LarryFitz Loc: Beacon NY

I have a Canon T6 with the kit lens. My photo are for my enjoyment. I like landscape photo, photo of grand daughters, plus like to experiment. Will a YONGNUO YN35mm F2 Lens 1:2 AF/MF Wide-Angle Fixed/Prime Auto Focus Lens For Canon EF Mount EOS Camera be better then the kit lens when the kit kit is set at equivalent focus length? Or should I just wait till I can get a Canon 35mm lens. Thanks in advance.

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Yongnuou for flashes. Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina for lenses. Just my opinion.

Andy

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Yongnuo actually makes pretty good lenses for the money. Without knowing what you already have it's difficult to say if the 35 will serve you well or if you even need it.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

What is the kit lens?
If it is a 18-55 f/3.5-5.6, the Yongnuou would basically only get you more light.

daddybear Loc: Brunswick, NY

Agree

cmcaroffino Loc: Sebring, FL

Take a look at canon 24mm pancake lens.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Or the EF 40 pancake

ppage Loc: Pittsburg, (San Francisco area)

The track record for yongnuo lenses barely exists. You don't hear anyone talking about them. They make great budget flashes. Lenses? Who knows.

Think about these quite good budget lenses for your crop sensor camera:
50 mm 1.8
24 mm 2.8 pancake lens
10-22 mm ultra wide (16-35 mm on your crop camera)

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

I would recommend Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM lens for a low cost portrait lens, instead... about $125. On a T6 it's a short telephoto (instead of a wider "normal" lens like a 35mm would be). Short tele is generally better and prefered for portrait work. A lens with a larger aperture like this (f/1.8) can make possible shots in lower light conditions indoors, as well as blur down backgrounds when wanted for portraits. (Note: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4, EF 85mm f/1.8, EF 85mm f/1.4, EF 100mm f2 and EF 135mm f/2 lenses all are also excellent portrait lenses with higher build quality and faster USM auto focus drive, but are also considerably more expensive. The 85 and 100mm lenses also require a lot more working room... can be "too long" for indoors.)

However, if your granddaughters are into sports, you might want a more powerful telephoto. I'd recommend the Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS STM as the best among the more affordable options at about $299. There also is a cheaper non-IS version of this lens, but image stabilization is most helpful with telephotos such as this and IMO is well worth the additional $50 cost.

Your kit lens is only mildly wide angle... Might often be all you need, but for landscape photos some folks like to use a wider lens and one of the most affordable, light weight and compact of those is the Canon EF-S 10-18mm IS STM.... $279.

None of these lenses come with a lens hood. The 50mm lens mentioned above has a fairly deeply recessed front element, so might not need a hood. The other two lenses, I'd recommend getting and using the accessory lens hoods: ET-63 hood for the 55-250mm and EW-73C for the 10-18mm. Each costs about $25 (there are cheaper third party "clones" of the Canon OEM hoods, if you want to spend less).

Prices above are for brand new Canon USA items at a reputable retail store (not gray market, which might be a little cheaper but isn't warranted). You might be able to find these lenses at a discount refurbished at the Canon USA website.... https://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/lenses-flashes/refurbished-lenses Those are typically "good as new" and have the same warranty as new, just might not come in the original box, maybe were a demo unit or something. Shop around, though (at the reputable online stores... not the fly-by-night, bait-n-switch shysters!). By the time you factor in sales tax and shipping, refurbished isn't always the best deal.

EDIT: By the way, in addition to the 35mm you mentioned, Yongnuo is also now making inexpensive "clones" of the Canon 50mm f/1.8, 50mm f/1.4, 85mm f/1.8 and 100mm f/2 lenses mentioned above (they also just introduced a 60mm f/2 Macro). Unfortunately I don't know much about them. You'll have to look for reviews online and/or hope someone here has used them, ideally has compared to the Canon version, and can give you some feedback. I suspect that the Yongnuo lenses all use inexpensive, "micro motor" auto focus drive.... which is slower and noisier than the STM (stepper motor, quietest/smoothest) or USM (ultrasonic, fastest) focus drive the Canon lenses use.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

I don't have either lens so cannot speak from experience. I like IS on my lenses and that is a determining factor in getting one. The YONGNUO does not appear to have it like the Canon lens. You will find the versatility limited compared to your kit lens which I will assume is a very good lens in and of itself. The YONGNUO is not that good of a lens per this review, http://blogdozack.com.br/index.php/portfolio/yongnuo-35mm-f2-en/ . The Canon 35mm f2 is infinitely better as it has IS, and the superior USM drive and the YONGNUO uses the very old micro motor, similar to what is in the Nikon D850, that whirls gears etc and is much slower and noisier than the USM system that also allows full time manual override even when on AF. Optically it appears the Canon is demonstrably better.
If you are very serious about quality and excellent bokeh the Canon f2 is not too good and you would have to seriously consider the Far superior Canon 35mm f1.4 L II. Expensive but about the best you can get from any one.
Again I do not own either and going by reviews and personal experience with several other Canon lenses and observation of non-Canon lenses that friends own. Not all off brands are bad as you can see here that Tamron produces well made state of the art lenses that are well liked.