Lenses?
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- Tinner0
ahh!
Hey thanks for all your help.
I love taking photos but as you can see I am a total n00b when it comes to understanding lenses...
- dan_dan_dan0
Jevad, I'll assume we're talking digital here. I use an EF-S 17-85 mm IS USM. I think it's a bit over priced, but a good walk around lens.
Reviews complain about softness, CA from 17-24 mm. I myself have not found CA to be a problem (post process in PS). It's a good start lens, but like I said, a bit over priced.
It is an image stabilized lens (IS), so even though it's not too fast, the IS helps in low light.
The USM motor is super quite, and AF is fast and accurate.
Now for a good standard prime, I would go with the Sigma 30 mm that was just recently released. It's super-duper.
With the 1.6x crop, this becomes a 48 mm lens on the 20D which makes it a nice standard lens to have.
If I were going to start with a prime, I would go with the Sigma 30 mm, NO DOUBT. It's on my list for purchase.
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- jevad0
hey does anyone know if this is a good all-round lens?
- jonnyquest0
if you hunt on e-bay you cn usually find a good canon 20-35mm 2.8 for under $500 you have to be patient though. that's a pretty good deal considering when they original hit the streets they were about $1500 but that was almost 5 years ago. i usually like my lens to have a 2.8 because you never know when yopu might need the wider aperture. the downside of the 20-35mm is it becomes a 22mm (or thereabouts) on a digital camera hence canonon's 17-35mm 2.8 which i think is a great lens some people felt it was a little soft shooting wide open i never noticed. you can also find some e-bay deals($500-700) on that lens... Ever since canon introduced the 16-35mm...
- monNom0
I hear a lot of good things about a Nikkor 50mm 1.8 for ~$100.
Not sure if an adapter could make it work for you, but maybe worth a look.