Canon 20D lense choice advice!
 

Hi there



As some of you know, I'm about to buy a 20D for car/girl photos, indoor, cramped space photos ( no / little room for lights ) and outdoor shots.



I'm going to order the stuff tomorrow, and so far here is the lense I have chosen based on the advice of the all wise Aaron M, and the dude on the phone at the camera place:


http://www.adencamera.com/prod-overv...125&Category=7


What do you think? Any other Canon lenses I should look at?


Thanks for all of your advice!

i use a 50mm 1.4 prime on all my shoots. that 24-70L zoom is a great lens

Yeah the salesman told me it would be the only lense I would ever need! Of course, he's trying to sell me a $1600 dollar lense...

Good choice on the camera bro, that lens looks pretty slick too.

I might be moving downtown soon too.



Not looking forward to "steal anything" underground parking. :(

maybe CANON EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM + CANON EF50mm f/1.4 USM and you save $800

Just remember that on your 20D a 24mm focal length will be the same as a 38.4mm lens on a full frame/film camera, due to the smaller sensor.

Are you ordering by mail or can you go in and see it?

You could probably even get away with the 18-55mm EF-S kit lens for starters, and figure out where you need to go from there. Better to spend +$150 on the kit lens than $1600 on your L glass and realise the zoom range isn't sufficient...?

Uhhh, uhhhh.... Beavis, uhhh



I don't get it



Although, will I really need much zoom since the camera has a crazy ass 8 MP resolution?

if you're gonna have cramped space, i'd go with a wider angle lense.. maybe 18mm? and closer ratio to 1 (1:1) the better... but they get expensive :thumbsup

The low end Canon sensors have what is called a 1.6 times crop factor, which means that you have to multiply the focal length that is printed on the lens by 1.6. If you put the lens on a normal film body and then onto your 20D it's like you've zoomed in 1.6 times.

So it's not the telephoto (zoom) end of the range you have to worry about - you may find yourself in a situation where you can't "pull back" any further...

I found even 18mm wasn't wide enough on my 1.6X crop camera, so I went for a 12-24mm lens. That's a fairly extreme change though, if you're doing portraits you probably don't want to go that wide. :thumbsup

Awesome bro, underground parking is a nightmare down here. I just leave the top off my car when I park it, I don't need anymore broken windows.

did the 12mm give you a fish eye effect?

Great lens. any L series lens is going to rock.
If you want to shoot GonzoVision style content, get yourself a fisheye.

For wideangle, you can't go past the 16-35 f3.5 L

No, it's a rectilinear lens and there's very little barrel distortion, so if you're pointing at a vertical or horizontal line it stays straight. There is another kind of issue though - perspective distortion. If you point your lens too far off the vertical horizon then the edges start leaning inwards:

http://www.drebtips.com/digital-rebe...distortion.jpg

It's not necessarily bad, sometimes I think those crazy diagonals add to the image:

http://media.sensationcontent.com/rowan/sm_CRW_5654.jpg

One problem with ultra wide lenses is that subjects off-centre tend to get stretched towards the edges, which might make some content girls upset. :winkwink: "Does this lens make me look fat?"

yeah, i'd say 12mm is overboard for content.

sigma 24-70 2.8 its a great lens and about $500

Has nothing on the Canon L series though..

actually if you go the photography boards they say its very close and when you consider the price is less than half its a great deal.

we use the canon ef 24-70 lens - it makes great pics but a bit more zoom would be cool. looking for some addition right now

Yeah, it depends on what purpose you're using it for.
Most lenses, you wont notice on your 6x8 prints.

If you're a picky bastard, or blow up your photos, then you'll see the L series glass doing you justice :)

well, if you want a larger lens, and youa are not very keen of the ideea of spending 1.6k on a Canon L, I advise you to look at the following:

Sigma 18-125 EXDG - my fave price/performance related
Canon 18-55 kit lens - el cheapo
Tokina 12-24/4 - around 500$ new
Sigma 12-24
Canon 10-22

So everyone agrees the L-series will kick ass for doing single-girl-site style shoots? :)



I am going to buy it in 30 minutes. :)

Please tell me that you are talking about 1600 cad because if not, you are paying too much.

$1600 cnd!


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That's a good point. Do you need top quality glass when all of your images will end up at 1024 pixels max on the longest side in a members area?

cool shit... thanx :thumbsup

Canon 24-70 2.8 "L"

get canon 17-40/f4 L, Canon 50/1.8 and possibly the 24-70/L if you want to have zoom for the higher range. Also, many people (michael reichman too - www.luminous-landscapes.com) like the canon 17-85 lens. not a L grade lens but when you ask a question like this I assume you are not a pro and will be satisfied with this one as well.

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I don't even know how to use a lense



You'll be seeing me begging someone on the boards to teach me how to download the pics from the camera to my laptop :winkwink:

I did not mean to offend you nor make fun of you. I'm not a pro myself and many times I asked for help on the internet.

I gave you my opinion - for crowded space the 17mm at the widest end is a wise choice...