Spec me a general use lens

Stinky

Stinky

Stinky

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Hi guys

Just bought a 5d and am now looking and switching my other lenses out

I'll be losing my 10-22mm canon but able to keep the 40mm and 50mm that I have :)

I'm looking between the 17-40L or the popular 105l lens

Any thoughts or other ideas??

I have a wedding on Monday which I'd like to get snap happy at and then spa f1 next weekend where I'm sure it will get a lot of use :)
 
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Stinky said:
Not sure I can stretch to the 24-70 after just buying the 5d :(
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Sell the 5D and get a Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 IS?:D
Seriously, no real purpose in buying a FF camera and putting mediocre lenses with slow apertures on because you could save a load of money and have a smaller more convenient package in a crop setup.

Do you need both the 40 and 50mm primes? I would sell one of them to help fund some other lenses. In fact, you could sell both to help fund a 24-70 because the the 4-70 will give you the same effective aperture as the 50mm f/1.8 on a crop body.

Alternatively, get rid of the 40mm or 50mm and add a wider and a longer prime.
You can get a Canon 24mm f/2.8 IS for £429
and a Canon 85mm f/1.8 for £275.00 (which is superb value for money).

Having 24mm, 40mm and 85mm primes would make a nice setup that works well on the 5D.
 
I'd rather get the Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM for £300 odd. 28mm is plenty wide on FF.

I just got a 85mm f1.8 for £210 second hand, it's great vfm. I'm actually waiting for a 28mm f1.8 to pop up at a decent price too.
 
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I think I was a bit high to start off with. I thought I had a sale but the person wanted the option to send it back to me if they weren't happy with it, even though I sent samples, I am not a shop :rolleyes: Anyway, I wasn't using the Sigma enough because I already really like my 17-55 f/2.8, and I always found that 35mm was either too short or too long for what I needed on a crop, so I thought I'd sell it and split the money for a 85mm f1.8 and a 28mm f1.8 and keep the 17-55 for everything else.
 
Janesy B said:
I think I was a bit high to start off with. I thought I had a sale but the person wanted the option to send it back to me if they weren't happy with it, even though I sent samples, I am not a shop :rolleyes: Anyway, I wasn't using the Sigma enough because I already really like my 17-55 f/2.8, and I always found that 35mm was either too short or too long for what I needed on a crop, so I thought I'd sell it and split the money for a 85mm f1.8 and a 28mm f1.8 and keep the 17-55 for everything else.
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Sounds like a plan! Send a me a trust if you're thinking about buying one let me know. I paid £250 on TP so would reciprocate the price to you :)
 
Janesy B said:
I'd rather get the Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM for £300 odd. 28mm is plenty wide on FF.

I just got a 85mm f1.8 for £210 second hand, it's great vfm. I'm actually waiting for a 28mm f1.8 to pop up at a decent price too.
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Depends what you shoot but 24mm is noticeable wider than 28mm and can add a lot more impact to landscapes. 28mm works Ok for say street, grouop photos etc.

Either way, I think 3 good fast primes are better than a slow 24-105mm if one can't afford the 24-70mm f/2.8
 
I'm surprised that the 24-105mm doesn't get more support here. I've read a lot of great things which was why it was my no1 choice when starting the thresd
 
Because it's putting an F4 lens on a FF camera, obviously you care about the extra image quality from FF so why gimp it with a lens that's F4 at it's widest aperture? I'd still probably have one in my kit bag as a cover all lens, but first of all I'd get the 3 primes - 28, 50 and 85 because they'll be optically superior.
 
The 24-105 is a good all rounder, I had one on my 5dc and it was hardly ever taken off except for when I needed a fast prime or something longer, I found it to be very good optically
 
On one hand, the 24-105 is a good to decent starter lens on FF.

It covers the range that is used most often, if has IS to help beginner who can't hold their camera still :p It is "cheap" for an L. But that's also why it is bunged in as the kit lens, because it is really, a kit lens with a red ring. Optically although it is good, but it is not on par as the 24-70L, not even Mk1 if you are being critical about it.

For outdoor, walk around, 24-105 would be fine.

For indoor, or that extra bokeh, 24-70.
 
It's up to you, I guess after a few months you can filter your images by focal length in Lightroom and work out the focal lengths you use the most and buy primes to suit. That is what led me down the path for looking into a 28mm prime, because about 25% of my shots taken on my 17-55 were at 28mm alone.
 
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