if your doing events it depends what kind, in my opinion. but if you can get close to your subjects, why not shoot close at a wider angle (28mm, 35mm, etc.) shooting at 75mm all the time will get you a compressed image. if you want a budget lense, just get canon's standard 28-80 mm lense (it comes on all there rebels for free) if you want more zoom than that, you can get a standard canon 75-300mm lense for about 300 bucks. you might be able to get a fuller ranged canon lense (e.g. 28-200 or 300mm, but im sure thats not a "budget lense" what is your budget for the lense anyway? the difference between standard lenses and professional lenses is that standard lenses have chromatic alterations (ever notice the changes of colors at the edges of your pictures). theres other differences to (e.g. sharpness). actually, NOW I HAVE A QUESTION! ill make it a seperate discussion though. hope this helps a bit. joshua > Ok! > > This will probably quickly turn into a sharpness discussion ... I'm > trying > to evaluate options toward making intelligent next equipment purchases. > I'm > focusing currently on Event photography with lots of candids. That being > said, the light isn't all that great, I'm usually hand-holding, and > usually > have to do some significant cropping to get a final image. So, I need > fast, > sharp equipment. (and since I'm walking around trying to grab shots, I > prefer zooms also). > > So, how do the Canon L series compare? Which ones are the 'best'? Do you > need 3 different lens' or can one of the 'super zooms' do the same (even > if > it's the same price as 3 lens put together). I interested in real life > usage experiences. Other brands? > > > And for another wrinkle: to be able to grab the shots, do the crops, and > print big - what's the real world balancing act between fast/sharp lens > and > camera's with big ISO ratings and large megapixels? i.e. has anyone done > an > enlargement comparison between a 6 megapixel camera with a really good > lens > and a 12 megapixel with a standard lens? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob [mailto:w8imo@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 8:04 PM > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > Subject: Re: Offline Canon Lens discussion > > > West, Jeff K wrote: > >>Anyone who uses Canon and would be willing to share personal >>experiences regarding len comparisons offline via email (so as not to >>bore the group) I would appreciate it. >> >> >> > What kind of photography are you doing? That will help with discussions > of various lenses. > > And as someone else said, this is a photographic forum so why not here? > > Bob > > > -- > > ///// > ( O O ) > --------------------oOOO-----O----OOOo-----73 de w8imo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Curiosity killed the cat although I was a suspect for a while........ > > >
