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What lens to buy for an EOS 5D Mark IV Canon camera?
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Jan 4, 2018 06:21:54   #
sb Loc: Florida's East Coast
 
Unless you plan on wildlife photos you probably do not need a 100-400mm lens. The 70-200 lens is very useful - but from everything I read the f4 version is just about as good - one of the sharpest zooms out there - and is $1100 versus $1900 AND is about 1/3 the weight. I have seen posts from several people who have traded in the f2.8 for the f4 because they feel that the f2.8 is too heavy to lug around.

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Jan 4, 2018 06:41:40   #
waegwan Loc: Mae Won Li
 
CokeSD52 wrote:
For Christmas I received a new Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera with a 24-105mm lens. Could someone recommend additional lenses for this camera & any tips about using this camera? Unfortunately my last camera; Canon 60D lenses aren't compatible with this camera.


Just another pitch for the 70-200, take your pick 2.8 or f4 with IS. Either one would be the next best progression.

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Jan 4, 2018 07:22:00   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
CokeSD52 wrote:
For Christmas I received a new Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera with a 24-105mm lens. Could someone recommend additional lenses for this camera & any tips about using this camera? Unfortunately my last camera; Canon 60D lenses aren't compatible with this camera.


Some suggestions, and you can buyt brands other than Canon -

https://www.dxomark.com/best-prime-lenses-for-the-canon-eos-5d-mk-iv-recommendations-for-architecture-portrait-and-wildlife-photography/
https://www.thephoblographer.com/2017/01/31/best-lenses-canon-5d-mark-iv/
https://www.canonrumors.co/best-lenses-for-canon-eos-5d-mark-iv/

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Jan 4, 2018 07:28:05   #
ELNikkor
 
You can do 90% of your shooting with that 24-105. The 100-400 will do awesome tele-shots, and a 14-24 will get those wide interiors or landscapes.

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Jan 4, 2018 07:28:24   #
camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.
 
The 24-105 is a great lens and will serve you well. In regard to other lenses it all depends on what type of photography you do.
I am going to say that if you shoot in tight places and landscapes are among your favorite subjects you will need a wide angle zoom, assuming 24mm is not enough for your needs. If you do wildlife and action photography a tele prime or a tele zoom will be very useful.
Finally, a macro lens is indispensable for those macro shots although I use my teles for "macro" more often than my macro lens.

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Jan 4, 2018 07:52:09   #
mrtaxi Loc: Old Westbury NY, Fort Lauderdale, FL
 
I also have a canon 5D IV as well as 5D III,5DS, and 70D, but my go to lens for the 5DIV is the *Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L II, other lenses I use are:
EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro - which is greatf for macro & portraits, *canon EF 70-200mm F/4L IS great for daylight outdoors and half the weight of their 2.8 version, *canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II - indoors and landscape, canon 70-300 IS Mark II, *canon 100-400 f4.5-5.6L IS II + 1.4 & 2.0 series III converters, Sigma contemporary 150-600, Prime’s are, Sigma 50mm 1.4 Art, canon 50mm 1.8 -very light and inexpensive. What I take depends on the shoot. * travel

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Jan 4, 2018 08:00:36   #
billnourse Loc: Bloomfield, NM
 
I have the 5 D mk 4 and several L lenses including the 24-105 that came with your camera. Although I use the other lenses occasionally, the 24-205 is the one that is on my camera most of the time.

Bill

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Jan 4, 2018 08:35:32   #
beerhunter13 Loc: Southern Ontario, Canada
 
Of the over 15 lenses I own, the lens that I use the most is my EF28 to 300mm f3.5 - 5.6L. This is my go-to lens for everything except wildlife and sometimes in thick woods I mount it on my 7DmkII. It is a very versatile lens and the build quality is excellent. I have shot in the rain and snow with it without a lens jacket and have had no problems but use a jacket as not to tempt fate. While it is not as fast as the 24 to 70mm and 70 to 200mm lenses, which I also own, the ability to go high ISO compensates for that shortcoming. The advantage over that pair of lenses is that the 28 to 300mm covers a greater range and you will not have to change lenses to get that range although sometimes I do miss the 4mm at the wide end.

I find the 28 to 300mm good for wandering around without a specific subject in mind or 'gun and run' shooting. I can move from group shots to individual portraits effortlessly and quickly. I have used it for landscapes and urban photography all over the world and rarely found it lacking. It is not a perfect lens but it is pretty close.

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Jan 4, 2018 08:36:53   #
mikedidi46 Loc: WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
 
I would add either the 16-35mm EF or the 17-40mm EF

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Jan 4, 2018 08:39:51   #
Dan Mc Loc: NM
 
BebuLamar wrote:
My suggestion is not to buy any lenses. Use the camera as is for a while then you will know what you want to add. 24-105mm would cover a very good range. I think more than 90% of my pictures are within that range.




