Here's a list of "good value for money" EF lenses posted to this list a good long while back. The original poster commented on each lens, I deleted the comments, and made the remaining information into a table.
lens used new EF 15 2.8 Fisheye $370-$420 EF 20 2.8USM $275-$350 $400-$450 EF 24 2.8 $170-$225 $270-$280? EF 28 2.8 $100-$150 $160-$170 EF 35 2.0 $100-$175 $215-$230 EF 50 1.8 metal $ 65-$100 EF 50 1.8 II $ 35-$ 65 $ 65-$ 75 EF 50 1.4USM $240-$275 $290-$310 EF 50 2.5 Macro $165-$200 $240-$260 EF 85 1.8USM $275-$300 $320-$340 EF 100 2USM $275-$335 $370-$390 The prices might be a bit out of date (typically prices go down, but the wideangle sector managed to defy this trend due to APS size bodies), but the essencial part of the information should still hold true. Good quality" longer lenses become expensive rather quickly as focal length increases. > Personally, I'd say that you should spend your money on a 50mm f/1.8. > All $75 of it. But a filter, and the hood as well. You don't need a > zoom, just stand closer. After you get bored of 50mm, pick up either a > 20mm f/2.8 or a 100mm macro f/2.8. Pick up both! That way you have > a wide, a short zoom, and a longer zoom that is also macro. Buy them > used if price is an issue. Just to be a nit-picker, it should say "short tele" and "longer tele", neither lens is a zoom. Lars -- .~. Lars Michael /V\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /(_)\ http://www.larsmichael.com/ ^^ ^^ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
