Hi David -
Congrats! I'm somewhat in the same boat, having just bought a 30D
(w/grip). I also love the digital workflow, and a lot of other
things about the DSLR "experience." Certainly can't and wouldn't
presume to advise anyone about lens choices, and as Bill points out
with the FF sensor it will be a little different, but just in case
it's interesting and to give anyone a chance to give me feedback I'll
briefly share my thoughts about my own lens system overhaul, which I
hope to achieve over a year.
Up to now I've been doing my most glass-intensive work (birds and
other wildlife) with the much more affordable FD system. Great glass
for 1/4 the cost, but no AF. I've owned an Elan 7 since they came
out, so I do have some EF glass for that, namely an EF 50/1.8 Mk.I,
an EF 28-135 IS, and a Tamron SP 90//2.8 macro. These translate to
80/1.8, 44-216/3.5-5.6, and 144/2.8 with the 30D FOV. Besides
wildlife I shoot people - live concerts, portraits (and am getting
into the school photo business); macros and landscapes.
So my EF lens wish list, taking into consideration I haven't got
$15,000 to spend on lenses, and that I want as much of it as possible
also to be usable on my Elan w/film(still love that stuff) so more EF
than EF-S, and more primes than zooms, goes something like:
Wildlife: for now the 300/4L IS and a 1.4xTC.
Concert and school work: an 85/1.8 and a 135/2 should cover most low
light, high ISO situations, combined with my 50/1.8. And I do love primes.
for macro I think I'm covered with the Tamron, which is very nice
(although the new EF-S 60/2.8 is interesting)
for landscapes I'm a bit torn - either the EF-S 10-22, or the EF
16-35/2.8L. In 35mm the 24mm look is one of my favorites. Browsing
photos taken with the 10-22 at photosig.com, it's an impressive lens,
for roughly half the cost of the 16-35. I think I could live with it.
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There may eventually be room in there for a 70-200/2.8 IS and if I
strike it rich a real bird lens.
I have to add, regarding the 1.6 crop factor, that even though I know
it's not true magnification, psychologically the FOV makes it feel
just as though it was. I just shot a school concert with the 50/1.8
on a tripod and it really did feel like shooting with an 80mm
portrait lens. The lens' speed was a life saver, as most shots were
down around 1/15-30 @ f/2.2 or so, at ISO 400. Some of the performers
were dressed in dark clothes, so switching to ISO 800 kept my setting
pretty even and the stage look pretty consistent.
Anyway, good for me to spell it out for myself, and hope it's of some
interest to others.
Ken
At 09:32 AM 4/10/2006, you wrote:
I just wanted to share the happy news. I just placed an order for my
first DSLR, an EOS 5D with grip. I've been shooting some with a friends
20D and I have to say I love the digital workflow. Unfortunately, I
still haven't settled my lens kit overhaul questions. That'll get done
in the next few weeks (I hope).
David
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