CokeSD52 Loc: Seattle

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.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Then all the lenses you had EF-S mount lenses?

Well it depends on what you want to photographic, and your budget. Let us know that and we can recommend lenses.

For my 5DIV I have the 24-105L f/4, Samyang 14 mm f/2.8 prime, 50 mm f/1.8, Tamron 180 f/3.5 macro and Canon 100-400L Mk II with 1.4x III. I get the added bonus that they all work on my 80D also since they are all EF lenses.
I do macro, bugs, butterflies, birds, trains and streetcars (I belong to a Railway museum) and some events. Family stuff also of course

CokeSD52 Loc: Seattle

Thanks for the info on the Canon 5D MIV. I like taking portraits, scenery, macro (especially of flowers), street scenes & buildings.

Joe Blow

My suggestion would be an EOS EF f2.8 70-200L IS. It will run around $1,800 new but is probably the sharpest lens out there and has a good range. Zooms don't come better than this. The f4 70-200 is not the same lens but costs half as much and is still a good lens. The EF f4.0-5.6 70-300mm IS is much cheaper but still very good even if it is slow.

The Sigma Art primes, 85mm and 135mm, are near the $1,000 mark but again, are excellent portrait and landscape lenses. I also like the EF f1.8 50mm for around $250 or so and it is a bargain.

A 5D IV doesn't deserve cheap glass. Good luck and enjoy.

unlucky2 Loc: Hemet Ca.

The Canon 100m-400 MK II is all you need from 100mm to 400mmm. It is expensives, but worth every penny. under 100mm you should look for F2.8 (or less) len's tp take advantage of that cameras' ability. Sell your old lens to KEH and buy their top rated used lens to save a few $$$. The 5D mk IV is a great body, pair it with the 100-400 mkII and you are approaching nirvana. The Canon 100mm macro prime is a very good pairing for bugs and flowers. quote=CokeSD52]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.[/quote]

BebuLamar

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.

TBPJr Loc: South Carolina

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...

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Your 24-105 is perfect for everything but macro, and even then, it will do great if you take a good exposure and work with the resulting files. As suggested by BebuLamar, you have a great camera and great lens to be successful in nearly all forms of photography.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

OK
For a general use "Walk Around" lens the 24-105 is great. I have gone all day at Civil War Re-enactments and Steam Punk Festivals with only that lens on my 6D (traded up to the 5DIV last month) and expect the same to hold true with the new body.

We will start with portraits - the 24-105 will do very well or you can take care of two needs by getting a 100 mm macro. 100 mm is a good lens for portraits and it is a macro so it covers that stuff also.

scenery/landscape - the 24 end of the 24-105 will work for that or you can go wider by one of two routes. A wide prime or a wide zoom.
If prime the Samyang* 14 mm I use is good and not expensive, mine is manual focus, the new version is AF and more money. There are lots of others.
If a wide or ultrawide zoom Canon and others make a number for FF Canon bodies priced from around $700 - over $2000. I have never owned an EF ultrawide zoom for FF so others will know more.

macro - The already mentioned 100 mm macro is good, I prefer a longer lens so use a Tamron 180 macro to make it easier to photograph my butterflies and other bugs. The 100 mm should do well for flowers, you don't have to worry about getting too close and scaring them.

Street scenes and buildings - again the 24-105 will do well or you can use a wide or ultrwide prime or zoom.

Only if you decide to get into wildlife and birds will you need much beyond 200 or 300 mm. If you do then the 100-400L mk II with a 1.4x III (a bit over $400) still gives very good image quality and gets you out to 560 mm.

But as mentioned you have the 24-105 and it is very versatile for a lot of things as long as the light is good and should keep you busy learning your new camera for a while. Giving you time to decide on other lenses. And if you still have the 60D all the lens for the 5DIV will work on it.

If you get into low light photography, well that is another ball game. Lenses get more expensive and/or you get into using flash/lights.

One additional note, you live in Seattle - rains a little there - L series Canon lenses are weather sealed and so are the high end lenses of the third party makers.

ken_stern Loc: Yorba Linda, Ca

This is the VERY best advice you could ever receive on this subject
DO NOTHING -- Use what you have -- Discover what you like & don't like with what you currently have -- Also -- Get to know your new camera
As a result of this "personal experience" --- You will quickly develop your own opinions -- Frankly they are the only ones that really ever count
Then purchase the lens or lenses that meet your needs
My only lens suggestion -- Is if you decide your needs require more than one lens purchase -- Than only purchase one lens at a time -- Give yourself at minimum 3 to 6 months or more concenerated shutter time with it to really get to know what that piece of glass can/cannot do before purchasing any more

tdekany Loc: Oregon

For a newbie that might be the right answer. This member is moving up from a 60d with APSC lenses. Maybe if people read what was actually asked, could provide helpful suggestions. Just saying.

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

Welcome Coke, and thanx for sharing your Merry Christmas with us. Someone thinks very highly of you. A tip for your great camera? Use it with your 24-105 as much as possible. The camera is a collection of very useful features designed for professional photographers. The lens is of good quality and built well, with IS. It allows for many different varieties of shooting. It is also a very good lens to use when you are trying to learn a new camera. You are used to shooting with a 60D? Learning this camera will be like taking a drink out of a fire hose! There has to be something filling up the 600 pages in the user's manual, and it is all systems and their use. Your work is in front of you, let the lens be an aid Good luck, and enjoy the new gift!

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Coke, welcome to the Hog!!!
I find the 50mm 1.4 pretty indispensable, or a 1.8 would do too!!
SS

tdekany Loc: Oregon

Jesus! Somebody actually read the posts!

Resqu2 Loc: SW Va

Pick up a 85mm f/1.8 for around $350 since you mentioned portrait type photography. It’s one of my favorite little lenses.

Also you can hit Flicker.com and do a search with your camera and about any lens combo and see what others are doing with a particular combo.