Cannon 1100D ? Accompanying daylight glassware?

NickK

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Ok, I'm considering upgrading Sandrine's Olympus 800 thingy to a full SLR - two problem are that it saves in jpeg and can't control it's shutter.

Now I have astro photography kit but when it comes to daylight photography I'm lost.. I know the 1100D is a good camera for night time and offers good daytime performance.. so what about lenses for daytime use?

You're talking to someone that uses 670mm f/6.38 (and 1340mm) at full open, focused at infinity all the time with exposures from 0.00001sec through to 20 minutes.. so all this 50mm malarky is a bit odd..

I suppose I'm after a lense that does everything - macro through to lanscape..
 
Budget? The tamron 17-50 F2.8 is a frequently recommended lens for general use and not bad in low light either.
 
I know from experience that it's better to have a good chunk of glass (the 670mm is an APO and has a flat field of view).. so in terms of shooting people, flowers, and larger landscapes. This is why I've not mentioned budget..

So a lens that has zero CA, coma etc - image stabilisation (to help her with hand held shots). I'm not sure if you get terms of apochromatic etc with daylight lenses :D

I suppose I need to know what focal length etc works best, a good fast lens would also help.

Failing that - a good book on lens selection?
 
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Really depends on what you want to take photos of really lol. If you was a nikon man I'd say get a 18-200mm lens in a heartbeat as it does everything you can imagine from wide angle to telephoto, including VR, at extremely sharp levels of IQ. Have a think on what you actually want to photograph before committing to buying something.
 
Isn't the 24-70 f2.8L II canon supposed to be quite good as an everyday lens. Not sure how it'll fare for macro. I'm sure someone else will put their point in with more experience...

kd
 
I see what you did there :p

The reason for going cannon is that the camera can be computer controlled (and better low light performance). Reading up on the lenses, it seems you day folk have a lot of coma etc depending on the f-stop used.

I'm going on what she likes photographing - for a present, but I suppose it's better to let her make the selection.
 
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