Comments on: Canon Lens Recommendations http://www.symphonious.net/2009/06/10/canon-lens-recommendations/ Living in a state of accord. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:41:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adrian Sutton http://www.symphonious.net/2009/06/10/canon-lens-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-174110 Adrian Sutton Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:04:42 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/?p=1188#comment-174110 So it seems I want both the 28-135 and a nifty fifty. Not sure I can swing that as one birthday present but we'll see.... So it seems I want both the 28-135 and a nifty fifty. Not sure I can swing that as one birthday present but we’ll see….

]]> By: Julius Davies http://www.symphonious.net/2009/06/10/canon-lens-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-174109 Julius Davies Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:25:29 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/?p=1188#comment-174109 I love the prime! http://juliusdavies.ca/photos/D40/2009-05-30-at-mabels/masutani/DSC_1987.JPG That's a 35mm F/1.8 Nikon. I could never get the nice blurry background until I bought this. I think Canon has a 50mm F/1.8 with autofocus for around $100 USD brand new. There are several groups on Flickr devoted to the Canon lens, for example: http://www.flickr.com/groups/873614@N24/ I love the prime!

http://juliusdavies.ca/photos/D40/2009-05-30-at-mabels/masutani/DSC_1987.JPG

That’s a 35mm F/1.8 Nikon. I could never get the nice blurry background until I bought this. I think Canon has a 50mm F/1.8 with autofocus for around $100 USD brand new. There are several groups on Flickr devoted to the Canon lens, for example:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/873614@N24/

]]> By: Kristin http://www.symphonious.net/2009/06/10/canon-lens-recommendations/comment-page-1/#comment-174108 Kristin Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:32:15 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/?p=1188#comment-174108 AJ, I've got a Pentax dSLR, so I can't recommend any specific Canon lenses in that regard, but I just wanted to agree that "something in the middle" is best for a camera you want to travel with or generally just be all-purpose. I had an 18-55 to start with but it seemed too limiting, so I went for the Pentax 18-250. It's fantastic--I don't have to change lenses most of the time (I only switch it with my nifty 50, which is much faster and useful for indoor shots/portraiture/etc), so I don't have to worry about getting dust on the sensor from lens changes or missing a shot because I don't have the right zoom. The shots seem to have the same image quality as the 18-55 as well, except for at the very end of the zoom range. As for Canon lenses in particular, I'm pretty happy with the 28-105 on my Canon 300D film SLR. It gives you a good amount of zoom without sacrificing image quality, but I can't comment too much on it because I use it exclusively with film, so I take significantly less photos! AJ,

I’ve got a Pentax dSLR, so I can’t recommend any specific Canon lenses in that regard, but I just wanted to agree that “something in the middle” is best for a camera you want to travel with or generally just be all-purpose. I had an 18-55 to start with but it seemed too limiting, so I went for the Pentax 18-250. It’s fantastic–I don’t have to change lenses most of the time (I only switch it with my nifty 50, which is much faster and useful for indoor shots/portraiture/etc), so I don’t have to worry about getting dust on the sensor from lens changes or missing a shot because I don’t have the right zoom. The shots seem to have the same image quality as the 18-55 as well, except for at the very end of the zoom range.

As for Canon lenses in particular, I’m pretty happy with the 28-105 on my Canon 300D film SLR. It gives you a good amount of zoom without sacrificing image quality, but I can’t comment too much on it because I use it exclusively with film, so I take significantly less photos!

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