Portrait lens for Canon 7D

Jed Shields · 30 Sep 2012 at 17:24

Hi guys,

yesterday I picked up a Canon 7D after selling off my old 400D and have my 30D up for sale. I'm using a Canon EF-S 17-55 f2.8 IS lens and mainly shoot portraits of my boys, generally zoomed in at 55mm. I obviously haven't had chance to give the camera a good workout yet, but was wondering if i should be using my Canon EF-S 60mm Macro lens more when shooting portraits. Or is the 17-55 the better option?

Cheers,

Jed.

Jed Shields · 30 Sep 2012 at 21:46

I had a quick play with the 60mm earlier, bloody good with the 7D

Jed Shields · 30 Sep 2012 at 22:20

Yeah, both are 2.8 as well. Although the 17-55 has IS as well ...

Jed Shields · 1 Oct 2012 at 08:36

The 70-200 f4 L IS is on my list, but I've just spent £1150 on the 7D and battery grip

Jed Shields · 1 Oct 2012 at 12:13

What would a 50mm f1.8 give me over the 60mm f2.8 macro that I'm using at the moment? Would it just be the f stop difference, or is there a quality aspect as well?