 Dawn Cagle |
All purpose lens for rebel xt Could someone please point me towards a quality "walking around" lens that can be bought for <300? I'm leaning towards either the Tamron 55-200mm f/4-5.6 Di-II LD Macro or the Sigma 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 DG Compact Aspherical Macro, but I'm open to suggestions.
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chrisbudny.com - Chris Budny Contact Chris Budny Chris Budny's Gallery |
Forgive me if I'm off base here, or if you're already aware, but don't forget about the sensor in the Rebel (ie, that 1.6x factor); a 28mm lens will not yield the same wide angle results on that camera, as it would on a 35mm film, or full-sensor digital camera.
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Jon Close |
Good advice by Nathaniel, but of the recommended lenses, only the 18-125 offers wide angle flexibility. As Christopher noted, zooms starting at 24mm or 28mm are too long for a "walking around" lens on an APS-C sized sensor like the Rebel XT. A zoom of ~18mm-50mm on the XT corresponds to the traditional walking around range of 28-80 on a 35mm film camera. For under $300 the choices are few. Canon's kit lens, EF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 USM. Very cheap build (it's only $140) but pretty decent optics, and a better choice than the even cheaper Sigma 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 DC. or Sigma 18-125 f/3.5-5.6 DC ~$275 After that, better lenses (better build, faster maximum apertures, sharper optics, image stabilization, longer zoom range, ...) exceed your $300 limit.
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