 Peggy Wolff |
Which lens? I am not sure if this is more of a question or just venting but here goes...How do you know if an expensive lens is going to be worth the money? I have been to my favorite camera store and then tried 2 others and asked them if they have any examples of the different lenses and they do not. A professional lens can cost between $2000-15,000 and yet they don't even give you examples of photos they take? Would you drive a car with out test driving it? My 70-210 lens broke for my canon camera broke and it would be very costly to get it fixed. I need a good new telephoto lens for portraits. I am hopeing to go digital with in the next 6 months but will also stick with the canon. Any suggestions? How much difference do you think there really is between a $700 lens and a $2000 lens?
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Buddy Purugganan |
Okay, Margaret...buying zoom lens for your Canon camera doesn't have to be expensive! If you have time go to a magazine shop and look for a copy of SHUTTERBUG magazine. You can find TONS of used, second hand manual or autofocus equipment ( most of them are rated for your convenience from mint condition to the most repulsive! )Or look at the website of Cameta Cameras (www.cameta.com )---they have a lot of great lens for your camera. Going digital? Try Canon's EOS 10D. It is a fantastic SLR camera! Hope you find the lens you need...
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Peggy Wolff |
Thanks Buddy, I have checked out a couple of those photography magazines and that is how I will buy my camera. I just desided yesterday to go with the 10D. Before that I kept wondering if I should just wait until I can afford the 1Ds. The 1ds is now down to $5000.00 at some of those stores and my guess is that it will drop another $1,500 in the next year. I sell a 16x20 or larger on almost every sitting that I have so I have to have a camera that will be able to produce large prints. I know the quality of the lens of course goes into play with all of this, and that is where my first question stemmed from. How just want to see how much clearer the higher end lenses are.
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Andy |
This is just my 2 cents. If you have your business, even though it is just a little bit sharper, I will go for the best of the best lenses. If it's for my own enjoyment, I will get a 'good' lens in the middle price range. I have the Canon EF Lenses brochure in front of me and all the pictures, taken with the most expensive L lenses and the most economy ones, all look great to me. I would rather concentrate on finding the sweet spot of my lens, the use of film and photographing technique to create the best image. Again if money is not the issue, I will get all the L lenses ;)
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