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Hi
have got my new Canon 30D & macro lens, there fantastic
But I was wondering if any of you can recommend another lens to use for potrait (group) work or landscape work? This is just a start out lens, would a 18-55mm kit lens do the job???I use my Canon 17-85 IS for almost everything. Not the fastest lens around at f4, but it makes a great walkaround. Any photo of mine posted recently was taken with that lens, including all the Giant’s Causeway images on my website.
Two lenses to consider are Sigma 18-50 f2.8 (which I bought last week) and a Sigma 17-70 f2.8-4.5. Also Tamron have a 18-50 f2.8. The all cost about ?250-300 quid.
These three lenses will be fine what you want and each have gotten great reviews. Can’t comment on Steve’s suggestion.Also worth considering the Canon 17-40L if ye can stretch your budget that far…! Its ?629 and ?100 rebate at the mo… ?529 aint bad (from Germany – AC Foto)
http://www.ac-foto.com/ac/shop/shop.php?new_sprache=eng
I can only recommend it…!
Richie
Second the 17-40L. Solid hardworking lens that’s almost unbreakable, with good sharpness, colour and contrast, and lightning fast silent focus. Loses out a bit in max aperture to the others, but that’s not so important in groups and landscapes where you need more DoF anyway.
Thanks, but have just forked out for the macro lens & dont think I can stretch to those budgets?
Any alternative cheaper :oops: alternatives (as a walk about lens)
thanks
SteveD’s and Brian_C’s recommendations make a good selection of walkaround lenses.
Canon 17-85 IS
Sigma 17-70 f2.8-4.5
Sigma 18-50 f2.8
Tamron 18-50 f2.8Check out some online reviews of these lenses to get an idea how they perform.
Interesting thread. I’m currently assessing the options for my 400D – same 1.6 crop as the 30D.
I got a 50 1.8 a few months back. It has put my kit lens to shame. The colours, focus and speed are far superior. Now, the 50 sits on my camera most of the time, but its a bit long with the x1.6 for general use. So I’m craving something a little nicer at the wide end.
The 17-40 f4 L looks like a great choice. Beautiful colours and its L glass – and its full frame compatible if I ever manage to aquire a full frame. f2.8 would be useful though….
You could probably pick up a 2nd hand kit lens super cheap somewhere. But doubt it would compare to your 100mm macro. The Canon 17-85 IS is probably a good inbetween solution.
PeteMcD wrote:
Interesting thread. I’m currently assessing the options for my 400D – same 1.6 crop as the 30D.
I got a 50 1.8 a few months back. It has put my kit lens to shame. The colours, focus and speed are far superior. Now, the 50 sits on my camera most of the time, but its a bit long with the x1.6 for general use. So I’m craving something a little nicer at the wide end.
On the same boat here! I got a second hand 50mm 1.8 (mark I, with metal mount and distance meter etc, woohoo!! :) ) last week and the sharpness is something elese! The kit lens is absolutely no match! I would love that level of quality (and price) a bit more wide!
I think first you should decide what your priority is – portraits or landscape. When you mentioned portraits you also remarked “group” work, so I can see why people would recommend a lens that would do both landscape and group portraits. But in reality, how many group portraits are you really going to shoot? The macro lens you have may already be suitable for portraits (I’m mean single person portraits when I use the term portraits). What length is the macro lens?
I have the the Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L and also a 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD (as well as a Sigma APO 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM). The Tamron tends to be my most used lens and I’ve repeatedly found it to be sharper than my Canon 17-40mm! That’s pretty good going for a lens which only cost me ?360.00 when I bought it over a year ago. It makes a great portrait lens, (particularly a the long end) although I prefer the longer length of the Sigma 70-200 when conditions allow. I have found however that it (Tamron) can be a little too sharp for portraits, and the Canon lens certainly has superior contrast and more pleasing colour balance. The Tamron also makes a good landscape lens although a lot of people may not find it wide enough on a camera such as the 30D (which is also my main camera).
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