600d Lens Suggestions

[Neoni]

I Currently have the kit lens, and and a nifty fifty, i use it a lot for product shot photos, which turn out great but want something really special, budget on a lens isnt a problem, just want a nice all rounder walkabout lens/gigs/nature/portrait everything basically

any suggestions?

Sample of product photos i get with the 50mm:

 

[D.P.]

"Something really special" and "all rounder walkabout lens/gigs/nature/portrait everything'
Are not compatible.


You can have a nice walkabout lens but it wont be good at portrait or nature.
Nature by itslef normally requires a 2-3 lens set up (wide, moderate tele and super long tele).


You need to think what you really want to photograph. Really I think you will need 3 lenses to do what you want.

Heres some options:
Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 IS: good walkabout lens, Ok portraits
Canon 15-85mm f/5.6 IS: Excellent walkabout lens, nice and wide for landscapes, a little more reach than the above, but not good for portraits.
Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8: Extremely fast for a zoom, extremely sharp. Limited focal length means it is not a great walk abut lens.

Canon 70-200mm F/2.8 IS: Great for nature and portraits, general walkabout when you want length.A little short fro wildlife but a TC will help a lot.
Canon 70-300mm f/5.6 (L): good for nature including wildlife life, cheaper than the above, but slwoer aperture limits appela for portriats.

Canon 85mm f/1.8: very cheap long portrait lens, too long for crop really.
Sigma 35mm f/1.4: Good portrait lens, might be a little boring focal length for general use.

Canon 10-22mm : great nature/architecture lens, OK walkabout if you like things wide. Works well with the 70-200/300 for nature. Useless for portraits
Sigma 8-16mm : very sepcialised ultra wide angle, but excellent images.




An ideal set up for me would be:
Sigma 8-16mm, Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8, Canon 15-85, 70-300mm.
Sell your 18-55mm f/5.6 kit lens and keep your 50mm prime.

You can then go from ultra wide to good tele and have a useful walkabout 15-85mm. The downside these are slow, which is where the Sigma 18-35 and your 50mm prime come in. You could replace the Sigma18-35 and Canon 15-85 with the Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 IS as a compromise between the 2. It is a stop and a third slower than the Sigma, and has shorter focal length than the 15-85, and not so wide but it is one lens and you maintain f/2.8 all the way to 55mm .

 

[Neoni]

"Something really special" and "all rounder walkabout lens/gigs/nature/portrait everything'
Are not compatible.


You can have a nice walkabout lens but it wont be good at portrait or nature.
Nature by itslef normally requires a 2-3 lens set up (wide, moderate tele and super long tele).


You need to think what you really want to photograph. Really I think you will need 3 lenses to do what you want.

Heres some options:
Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 IS: good walkabout lens, Ok portraits
Canon 15-85mm f/5.6 IS: Excellent walkabout lens, nice and wide for landscapes, a little more reach than the above, but not good for portraits.
Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8: Extremely fast for a zoom, extremely sharp. Limited focal length means it is not a great walk abut lens.

Canon 70-200mm F/2.8 IS: Great for nature and portraits, general walkabout when you want length.A little short fro wildlife but a TC will help a lot.
Canon 70-300mm f/5.6 (L): good for nature including wildlife life, cheaper than the above, but slwoer aperture limits appela for portriats.

Canon 85mm f/1.8: very cheap long portrait lens, too long for crop really.
Sigma 35mm f/1.4: Good portrait lens, might be a little boring focal lenth for generaluse.

Canon 10-22mm : great nature/architecture lens, OK walkabout if you like things wide. Works well with the 70-200/300 for nature. Useless for portraits

Thankyou, so if we took nature out the picture then, and just went for say portrait/city walkabout lens, what would you say? too many options

 

[D.P.]

If you have only one lens then I would probably side with the Canon 17-55mm f/2.8.

On a crop camera I almost always used my Nikon 16-85 because it went from nice and wide to moderate tele and I didn't need the aperture and didn't care about portraits, because for portraits I would use my 35mm or 50mm prime.If you want a single lens to be a walk about and portrait in one then I would want something faster.