[[photo:lenses]]
 
Trace: » wanted » hikes » laptop » mysql » stock » gpart » video » flash » regex » lenses
Table of Contents

< photo

EF / DG

wide

  • Opteka .35x HD² Super Wide Angle Panoramic Macro Fisheye Lens for Canon EOS / EF (fits kit 18-55)
  • Opteka 58mm Close-Up Set (+1, +2, and +4) with 10x Macro Lens for Canon EOS Film & Digital SLR
  • Bower 58mm 0.5x Pro Super Wide Angle Le AF with Macro
  • Amazon Best Sellers
  • Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens
  • Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
    • $700 ($550 used) detail, good popphoto reviews slrgear 8.92 image
    • heavy, famous for saturated color and deep contrast. Its images are simply stunning
    • most cited weaknesses is the f/4 aperture, bump up the ISO
    • most compared to Tamron 17-50mm
    • had more contrast then the Sigma 17-70
    • need to adjust to a high ISO or have good flash in order to take good shots in low light. This isn’t a problem for 20D, 30D, 40D, 5D, and up. Rebel XT / XTi users will need to utilize a noise reduction program.
  • Canon 17-40 f4 vs Tamron 17-34 f2.8
    • similar image quality, $650 vs $300 price difference, f/2.8 is only at 17mm on Tamron - then f/4
    • canon focus is faster, has weather seal, is built better and is more rugged, USM quite zoom
    • tamron has 6 year warranty, canon only 1 year
    • SLRGEAR.com comparision
      • Canon performs well, quality glass
      • Tamron soft edges and tele angle
  • Canon 24-70 f/2.8L USM – best for Portrait? Models? (besides primes 85, 135)
  • Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
  • Tamron Autofocus 17-35mm f/2.8-4 DI LD Super Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon
    • $289 detail bob atkins review
    • websites have given this lens outstanding marks - good value, half of price of the Canon 17-40mm lens
    • much better lens (than the kit lens), with a better warranty
    • A good lens hood (the one supplied with the lens is useless) is needed to remove flare
  • Sigma 17-35mm f/2.8-4 EX DG IF HSM Aspherical Super Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras !!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX DG IF Aspherical Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
    • $270, 450+ detail examples, $400 sigma4less
    • 17 lenses and goes down to 15mm (110 degrees)- no reviews, perhaps only f/3.5 compared to f/2.8?
    • sharp but the AF was slow and loud
    • better center ultrawides review - The Sigma 15-30mm matches or maybe even outresolves the Zeiss 21mm in the frame centre, though it can’t compare to the Zeiss’ edge performance.
  • Canon EF 20-35mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
  • Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX DG IF HSM
    • $600, $640 + free ship detail
    • WIDE 122 degree view, not fisheye - straight lines = straight!
    • great for landscapes, good light, sharp corners?
    • better center ultrawides review - The Sigma 12-24mm is clearly the poor relation of the bunch, though it is very consistent in its centre/corner performance (unlike the Canon) - just uniformly softer across the frame.
  • Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro
    • $433 details, very sharp, 7.8, compares to Canon 24-70L, Aaron Rishel uses

tele

Necessary for some blurring effect and to isolate the subject from a distance. Sometimes a tripod could always be used for the non-IS/OS lenses... however it is a nice feature to have.

  • Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS USM Telephoto
    • $1360 details (1100 on CL)
    • older IS, not good for tripod. sucks in dust when zooming?
  • Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM (f/4L is $600) - weather sealed
    • $1500 (9.47), $1550 details
      • heavier, softer and OLDER IS technology than f/4L below for $1000
    • NON-IS is $1050 details
  • Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM - weather sealed
    • $950 (9.88) details, the IS version, 5 stars ALL photozone (was $1100)
      • Great review test score and comments on slrgear.com, also recommended EF 24-70 f/2.8L ~ $1000 midrange zoom
      • “Only downside is 4f - but when you move to f2.8 it becomes MUCH heavier, bigger, less sharp (I also owned 70-200 f2.8 and chose to keep this over it).”
      • NON-IS is $600 details, very popular, 4 stars, 4.5 star value photozone
    • Still great reviews, for f/4 at 1/2 the price of fixed 2.8 and 1/2 the weight
  • Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
    • $500 (8.46) new amazon, –$350-400– now: $375 CL, $450-500 ebay details, 3 star quality, 5 star value photozone
    • recalled item lens hood $20
    • OLD: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM
      • $125-200 (even older)
    • OLD: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
      • $350ebay to $360/400amazon details
      • first IS lens, slow USM motor - hard time focusing. 70-300 is newer/better
  • CANON EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DO IS USM (short lens)
  • Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
  • Sigma F5/6.3 150-500mm (232-775mm) OS HSM
    • amazon $979
    • quite good reviews in popphoto, an exceptional value - optical stabilization - extenders avail
  • Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG HSM II Macro Zoom
    • $800 details said to be as good as 70-200mm f/2.8L !?!?
  • Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DG APO
    • $200 new, $180 ebay
  • Sigma AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS (DC APS-C)
    • $340,430,450,480
  • Sigma 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DG IF Macro Aspherical
  • Sigma 120-400mm f/4.5-5.6 APO DG OS HSM (DG 35mm)
  • Sigma APO 150-500mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM (DG 35mm)
  • Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
    • $400 (have)

Prime

  • 50s - poor image quality?
  • Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L -
  • Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM - great for portraits, one of the sharpest ever
  • 58mm UV filter
  • Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
    • $1120 detail
    • the fastest ultra-wide-angle lens in the world
    • great lens if you need to shoot wide angle in very low light siuations, great pictures in the evening or at night
  • Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
  • Sigma 24mm f/1.8 EX DG Aspherical Macro Large Aperture Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
    • $300 detail
    • only 1 review, good bokeh, macro
  • Sigma 8mm f/3.5
    • $620-651, details
    • 35mm or digital, delivers 180 degree view on 35mm
  • Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM

EF-S / DC

ef-s wide

  • Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM
  • Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
  • Tokina 11mm - 16mm F/2.8 ATX Pro DX
  • Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
  • Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
    • $170 (was $187, used $115+) details
    • BOUGHT and happy, great new default lens for Xsi, etc
  • Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
    • $200 new ($97 used) details
    • BOUGHT this item? or version I?
    • never shipped with it’s own box, comes with the Rebel XTi
    • a knock-around low-end lens, frankly was amazed at the sharpness and clarity and comparable quality of image I’m getting as compared to my more expensive EF lenses.
    • focal ring is on the outer edge of the lens, polarizing filter, where the orientation of the filter is critical, you’ll find that the act of focusing will spin the filter along with the focal ring
    • easily my lightest weight lens I now own
    • older: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM - $145
  • Tamron 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3
    • $450 details
    • The only downside is the lack of IS, OS or VR (whatever Tamron wants to call it)
    • great “one size fits most” needs for travel, etc - even has some macro capability

ef-s tele

  • Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS
    • $300
  • Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
  • Sigma AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS

ef-s prime

 
photo/lenses.txt · Last modified: 2009/03/15 07:00 by 173.67.40.248
 
Recent changes RSS feed Creative Commons License Donate Powered by PHP Valid XHTML 1.0 Valid CSS Driven by DokuWiki