Selection of Canon lenses
Mar 17, 2015 12:49:14 #
chandler13a
Loc: Hertfordshire UK
A newbe. Have just purchased a Canon 60D with a EFS 17-85 mm lense. What other lense/s should I consider as a purchase. I have no particular subject matter for photography, just general photo's
Would welcome some advise.
Wally
Would welcome some advise.
Wally
Mar 17, 2015 13:31:05 #
With no particular subject matter, just general images, I would stick with the 17-85.
As your interest grows, this will be your guideline for future needs/wants.
Don't buy something you think you need and then find out later you really don't need it.
Welcome to the forum!!!!
Pat
As your interest grows, this will be your guideline for future needs/wants.
Don't buy something you think you need and then find out later you really don't need it.
Welcome to the forum!!!!
Pat
Mar 17, 2015 13:57:13 #
Mar 17, 2015 14:06:56 #
chandler13a wrote:
A newbe. Have just purchased a Canon 60D with a EFS 17-85 mm lense. What other lense/s should I consider as a purchase. I have no particular subject matter for photography, just general photo's
Would welcome some advise.
Wally
Would welcome some advise.
Wally
Welcome to the Hog!
As already stated, you should find out your needs before buying. You have the lower end pretty well covered. That leaves longer lenses, such as the 70-300mm range and Macro lenses, as two of the more popular types to look at. When you shoot try to determine if either of those lenses will be of any use to you. Not everybody needs longer glass and not everybody is interested in Macro.
Mar 17, 2015 16:11:58 #
chandler13a wrote:
A newbe. Have just purchased a Canon 60D with a EFS 17-85 mm lense. What other lense/s should I consider as a purchase. I have no particular subject matter for photography, just general photo's
Would welcome some advise.
Wally
Would welcome some advise.
Wally
Wally, you might want to look at the nifty fifty(50mm f1.8).
They are very useful for indoor and lowlight outdoor ambient-light shooting because of the large aperture and are only about a $100.
Your 17-85 already has a pretty good outdoor walk-around range and indoors if the cameras flash is used. Good luck. ;-)
SS
Mar 17, 2015 18:21:05 #
Mar 17, 2015 23:02:51 #
The suggestion to figure out first what kind of photography you want to do is a good one. When I first began I thought wildlife photography was what I would focus on but time and experience showed me that really wasn't to my liking. My interests continue to evolve and as they do, my equipment grows with it.
Walt
Walt
Mar 18, 2015 05:48:58 #
chandler13a wrote:
A newbe. Have just purchased a Canon 60D with a EFS 17-85 mm lense. What other lense/s should I consider as a purchase. I have no particular subject matter for photography, just general photo's
Would welcome some advise.
Wally
Would welcome some advise.
Wally
The question to ask yourself is have you completely mastered what you have already? If not practice some more before buying a bag of glass you cannot utilize fully. What you have will probably cover 80% of what you want to shoot if you are the general camera owner.
Mar 18, 2015 09:44:57 #
Well, I must say more, from experience:
Buy and use one lens while you learn photography. Use it under various circumstances. In time, you will sense the strengths and limitations of this one lens. Then you will possess a better understanding of your need for another lens. Most likely you will make a more sensible choice.
That said, you cannot go wrong with a zoom lens with a focal range of, say, 17-70mm, or a fixed focal-length (prime lens) of 35mm (on a cropped sensor camera) or of 50mm (on a full-frame sensor camera).
Learn and practice the two main elements of all photography: composition and exposure.
Your mistakes and successes will teach you.
This way you will become a photographer.
Buy and use one lens while you learn photography. Use it under various circumstances. In time, you will sense the strengths and limitations of this one lens. Then you will possess a better understanding of your need for another lens. Most likely you will make a more sensible choice.
That said, you cannot go wrong with a zoom lens with a focal range of, say, 17-70mm, or a fixed focal-length (prime lens) of 35mm (on a cropped sensor camera) or of 50mm (on a full-frame sensor camera).
Learn and practice the two main elements of all photography: composition and exposure.
Your mistakes and successes will teach you.
This way you will become a photographer.
Mar 18, 2015 13:10:25 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
Shoot with the lens you've got until you start to discover things you can't accomplish with it... Then, and only then, you can look for other lenses to meet those new needs.
Mar 18, 2015 13:11:18 #
Jay Pat wrote:
With no particular subject matter, just general images, I would stick with the 17-85.
As your interest grows, this will be your guideline for future needs/wants.
Don't buy something you think you need and then find out later you really don't need it.
Welcome to the forum!!!!
Pat
As your interest grows, this will be your guideline for future needs/wants.
Don't buy something you think you need and then find out later you really don't need it.
Welcome to the forum!!!!
Pat
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Mar 18, 2015 23:02:52 #
Jay Pat wrote:
With no particular subject matter, just general images, I would stick with the 17-85.
As your interest grows, this will be your guideline for future needs/wants.
Don't buy something you think you need and then find out later you really don't need it.
Welcome to the forum!!!!
Pat
As your interest grows, this will be your guideline for future needs/wants.
Don't buy something you think you need and then find out later you really don't need it.
Welcome to the forum!!!!
Pat
:thumbup: :D :thumbup:
Dennis
Mar 19, 2015 00:32:37 #
Best bang for the buck to get more reach is an EF-S 55-250 is STM. I bought one recently on eBay - a US model with the correct paperwork - for $198.
It performs almost as well as my EF 70 - 200 f4L is on my wife's 70D or my 7Dll.
Make sure to get one of the new STM lenses not the older USM versions. The STM lenses offer terrific value for money.
It performs almost as well as my EF 70 - 200 f4L is on my wife's 70D or my 7Dll.
Make sure to get one of the new STM lenses not the older USM versions. The STM lenses offer terrific value for money.
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