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| tanken |
on Sat 16 Jul 11, 2:04 PM to the Kinky_Camera_Group group.
Anyone have a particular favourite and know the reasons why? 
Obviously, favourite lenses on full frame sensor cameras will not necessarily be the same as the best ones for the 1.6x smaller sensors.
| 16 Jul 11, 2:37 PM t_judd UK(BN), 8 yrs |
My Macro Lens, 100L 2.8, the reason should be obvious as should the reason why. | |
| 16 Jul 11, 4:05 PM tanken UK(NR), 2 yrs |
I want to get a macro lens but like the look of the 50mm f2.5 macro which I think will be a more convenient focal length for my copying work.
Happiness is a warm bum | |
| 16 Jul 11, 4:49 PM boffin54 UK(PR), 21 mths |
Tamaron 90mm macro. Good for portraits great macro and good apeture reasonably priced | |
| 16 Jul 11, 4:49 PM boffin54 UK(PR), 21 mths |
Tamaron 90mm macro. Good for portraits great macro and good apeture reasonably priced | |
| 16 Jul 11, 5:36 PM tanken UK(NR), 2 yrs |
I'm also finding a lot of Sigma EOS fit lenses on the web Happiness is a warm bum | |
| 16 Jul 11, 11:55 PM ConsciousnessJunkie UK(N), 5 yrs |
Depends what I'm shooting. 100mm f2.8 Macro non-IS for most things I shoot. Occasionally the 50mm f1.8 For motorsports the 100-400mm. I have some Sigma lenses but just cant get on with them anymore, The image quality isn't good enough on the 5D MkII, the edge sharpness of Sigmas is just bollocks. | |
| 17 Jul 11, 11:07 AM Ceptable UK(B), 4 yrs |
The 100mm is an awesome lens. I too can't really use Sigma anymore. The one I keep going back to though is my first one - 85mm 1.8. I have some other lovely lenses, but it seems to work for the kind of thing I like. I've gone off my 50mm 1.4 a little bit as it is very soft wide open, but I have a 24mm to play with now which shows a lot of promise. | |
| 17 Jul 11, 11:16 AM tanken UK(NR), 2 yrs |
On the smaller sensor that would be 160mm which is too long for what I want. I've seen some very good write ups on certain Sigma lenses (not all of them) so it is a matter of checking test reports first I guess and I would probably only buy a Sigma lens where there isn't a corresponding Canon lens for what I want I take your point about edge sharpness but for EF lenses I won't be using the edges. However some EFS lenses are weak at the edges like the original 18-55mm EFS lens that I have been using for 7 years which I can now replace possibly with a 17-40mm lens I'm not sure yet.
Happiness is a warm bum | |
| 17 Jul 11, 11:22 AM t_judd UK(BN), 8 yrs |
Agree the 50 1.4 does get soft wide open, can be good for portaits on a crop sometimes I like my sigma 10-20 3.5, could be a bit faster, but for the money it is a good lense. I often use it for interiors when trudling round NT properties and such like. But my 100L macro has converted me to L lense, will upgrade my 70-300 IS to the L version when cash allows
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| 17 Jul 11, 1:39 PM Ceptable UK(B), 4 yrs |
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