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03/01/2006 12:13:22 PM · #1 |
I just took the plunge and bought my first DSLR, the Canon EOS-20D. Now I would like help on picking out two really good lenses to start out with. What are your favorite ones and why?
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03/01/2006 12:15:58 PM · #2 |
Tamron 28-75 XR Di LD
Then the question becomes what do you shoot:
Telephoto: Canon EF 70-300 IS USM
Wide angle: Tamron 17-35
Forgot the why: Tamron 28-75 has amazing color, sharpness and is a fast f/2.8.
Canon telephoto has great reach, IS and is very sharp. For wide angle, the Tamron is awesome for color and sharpness and costs significantly less than the Canon equivalent. Or you could wait a little while for the Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 and get the Canon 70-300 with it. Best of both worlds with fewer lenses.
Message edited by author 2006-03-01 12:17:20. |
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03/01/2006 12:16:14 PM · #3 |
There is such a wide range of lenses available, without knowing what you want to shoot it's going to be difficult to recommend anything.
What's your budget? |
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03/01/2006 12:30:09 PM · #4 |
I think 2 good len's that would cover a wide range with great results would be the Canon 70-200 f/4L USM and the Tameron SP AF 28-75 2.8 XR Di.
I recently bought the 20D and will be doing the Tameron soon to replace the kit lens. I got the Sigma 70-300 f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for the long range and so far am happy, but, don't find myself using the extra 100mm much over what the Canon 70-200 offers and if I could do it over "might" have given the Canon more consideration. |
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03/01/2006 01:19:28 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by pearlseyes:
What are your favorite ones and why? |
I like the way you asked that!
Tamron SP24-135 3.5-5.6 - excellent lens - shaprness, contrast, color, focusing (especially in low light), build quality. I love it for the range and it does macro. Low light is only a minor issue if you use flash. Great in a studio, perfect walkaround lens, perfect outdoor lens for events/family, etc.
For telephoto - I had a sigma 70-300 APO super macro 2 and for the price it can't be beat. Sharp lens all the way out to 300. Good macro mode as well but you can't get real close. My issue with this is slow (aperture wise) and iffy focus on birds and things that move at 200+mm.
For low light - canon 50 1.8.
Main choice for me last summer was a sigma 18-50 2.8 EX. From F4 on up very sharp, a bit soft at 2.8 to 3.5 range. My biggeest complaint is that 50mm is not long enough for a walkaround lens...so i got the tamron 24-135. For indoors (and musuems) the 18 end is great. There are many new lenses coming out to compete with this one, so i am waiting to see (canon 17-50 IS for too much money, sigma 17-70 2.8-4.5, tamron 17-55 2.8)
I got used a tamron 70-210 2.8 - GREAT lens. The sigma 70-200 2.8 is the one i'd get today if i had to buy new (the tamron is no longer made), and the canon 70-200 f4 if i was on a very tight budget. Add in a 1.4x TC you are redy to go - better than the sigma 70-300, but that runs $200 and the canon is $550 and a TC is anbother $100-150, a 2.8 lens and TC will set you back a grand. You wanna play, you gotta pay!
My thoughts...on my future.
The Tokina 12-24 is great, so that is my next lens. I am getting a 30D as soon as i can get one, so for weddings I am rethinking things. I had a 28-80 and the range was not enogh on either end, so I have not been a fan of the 28-75 tamron - but if i have 2 bodies one can have a 12-24 the other 28-75, and the 70-200 can alternate...might work out. I have to go thru my last wedding and see what focal length i used most I supppose. I can borrow a canon 24-70L and see how that works out. I just fear the range is not what I want...
I want a 15-100 1.8 lens!!!!!
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03/01/2006 01:33:13 PM · #6 |
Well, I have the 20D and my favorite lens is the Canon 10-22mm, which is simply outstanding in all respects and encourages a completely new way of seeing. My most-often-used lens is the Tamron 28-75mm, which covers things very nicely in the real world and is nice and fast at a constant f/2.8...
R.
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03/01/2006 01:37:13 PM · #7 |
you didn't give a price range, so:
canon ef-s 17-55mm 2.8 IS
canon ef 70-200mm 2.8 IS L
The first one is new and untested, but the second one has been regarded as Canon's finest by many pro's. |
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03/01/2006 04:04:08 PM · #8 |
the 50mm 1.8 II. Why? Best glass for $90. This should be an addition to anything you get. Super fast, super cheap. I use it for concert photography in the worst light you can shoot at. Because of the speed, sometimes I can shoot at 800iso instead of 1600. Only downside is the plastic housing. Simple solution to that, don't drop it. Even better is that if you do drop it, its only 90 bucks.
as for another lens, I don't know what you shoot, but pick a price range and do some research.
I have the sigma 75-300 APO macro. Its good, not great, but it only cost $200 so I can't complain. Its very good when I am prepared to shoot with it, good light/tripod. When I want to use it on an impulse and don't have a tripod and the light is a bit funky, well is sucks as much as any lens would suck when your not prepared. |
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