BlazingCessna From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 113 posts, RR: 0 Posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2202 times:
I am just lost looking at all these damn lenses! Someone please help!!! I need a lens for general indoor, general outdoor, and of course spotting. Running a Rebel XT right now, but saving for a 1Ds Mk II. On that note, am I going into overkill with that 1Ds?
Woody001 From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 529 posts, RR: 25 Reply 1, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2200 times:
As has been said a lot of times before;
Go for the most expensive lens you can afford too at the moment. You will still be shooting through an 'L' series lens long after your XT or 1Ds have died.
I personally wouldn't save for the 1Ds, I'd go for optics all the time. I know several photographers who are still shooting with D60's and 10D's. Only if you need the very best fps performance or quality should you make use of the features from the 1Ds.
IL76 From Netherlands, joined Jan 2004, 2235 posts, RR: 51 Reply 2, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2184 times:
If you are seriously saving up for a 1Ds II, buy the best/most expensive lenses you can find. Otherwise the 1Ds II is like a Ferrari on wooden carriage wheels. The 1Ds II will show all deficiencies of most lenses, so you'd better screw on a good one then.
A iDs II is overkill for most purposes though, in my opinion..
SmAlbany From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 285 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2169 times:
Well, there are certainly a lot of options - I don't know that there is any one perfect setup.
I have a 300D and have gone with a fairly popular lens lineup based on bang for the buck.
50 1.8 - for indoor portraits with no flash
17-40 - for close aircraft and general indoor use (in combo with an external flash)
70-200 f/4 - mostly for spotting but also really good for other outdoor shots
1.4TC - in case 200 isn't quite enough reach
I think that gives you the ability to get good shots in a wide variety of conditions.
I'm sure that there are other set ups that would work as well, but this is what I went with. My weakness is the 17-40 F/4 for indoors. I would really like a fast lens but can't justify the cost.
Good luck!
Dan
by the way, these lenses will all work on a full frame camera - if you should ever decide to go that route
Wietse From Netherlands, joined Oct 2001, 3809 posts, RR: 57 Reply 4, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 2164 times:
Going with the general consensus here that quality should be paramount:
For indoor general use: Canon EF 24-70 2.8L
Outdoor general use: Same, but depending on camera (Crop Factor) you might want to pick up a Canon EF 17-40 4L
Aviation Photography: Depending on your airport, either a 70-200 2.8 IS or a 100-400 L IS
Then one has 16-200mm f/2.8L USM, and Extender which makes the 70-200 98-280mm f/4L USM.
So I'd think it like this: Canon 16-280mm f/2.8-4L USM... nice...?
Of course, it's very expensive, but 1Ds is not a common camera for aviation, though, Suresh A. Atapattu has got two of them, even Mark IIs. And when you have full-frame bodies, you have to have extremely good glass, as everything that's wrong with the lenses can be seen on the full frame bodies, but the crop bodies "crop" out the corners of the lenses, so they can't be seen on the photos. the 1D Mark II N has a 1.3 crop sensor.
BlazingCessna From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 113 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 2005 times:
So I could just keep on shooting with the XT, and get the better lenses and have my cake and eat it too!!
Thanks very much for the information, I really do appreciate it. I hope to have a few pic on the database by years end!
Diezel From Netherlands, joined Oct 2002, 646 posts, RR: 13 Reply 9, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 1953 times:
I agree with the "buy lenses" reactions. But if aviation, sport or action is what you shoot all the time, it is not bad to consider a camera which can shoot at least 6 RAW images in a row at the highest speed (within a few seconds). This will increase your chance of getting a real good image when shooting action.
Dehowie From Australia, joined Feb 2004, 1044 posts, RR: 38 Reply 10, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1899 times:
As a good lens suite here we go.
16-35/2.8
24-70/2.8
70-200IS
100-400L or a 300F4 depending on how much quality you are after.
If you are serious about action style shots ditch the 1Ds for a 1DMk2N and put the extra cash towards glass.
Darren
Aero145 From Iceland, joined Jan 2005, 3070 posts, RR: 23 Reply 11, posted (6 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1864 times:
Quoting Dehowie (Reply 10):
16-35/2.8
24-70/2.8
70-200IS
100-400L or a 300F4 depending on how much quality you are after.
If you are serious about action style shots ditch the 1Ds for a 1DMk2N and put the extra cash towards glass.
Nice you're thinking the same as me!
Quoting Aero145 (Reply 5): I'd invest in a cheaper camera, Canon EOS-1D Mark II N, and then invest in these lenses:
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