Lens for 550d

sunny007 · 30 Jul 2013 at 15:02

Hi,

I'm Heading out to sri lanka for a wedding and I was wondering which lens would be perfect for taking pictures?

I'll mostly be taking pictures of my friends, scenery and landscapes?

FishFluff · 30 Jul 2013 at 19:35

Well which lenses do you have? Or are you looking to buy one? Have you considered renting one?

sunny007 · 31 Jul 2013 at 12:32

FishFluff said:
Well which lenses do you have? Or are you looking to buy one? Have you considered renting one?

Just got the kit lens atm

Yea, I've thought about that, any places you can recommend ?

vanandjuanunited · 31 Jul 2013 at 12:32

lensesforhire

Razor-BladE · 31 Jul 2013 at 13:13

If you don't mind buying 2nd hand and you have the spare money, you'll probably (depending on duration and no. of lenses) save money buying 2nd hand and selling on again (or keeping if you like it), rather than hiring.

sunny007 · 13 Aug 2013 at 20:06

I'm just gonna buy a lens, Which one would be a good walkabout lens ?

Genoma · 13 Aug 2013 at 20:44

Depends on budget? EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 ?

sunny007 · 13 Aug 2013 at 20:51

about £800

Mattewes · 13 Aug 2013 at 22:21

Genoma said:
Depends on budget? EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 ?

+1 this is a great general purpose lens and a huge step up in image quality from the kit lens.
Plus it's got a pretty wide aperture meaning it will be fast if the wedding is indoors and you aren't allowed to use flash.

sunny007 · 14 Aug 2013 at 08:58

Mattewes said:
+1 this is a great general purpose lens and a huge step up in image quality from the kit lens.
Plus it's got a pretty wide aperture meaning it will be fast if the wedding is indoors and you aren't allowed to use flash.

Yea, what about talking scenery and portraits ?

Mattewes · 14 Aug 2013 at 21:23

I use it for landscapes all the time and very pleased with it. It's very sharp and the image quality is great.
For portraits, while not having as wide an aperture as a dedicated portrait lens, it has an aperture of f/2.8 at all focal lengths, which is as wide as it gets for zoom lenses and it creates a really nice background blur.

King Damager · 15 Aug 2013 at 01:20

Yup, 17-55 on a crop is pretty perfect. Effective focal view at the long end is good enough for portraits. At the wide end, great for scenery. Decent aperture as well for shooting portraits and the wedding

kd

thebandit · 15 Aug 2013 at 13:20

For portraits I love my canon 50mm f/1.4 on my 550d, pin sharp. I am considering getting a 17-50/55 f/2.8 as well for more general purpose but will probably go the Tamron non VC or Sigma route (Canon is a lot more £££). If you went the same way it would be well in your budget.

example 50mm shot.

thebandit said:

Genoma · 17 Aug 2013 at 10:18

And if you haven't seen it already there is a cashback offer on the 17-55 2.8

http://www.canon.co.uk/autumncashback/