 Jeremy Jones |
Suggested Lens
Thanks, Attached are some photos I shot with the new lens (keep in mind I'm a newb).
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Christopher A. Vedros |
"(keep in mind I'm a newb)" Make no excuses, Jeremy - you're off to a great start. I really like the composition of "Spring has Sprung". Framing the dog over to the right gives him "room to run". The 85mm f/1.8 is a great lens, it does a very nice job on portraits. The drawback, as you've found, is that the 1.6x lens factor makes it a bit too long for some situations. While I feel the 50mm f/1.4 makes a great companion to the 85mm lens (I have both of them), I think having ONLY these two lenses would really limit your possibilities. I think you would be better served with a good zoom lens. Something like the 18-200mm from Sigma or Tamron would be a good all-purpose lens. After you've had the camera for a while, you may find yourself migrating toward a particular type of photography. Then you would have a better idea of what lens you could add next, like a wider prime, or a dedicated macro lens, etc. BTW, if you ever decide to get a 50mm prime, I would recommend the f/1.4 over the f/1.8. The f/1.4 is very similar in construction and quality to your current 85mm. In comparison, the 50mm f/1.8 is built like a cheap plastic toy. Many photographers swear by its great image quality, but I think much of the praise is due to surprise that good images can be made with such a cheap lens. Just my opinion. Have fun! Chris
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Jeremy Jones |
I meant to respond to this but got caught up in my other (double posted) thread that got a couple more responses :) I'm still *this close* to getting the 50mm f/1.4 for indoor portraits and saving the 85mm for outdoor (and tighter, indoor) shots. I think I can accomplish what I need to with both of these in my bag for now and have my eyes on that 70-200mm f/4L... Since I plan to shoot indoors a bit, still, I can't imagine a zoom lense with anything higher than f/2.8 (freaking expensive and not an option) would do me any good. Also, I still have the kit zoom if I need it :) So my wishlish sorta looks like this... 50mm f/1.4 Thanks for your helpful response!
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Peter K. Burian |
I own the 70-200mm f/4L and it's a superb lens, with the Canon 1.4x teleconverter or without that accessory. But that's quite a long telephoto on a digital camera (110-320mm equivalent.) If that is what you need, this lens would be a fine choice. Peter Burian
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