My 7D is cursed....

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Following on from this thread - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18129013

My 7D has cast a spell on me and made do unspeakable things to my credit cards....

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taken with the lens below...

taken with the lens above...
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Just got these lenses this week and today's the first play I've had with them. I'm loving the F1.4 DOF already :D
 
You'll love that Sigma. I'm still having regrets for selling my Sigma :/
Anyway, enjoy your new toys and what are you doing at home and posting online, get out there!!!
 
to be perfectly honest, they wont do you much good on the floor like that :D

Congrats on the purchases, commiserations on having a credit rating to that of the Greek nation :eek:
 
I'm seriously considering the 24-105 but want to do more landscapes this year so I think I will go with the Canon EF-S 17-55mm f2.8 IS USM instead.

Nice spending 7D and those two :D and they say the economy is screwed ;)
 
Crop? Staying crop for a while? Go with the 17-55. Gonna go full frame in the short/medium term? Buy the 24/105
 
I doubt I will ever go full frame, which is why I think I will go 17-55 such a shame it doesn't have another 25mm more reach though as I aim to use pair it with a 70-200L and sell off my 17-85 usm that came with the 50D and my sigma 18-200 oc.
 
dannyjo22 said:
I doubt I will ever go full frame, which is why I think I will go 17-55 such a shame it doesn't have another 25mm more reach though as I aim to use pair it with a 70-200L and sell off my 17-85 usm that came with the 50D and my sigma 18-200 oc.
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Or just accept there's no earthly reason you need to cover every last mm of focal length, I've been shooting with a 17-55 and 70-200 (on Nikon) for years and haven't ever had a problem with the intervening 15mm...

In the nicest possible way, thinking you need every last mm covered is a fairly common mistake. Even the 17-55 range (on crop) and 24-70 (on full frame) are a symptom of this, a properly wide zoom (12-24 on crop or 17-35 on ff) plus a 50mm prime and a fast tele zoom (70-200) are the professional choices as it's maximum coverage in minimum weight and bulk while still being practical and flexible.
 
bigredshark said:
Or just accept there's no earthly reason you need to cover every last mm of focal length, I've been shooting with a 17-55 and 70-200 (on Nikon) for years and haven't ever had a problem with the intervening 15mm...

In the nicest possible way, thinking you need every last mm covered is a fairly common mistake. Even the 17-55 range (on crop) and 24-70 (on full frame) are a symptom of this, a properly wide zoom (12-24 on crop or 17-35 on ff) plus a 50mm prime and a fast tele zoom (70-200) are the professional choices as it's maximum coverage in minimum weight and bulk while still being practical and flexible.
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Thats all I use on a 1.25x crop body. (17-35 (old 16-35) 2.8 ,50 1.8 ,70-200 2.8).

I find that gives me every range I need with the 1.4x TC.

The next things on the list are a 300 2.8 and a 35L + 85 1.8. Thats just for a lighter weight/low-light set-up and the 300mm is of course for that reach.
 
Trick said:
Crop? Staying crop for a while? Go with the 17-55. Gonna go full frame in the short/medium term? Buy the 24/105
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This.

17-55 is on par with the 24-70 and 24-105 IQ wise.

It's a cornerstone of my setup (10-22, 17-55, 70-200 IS).

24-70 is heavier (and thus has better build quality) but after two years of bumps etc my 17-55 is still working perfectly so the 17-55 won't fall to pieces.

My 7D hasn't had a proper trial run yet :( exams are taking all my god dam time up!!
 
bigredshark said:
Or just accept there's no earthly reason you need to cover every last mm of focal length, I've been shooting with a 17-55 and 70-200 (on Nikon) for years and haven't ever had a problem with the intervening 15mm....
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I didn't make myself clear mate the missing 15mm is not what I meant I was missing. Quite a lot of the time when I carried my kit lens on the 1000D on holiday it would have been nice to have a slight bit more reach rather than changing lens. With the kids playing in the pool etc. I just meant a little bit more reach on the lens would have been perfect for me to then just carry the one lens 90% of the time instead of two :)

Of course I know there's no perfect solution :D

Those with the 17-55 2.8 on a crop how do you find it for landscape? Did you find you still needed to buy a wider lens or did this full fill your needs?
 
dannyjo22 said:
Those with the 17-55 2.8 on a crop how do you find it for landscape? Did you find you still needed to buy a wider lens or did this full fill your needs?
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It does a job, it's not perfect is the bottom line. I think for serious landscape work there's no substitute for something like the 14-24 or 16-35/17-35 on full frame. The wide zooms for crop bodies aren't bad but they're not perfect either (none are as sharp as the full frame options, only the tamron 11-16 is as fast and most suffer from annoying distortion, usually correctable in photoshop but annoying all the same).

If you shoot a lot of landscapes I'd have to say you need either something wider or full frame. If it's just the occasional shot then you'll likely work round with thoughtful composition but it's not ideal.
 
Wide enough for landscapes, yep. Easy. I use my 70-200 for landscapes. You don't need ultra-wide. 17mm isn't uber wide but should be enough most of the time. Just because ultra-wides are popular at the moment in landscapes doesn't mean you've got to use one.


However, if your into that style than something wider would be nice. Like the 10-22mm. I use a [21-43mm] as a walkaround pair with my [87-250] and love it.

A 10-22 , 30mm f/1.4 and 50-135 type set-up is the kind of set-up I'd choose on a crop body.
 
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Yeah I did consider the tamron but the lack of IS is a problem. I've not read many good things about the VC version of the Tamron sadly.
 
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