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F/2.8 18-55MM Lens for Canon 20D. Which One?
All the Canon lenses start at F3.5. Anyone have a F/2.8? If so, what manuf and are you happy with it? Sep 15 05 06:14 pm Link I just bought a Canon 70-200 2.8 IS USM ($1000 used) and really like it for that range. I also have as my walk around lens the Canon 28-135 3.5-5.6 IS USM ($500 new). My friend shoots with a Tamron 28-75 2.8 DI ($400 new), which I'm looking at as my next lens. Sep 15 05 06:33 pm Link I use the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 as my main lens. I think it would be difficult to top it with the 20D. Sep 15 05 06:38 pm Link You'll find most of the f/2.8 are rather spendy depending. Though you could pick up a Canon 50mm f/1.8 Rather cheap ( under 100$ ), the kit lens was more or less meant for your average joe, semi-versitile use, not so much a more defined market, so f/3.5 @ 18mm seemed reasonable, and cost-effective. I myself own. 18-55 f/3.5-f/5.6 (never use it though) Canon 50mm f/1.8 Mk2 (almost all the time , under 100$) Canon 28-135 USM IS (only for far subjects, as its sharper than most my other lens past 15 ft, bout 300 to 400 $) Sigma 105mm f/2.8 1:1 Macro (The other one I use almost exclusivly , round 300$) If you want a fast lens but dont want to pay too much, look at primes, they're generally faster, sharper and lighter than most of their equivilant priced zoom lens. Sep 15 05 07:34 pm Link Steinberg Photo wrote: I thought canon offered an L-series 2.8 straight-through in that focal range. Sep 15 05 07:36 pm Link Deacon Blues wrote: 17-85? though thats f/4.5-f/5.6 Sep 15 05 07:38 pm Link my 2 cents.. Depending on what you are shooting. But I essentially use 2 lenses for my shots. Canon 50mm f1.4 and Canon 85mm f1.8. I have the 18-55mm kit lens rarely use it. I always thought a lens was just a lens. I couldn't have been farther from the truth. I tried out my friends 70-200 f2.8 L lens. I did some studio shots with it. When I got home, and looked at my images, I almost fell out of my chair. The images were soo SHARP I could see the tiny hair on the model's lips. I could count her eye lashes on her head shot. Thats when I decided to go with the 50mm and the 85mm. I would go with L lenses but can't afford them yet. So I have to use the fixed length lenses. But they are just as sharp if not sharper then L lenses. As long as you know how to focus them. Sep 15 05 10:47 pm Link Steinberg Photo wrote: What are you talking about? Canon makes a whole bunch of lenses at f/1.4, 1.8, and 2.8. Many of their "L" series zooms are f/2.8. Mind you, the f/2.8 zooms are pretty spendy, but there are several of them easily found. Sep 17 05 09:13 am Link I'm very happy with the Sigma 18-50 2.8 for the price of it you can't go wrong and the image quality is impressive. AF isn't as good as the Canon 24-70 or the Sigma 24-70 but its bearable. J Sep 17 05 10:46 am Link Scott Aitken wrote: Thanks for the info on third party lens. I got several because they are lighter and cheaper. Also for some reason the Canon Flash is good up to 105MM. I have 28-135mm IS and F/2.8 75-200mm L Canon lenses. I had problems shooting at long distance. It seems that the canon flash have problems reaching over 105mm. I called Canon support and they said they don't know why. Sep 17 05 08:58 pm Link |
