David wrote:
I'm going to be making a 'big' purchase of equipment for by 300D and Elan 7 in the near future. Before I spend the money I wanted some opinion on the lenses I'm considering - I'm not looking for reviews, more along the lines of 'I find this one useful, use it a lot' or 'stays in the cupboard'. I shoot mainly nature stuff - my webpage at www.ursa.ca/photos will give you an idea of the stuff I do. Currently I use an EF-S 18-55, Tamron 70-210f2.8 and Sigma 28-105 most often. What I'm thinking of getting is: 50mmf1.8 - cheap, optically good, large aperture, 105mm macro (likely sigma's, which rates quite high vs. Canon's macro), I'll put the difference in price towards a tripod. Canon 200mmf2.8L or the 70-200f4L lens. If find my 70-210f2.8 to be very heavy and I don't use it too often. and a Kenko Pro 1.4xTC and maybe a set of extension tubes Down the road I'd like to get a 300mmf4 and a fast wide angle prime - maybe a 20f1.8 - for street photography. Does my logic work? am I missing anything? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------- David, You are duplicating lenses/focal lengths with the exception of the 105 macro. Since you are primarily nature, there is not as much need for shooting wide open. Typically you would use F8 to F16. You already have a good complement of zooms, so my opinion would be get the macro and possible the 50mm as it is cheap and maybe the 35mm F2 which is an excellent bargain. Beyond that, a solid tripod. Then save your money for some travel to get the photos you want. Another EOS member noted the Tamron 90mm macro. This is Tamron's best macro and if you compared the Pop Photo tests on it with the Sigma you will find that they are very much equal with the Canon 100mm trailing either one. Main difference is working distance. The gives you a tad more distance from your subject and uses 58mm filters. The Tamron uses 55mm filter size. Peter K * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
