Best walk around for 7D
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- HijoDMaite
I am having the hardest time deciding which zoom lens to get for my 7d. I leave to Turkey and the Middle East for 4 months in two weeks and I only have a 50mm 1.4
Here are my thoughts:
Get the Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 since is seems to be the most popular lens for the 7D.
Get the Tokina 11-16mm 2.8 (great reviews) and have a really nice wide angle for the city and landscapes, churches, ruins and stuff.
Get the 17-40mm f/4L and have a the perfect walk around range but at an f 4 where I will be limited to day time shooting.
help!
- lvl_130
would have gotten a better response in the first world problem thread.
- JamesBoynton0
I'm no photographer but I have played with the 17-40 f4L and it felt great... But like you say, not great for indoor/dark.
If budget isn't an issue how about the 24-70 2.8L?
Hmmm
- too big.pango
- correction... boarder line size if you don't put on the hood... he did mention he wants a walk around lens.pango
- not wide enough on cropped sensor and to slow for meHijoDMaite
- 2.8 slow? stick with prime thenpango
- sorry i meant f4HijoDMaite
- lvl_130
to not be a troll, i would say you need to widen your lens range. get something much more broad, and even consider a zoom.
if you can afford it, get a canon l series with a wide range and a small f...if you don't want to cough up the enormous cash for the l, grab something in the 28-200 field of an off-brand. you can get plenty of great lenses in that range for far cheaper than an l series canon.
- Peter0
Try them all out in the store?
That said get the 17-40, or 17-55 if you can afford it.
- i've tried them all yes, 17-55 is suppose to have dust issues..HijoDMaite
- HijoDMaite0
i am hesitant to start with 24mm since my cropped sensor (1.6) really makes it a 40mm. Then I have nothing wide for landscapes. Maybe I need to buy a prime wide I don't know.
- inteliboy0
I'd get a nice 35mm and be done with it. 50mm + 35mm and you're set 90% of the time for travel/street photog. Unless you want to take pictures of wildlife.
- yeah the 35mm 1.4 is really niceHijoDMaite
- you like all primes?HijoDMaite
- Yeah, I really don't like zooms. You get far more considered work with primes as well.inteliboy
- i like the sound of thatHijoDMaite
- the canon 28mm f1.8 is great on a crop sensorj_lawson
- jaylarson0
get that tokina hijo!
- HijoDMaite0
jay im glad you think so have you heard things about it?
I figure if I get it then i am fully covered in the wide range and then I can start at the 16-35mm 2.8
- i know a person that has it and it's great. my widest is 24mm and i wish i had something a little bit wider!jaylarson
- mg330
For my Nikon I use a 17-50mm f1.8 Tamron about 90% of the time and love it. I do have a 70 -200 and a 50mm f1.8 as well.
- Ambushstudio0
Canon 24-70 L
- 2.8 BTWAmbushstudio
- i will need and want something wider. i have cropped sensorHijoDMaite
- craigatkinson0
Just to throw a suggestion in. I just got the RX100 Sony. I hate Sony cameras but it's excellent, as a walk round. Image quality is great. Saves lugging a 7D too, and cheaper than a decent lens.
- vaxorcist0
I agree with @craigatkinson... the RX100 got great reviews by actual photographers.... bring that and the 7D with 50mm and you've got the best of both worlds..... and it's great to travel with something in the pocket rather than that DSLR albatross around your neck all the time...
- vaxorcist0
http://the.me/zurich-street-para…
great review... so you don't look like this guy, who's in the photos shot by this thing in Zurich....
- tymeframe0
I dig my Tamron 17-50mm 2.8
- this was a good lens.. i had mine for about 3 years before i replaced it with 24-70Lautoflavour
- rodzilla0
- try a couple for your trip then purchase...rodzilla
- ill be gone for 4monthsHijoDMaite
- oh i suck at reading comprehension..rodzilla
- i guess i can ship it back to them right?HijoDMaite
- yep, I just rented about 4 lenses for a 2 week time period.rodzilla
- HijoDMaite0
this is beautiful
- autoflavour0
depends on what you are shooting..
i ahve the 24-70 L and its awesome.. heavy but awesome..
then a few months back i got the 16-35 L and its kind of stolen the spotlight from the 24-70 for me.. both as its lighter, but also wider.. which is nice..they both make awesome pictures..
I use them on a 7d..
I did try them out on my friends 5D a few weeks back and the 24-70 all of a sudden became much more range friendly..
and the 16-35 was even more awesome.. but would probably slide back into second place for day to day favorite..
- autoflavour0
my brother in law just got the 17-40.. and he loves it.. but yep, its f4.. so.. not that great unless well lit..
- I had the 17-40, it's a bit limites for a walkabout.seeessess
- * limited *seeessess
- yeah, as is the 16-35.. it depends on what you are shooting i guess.. i love wide.. so.. i am not fussedautoflavour
