in lens technology has come from Canon.
The Cheapest way to go, if you want to be able to take pretty close in air shots, and decent ground shots, would be to go with a f/2.8 canon 70-300 lens, and then get a 2x adapter for it. that will give you the equivalent of up to a 600mm zoom. The only thing is you will have to be conscious of light again, for you will lose approx. 2 f-stops using the 2x.
Still probably the cheapest way to get into it unless you have plenty of resources.
As far as people talking about Sigma lenses, I have had no problem with mine at all, as I have 500mm. Really in shooting planes especially in the air, you shouldn't be using auto-focus anyway as it gives you no control over depth of field, and also unless you select a single focus point from the focus range you can't be sure what it will focus on. Then half the time you will find yourself with a half blurry plane.
If someone is doing a low and slow fly-by it's not too big of a deal, but if you start trying to focus on some of the jets and pylon racers with auto-focus I think you will be very disappointed with the results.
You will find overall learning to shoot in the manual modes will give you a lot more control.
The other thing is the Image Stabilization even in the second generation won't give you much help if any with this type of photography. The first generation is really a waste in my opinion, the second has some uses, but not for this hobby. You will just end up spending a lot more money for a feature that won't help too much.
There are several ways to Fake the lens into capturing faster images in wouldn't normally catch, but they all require you to be using the manual settings.
as far as a "small lens" I really like the 28-55mm as it give you a good ability for macro shoots, and to cover a close to wide angle view.
In Short if you can afford all Canon Glass by all means do so. but I would try and spend the extra on a f/2.8 rather than a 4.0
As far as the USM, that really makes no difference unless you are shooting wildlife, or an event where it's important for sound to be suppressed.
But either way if you are focusing manually, the USM makes no difference in those shots as well.
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What lens for Canon Rebel and RC planes? - 
the zoom gives you a nice wide angle ability of larger planes, and small amount of zoom for taking pictures of details. 
