Help with lens choice
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Don Edwards
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My wife and I will be making our annual trip to Yellowstone around the end of May. I'm in the market for a wide angle for landscape shots. I have a Cannon Digital Rebel Xt with the kit lens, a 75-300 tele and a 100 macro. The lens will need to be compatable with my wifes Cannon Rebel EOS 2000. Any suggestions from the experts here will be most welcome as I'm completely clueless in what to look for.
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Don
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Re: Help with lens choice
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02/06/11 05:05 AM
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Tyler
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Before I buy any lens, I ask myself two questions.
1) What kind of shots am I wanting to use it for? 2) How much am I willing fork over for it?
It sounds like you have #1 answered for the most part, but maybe expand on it a bit. How wide of a wide angle are you looking for, how much on the other end do you want (50mm?, 70mm?) or do you want it to be fixed?. And how fast do you need the lens to be?
For #2, do you want best bang for your buck? Are you looking to upgrade to pro level lenses? There really are decent lenses in every type of price range, but not knowing what your min-max is, the lens suggestions can be quite numerous.
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Re: Help with lens choice
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Don Edwards
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Tyler and James
Thanks for the replies, I'm looking to spend between $300 to $500 on the lens. Not quite the pro level ....yet. I'm leaning toward an ultra wide with a fast,preferably fixed,apeture. Being an amateur I'd like to get as much bang for my buck that I can.
Thanks
Don
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Re: Help with lens choice
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02/07/11 03:49 PM
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Jim Garvie
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You might want to consider the Canon 17-40 F4L. It's wide; built like a battleship and sharp. Not quite as sharp as my EFS17-55 F2.8 but also not $900. And the color quality from the 17-40 is extraordinary. I didn't appreciate that quality when I had it but now that I've used other lenses and look back at the shots taken with the 17-40, I appreciate that there are things other than pure resolution when it comes to lens performance. You can get that lens at a very good price, used, from KEH www.keh.com.Jim
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Re: Help with lens choice
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Roman The kit lens is a 18-55. Thanks for the replies everyone, this gives me some options to look at.
Don
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