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Jan 4, 2018 08:59:04   #
easystreets1
 
I have they lens mentioned here (exception, my 50mm prime is f1.2 and I use the 16-35mm instead of the 11-24) and this answer is spot on. I shoot a very wide variety of subjects and would be happy to post examples from those different lenses as requested.
TBPJr wrote:
The lens you have is an excellent one; the following Canon lenses are all really good (they are also heavy and not inexpensive): EF 11-24mm f-4L USM, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM, and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM; the EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, and EF 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro (inexpensive and light) are both very useful, if you want macro. The Extender EF 1.4X III works well with the 100-400 and the 70-200; I understand the Extender EF 2X III is great with the faster zooms and the primes.

You have to decide how you want to take your pictures--there are really excellent primes available, but the zooms offer more flexibility at the sacrifice of usually only one stop of speed. Your new camera is supposed to be great in low light, so a slightly slower zoom is probably not going to limit your photography; the f/4 zooms are lighter yet and less expensive. I think you are likely to be happy with any of the Canon L series choices. Many who post here swear by their third-party lenses, especially the 150-600 zooms.

I had three primes with my film cameras (and finally, a zoom). It was always a frustration to need to change lenses when I needed a different perspective (especially where it was inconvenient to swap); it was also frustrating to settle for a picture that would have been better with a different focal length than I had. Now I have zooms that cover focal lengths out to 540mm (with the extender). I cannot imagine ever going to primes again--I take mostly family pictures or travel pictures, and the flexibility to frame or compose with a zoom is far more important to me than one or two stops of speed; if I move to more portrait photography or some other studio work, I might find a prime useful, but both the 24-70mm and the 70-200mm are great for portraits, too. The only problem is knowing which zoom to pick when touring a location for the first time (of course, you can just carry as many as you can handle). When trying to get wildlife, the longest lens is always the choice, if the light permits; Canon's super telephoto primes are quite heavy and expensive, and you should definitely try before you buy one of them (rental or try a friend's).

So, like the answers to most of the advice-seeking inquiries here. it depends...
The lens you have is an excellent one; the followi... (show quote)

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Jan 4, 2018 09:05:10   #
mainshipper Loc: Hernando, Florida
 
CokeSD52 wrote:
For Christmas I received a new Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera with a 24-105mm lens. Could someone recommend additional lenses for this camera & any tips about using this camera? Unfortunately my last camera; Canon 60D lenses aren't compatible with this camera.


I do not have a 5D IV but have had a 5D, 5D II, and 5D III and will get the 5D IV at some point in time although my 5D III performs flawlessly. If I had three lenses to own it would be the Canon EF 16-35, 24-105, and 100-400 which cover everything I typically need from architecture/landscapes to wildlife. I also have the Canon EF 8-15 which I use for 360 panoramas but little else, the EF 70-200 L II 2.8 which I just can't seem to find a niche for and rarely use, EF 50 1.4 which I use for regular panoramas, and an EF 50 and 100 macro lenses which are used occasionally.

Even with all this quality Canon glass my primary go to travel lens is a Tamron 28-300 which I shoot 80% of all my exposures. If Canon made 28-300 that did not weigh 4 pounds and cost $2400 I would probably have that one instead.

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Jan 4, 2018 09:05:47   #
mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois
 
I recommend the Canon 1200 mm lens for photographing the iris' of wildlife eyes. I can't afford it, but perhaps I can borrow yours?
For portraiture the new Canon 85mm f1.4L sounds great - I have one on order.

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Jan 4, 2018 09:07:52   #
mainshipper Loc: Hernando, Florida
 
beerhunter13 wrote:
Of the over 15 lenses I own, the lens that I use the most is my EF28 to 300mm f3.5 - 5.6L. This is my go-to lens for everything except wildlife and sometimes in thick woods I mount it on my 7DmkII. It is a very versatile lens and the build quality is excellent. I have shot in the rain and snow with it without a lens jacket and have had no problems but use a jacket as not to tempt fate. While it is not as fast as the 24 to 70mm and 70 to 200mm lenses, which I also own, the ability to go high ISO compensates for that shortcoming. The advantage over that pair of lenses is that the 28 to 300mm covers a greater range and you will not have to change lenses to get that range although sometimes I do miss the 4mm at the wide end.

I find the 28 to 300mm good for wandering around without a specific subject in mind or 'gun and run' shooting. I can move from group shots to individual portraits effortlessly and quickly. I have used it for landscapes and urban photography all over the world and rarely found it lacking. It is not a perfect lens but it is pretty close.
Of the over 15 lenses I own, the lens that I use t... (show quote)


You must be quite hardy to lug that lens around all day. I would prefer that lens over my Tamron 28-300 but it's a brick.

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Jan 4, 2018 09:28:04   #
waegwan Loc: Mae Won Li
 
mikedidi46 wrote:
I would add either the 16-35mm EF or the 17-40mm EF


My only thing about choosing the 16-35 over the 70-200 on a FF camera is there isn't a lot of difference between 16mm and 24mm. I carry my 16-35 with me everywhere but I have the 28-300 mounted most of the time. If I didn't have the 28-300 and I was back to using the 24-105 as my everyday lens I'd be carrying the 70-200 along. That said, there is no replacement for the 16-35 when it is needed.

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