elf wrote:
Aloha, please pardon my ignorance, will you tell me which lens would give a sharper picture. (1) kit lens EFS 18-55 1.35-5.6 IS 11 or EF 28-80 1.35-5.6? both are wide but the 28-80 I think is better for portraits. What are your thoughts? God bless Ed
Back to your question. If you are on a cropped sensor, the 18-55 will probably be better at a party, since you can get to a wider angle for the indoor shots, if you are on a full frame the 28-80 will be Ok indoors, but given the lenses you put forth, my guess is that you are on a cropped sensor. The 28-80 would be better for the moon since you can zoom a lot further. Neither lens is “great” optically, and wide open use (at 3.5 ) should probably be avoided since neither lens is very good wide open. You might want to stay above 4. Indoors you might want to shoot the 18-55 no shorter than 20mm and the 28-80 no shorter than 30. For the moon pull the 28-80 in a bit (maybe 70ish instead of 80) since the quality reportedly drops off at the long end.