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Advice on Buying Lens for My Camera I am looking to buy a Canon Rebel G film SLR. I am hoping to buy on ebay. Question is: Should I stick with the Canon lenses? Am I OK with the "generic" lens? I do take a lot of pictures. Any help would be great!!
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Alex Cabrall |
I'd recommend buying a new EF 50mm f/1.8 off someplace like bhphoto.com or calumetphoto.com. This lens only runs for $75, and it is a wonderful performer on any Canon body. I've seen it used on the most recent film and digital SLRs and achieve wonderful results all the time. You'll even be able to use 100 or 200 speed film without worry. Don't worry too much about the lack of a zoom. You'll learn to zoom with your feet, and it will teach you to see creatively. The 50mm is also much, much sharper than any low-end zoom lens. If a zoom is crucial to your work, I'd recommend spending about $230 and getting the EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM lens, I have it myself, and it is incredible.
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Kathy |
The Tamron Macro/Telephoto is a great lens. It's about $160. I've used it on my Rebel G and my husband used it as his only lens for a year after I got him a digital Rebel. This year for Christmas I bought him his OWN Tamron so I could have mine back!
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David Desso |
in my short SLR experience I have discovered that you get what you pay for in the area of lenses. canon's L series of lenses have always been too rich for my blood, but the regular canon stuff works very well. sigma EX lenses are my favorite for cost/quality. do not buy any sigma lenses that are not EX or any wolf camera brand if you are serious about you work.
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Daniel G. Flocke |
I agree with Alex, get the 50mm f/1.8, but also consider the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di. This is a very sharp lens and is compatible with film as well as digital cameras. I personally own it, and have been very pleased with my results. If you need something longer consider either Canon's 70-200 f/4 or Sigma's 70-200 f/2.8. The sigma is aprox. $799, but it's also 1/2 what you would pay for the Canon 70-200 f/2.8 IS. This is also true for the Canon 70-200 f/4. If your in the Cleveland, OH area consider Dodd Camera & Video. I personally prefer to pay a little more for that human contact so I can ask questions of the sales person and be able to get answers that are not trite or not answered at all because I was on hold 15-30 minutes. Good luck with your choices,
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doug Nelson |
"Sleepers" among Canon prime lenses include the 28 f2.8, 35 f2, 50 f 1.8, 50 f2.5 macro, 85 f1.8, 100 f2 or 100 f2.8 macro. Prime lenses give you better optical performance, including less distortion at the frame edge. Confine your zooms to the telephoto end of things, like the 70-200 or so. I agree with Alex on the 50 as your first lens.
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Norbert Maile |
Remember,,,,it is the glass that makes the difference. Canon would be my first choice. The most that you can afford to spend on a fixed focal lenght lens. It will make all the difference. 85mm for portraits, 135 for other. f1.2 or 1.8. Norbert
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