 Laura Brown |
Canon EOS D5 EF lens choice I need assistance in selecting lens. The first one I'm looking at is for shooting small products in a studio for on-line catalogs: Canon EF 50mm F/1.4 USM Lens Q: Is this a good lens for this purpose? The second lens I want is something I can use for normal dawn to dusk light outdoors, indoors w/ flash, for general stock photography. I'd like to have a decent range, but want to keep the quality and flexibility. I'm looking at choosing from the following lens: 2) TAMRON 11-18mm F/4.5-5.6 Di II LD SP AF Aspherical (IF) For EOS-Digital 5)CANON EF 75-300mm F/4-5.6 USM III Lens Which one would you suggest and why? Thank you for your help.
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Jon Close |
EF 50 f/1.4 USM - very good general purpose lens. Sharp, and wide maximum aperture for use in low light or for shallow depth of field. It only focuses to 1.5 ft, though. For product photography it would be good for anything larger than about 5"x8", but will not focus close enough to fill the frame with smaller objects. For smaller products a Macro lens (as discussed in an earlier thread) would be better. EF 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS USM is a terrific all-purpose zoom. Moderate wide angle to moderate tele and Image Stabilization. Tamron 11-18 f/4.5-5.6 Di II: Tamron's Di II lenses (like Canon's EF-S, Sigma's DC, and Tokina's DX line) are intended for the smaller-sized sensors of the Digital Rebels and 20D/30D. On a 5D it will vignette badly and the image will not cover the entire sensor. A better choice for ultra wide angle zoom would be something like the EF 17-40 f/4L USM or similar, like the 17-35 f/2.8-4 from Sigma and Tamron. Tamron 28-300 f/3.5-6.3 is a jack of all trades, master of none. Good for traveling light with just one lens covering wide angle to long tele, but there are compromises made to get 10x zoom convenience. Re the 70-300 zooms. The EF 75-300 f/4-5.6 is not as sharp, nor as close focusing as the 70-300 f/4-5.6 from Tamron and Sigma (APO). Because the Tamron and Sigma 70-300s focus to ~37.5" for 1/2 life-size magnification at their 300mm setting, they might be a resonable choice for small product photography (will fill frame with object as small as 1.9"x2.8"). The EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 IS USM is quite sharp and has the added benefit of IS. It will focus to 1.5m for 1/4 life-size mag. (fill frame with ~3.75"x5.7" object).
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Tareq M. Alhamrani |
Zooms: EF 16-35 EF 17-40 EF 24-70 EF 24-105 EF 70-200 [any version but better if IS EF 100-400 Primes: EF 85 1.8 or 85 1.2L EF 100 f2.8 macro or 100 f2 EF 35L EF 135L [great lens] EF 300 f2.8 or 400 f2.8 or 500 f4 or 600 f4 EF 300 f4 or 400 f5.6 those are the best you should look at as priority, then the rest are coming next.
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Oliver Anderson |
I think you need to look at the Canon 100mm 2.8Macro lens for the catalog stuff. The 50mm 1.4 is awesome for portrait work. You must have the 24-70 2.8 with the 5D then a 17-40L and the 70-200. Of course a great tripod and ballhead will also aid you.
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