Nick Milton |
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canon lenses??
Can anyone please advise me of my next best choise of an good lense,I have a canon eos 300 D,With the standard 28-55,and also a 90-300 usm lense.I would like something in between these 2,I do sports stuff mainly,but need another lense forcomplete coverage,money is tight,so thats why im turning to you guys for best choice.ta.
nick.
February 23, 2004
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Jon Close |
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I assume you mean you have the standard EF 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 that is sold with the 300D. I would recommend the Canon EF 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 USM (I or II). It is faster than most of its competitors (f/4.5 instead of f/5.6), is fairly sharp and has good build quality with non-rotating front element, metal mount, fast/quiet ring-USM with full-time-manual focus, and a focus distance scale. It also shares the same sized filters (58mm) as your other lenses. Note that this is a different and BETTER lens than the cheaper Canon EF 28-105 f/4-5.6 USM. If you shop used you might find the discontinued but very nice EF 35-135 f/4-5.6 USM which has the same nice features as the 28-105, including 58mm filter size.
February 23, 2004
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Jon Close |
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Upon further review, I'm not convinced that you really need a lens covering the 55mm-90mm range for "complete coverage," especially if "money is tight." For example, if you want to frame your scene as you would with a 70mm focal length, you can simply use the wide zoom at 55mm and take a step or two closer, or the telezoom at 90mm and take a step or two back. You'd probably get more use out of a powerful accessory flash, or a tripod.
February 23, 2004
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Nick Milton |
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thanks jon, yes I did mean the 18-55. I already have a tripod and a exspeedlight 240 flash unit.I understand what you mean by steps forward and backward,so you think im well covered here already??
nick
February 23, 2004
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