05-27-2011, 12:03 PM
[quote name='Philippe Castagna' timestamp='1306494982' post='8851']
Hi everybody!
I visit this site really often and I really appreciate it.
I have an eos 40d, a canon ef 50mm 1.4 and a 70-200 f4 L is that really satisfy me.
I have also a 28-105 3.5/4.5 which I use almost only 28 and 35mm and at F8.
Even like that I'm not really satisfied all the time.
I would like to replace it by a prime, in the budget under $500.
I read a lot but for the real Life use I can hardly décide myself.
I hesitate between:
Canon ef 35mm f2
Canon ef 28mm F1.8
Canon ef 28mm F2.8
Canon ef 24mm f 2.8
According to the quality références that I have with my 50mm and 70-200, which one would you recommend me?
Thank you!!!
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Canon EF 35mm f2. Nice little lens. Focusses fast and accurate, sharp. With back light backgrounds (light through trees/foliage) the bokeh can get very busy with shapes, but otherwise the lens behaves well. Not always the most contrasty lens (back light).
Canon EF 28mm f1.8 USM, most users seem to love it, most reviews seem less impressed.
Canon EF 24mm f2.8: most owners love this lens over the other small wide angle primes.
I have the 35mm f2 myself already, and I like it for certain close up stuff, and sometimes city/landscape photography. I will most probably add the 24mm f2.8 to my lenses, as its small size and good optics make it a nice moderate wide angle lens on APS-C and a nice wide angle close up candidate (with 12mm extension tube).
I'd go for the 24mm f2.8, to give a 35mm-ish equivalent on your APS-C camera. And in case you would want 2, I'd consider the 35mm f2 with it.
Hi everybody!
I visit this site really often and I really appreciate it.
I have an eos 40d, a canon ef 50mm 1.4 and a 70-200 f4 L is that really satisfy me.
I have also a 28-105 3.5/4.5 which I use almost only 28 and 35mm and at F8.
Even like that I'm not really satisfied all the time.
I would like to replace it by a prime, in the budget under $500.
I read a lot but for the real Life use I can hardly décide myself.
I hesitate between:
Canon ef 35mm f2
Canon ef 28mm F1.8
Canon ef 28mm F2.8
Canon ef 24mm f 2.8
According to the quality références that I have with my 50mm and 70-200, which one would you recommend me?
Thank you!!!
[/quote]
Canon EF 35mm f2. Nice little lens. Focusses fast and accurate, sharp. With back light backgrounds (light through trees/foliage) the bokeh can get very busy with shapes, but otherwise the lens behaves well. Not always the most contrasty lens (back light).
Canon EF 28mm f1.8 USM, most users seem to love it, most reviews seem less impressed.
Canon EF 24mm f2.8: most owners love this lens over the other small wide angle primes.
I have the 35mm f2 myself already, and I like it for certain close up stuff, and sometimes city/landscape photography. I will most probably add the 24mm f2.8 to my lenses, as its small size and good optics make it a nice moderate wide angle lens on APS-C and a nice wide angle close up candidate (with 12mm extension tube).
I'd go for the 24mm f2.8, to give a 35mm-ish equivalent on your APS-C camera. And in case you would want 2, I'd consider the 35mm f2 with it.