£500 budget +/- £100 (hopefully minus) Portrait lens - 90% of our photo's are of the kids indoors/outdoors and doing various sporting activities. Other 10% is me out on our balcony with the camera on a nice tripod taking pics of birds and whatever other wildlife I can snap.
Wife (who I bought the camera for) wants a good quality lens for close up work.. but
I like shooting the kids from distance and have already got some very pleasing results from the kit lense supplied (75-300 none USM/IS)
We would both like 1 lens only as she is not a fan of chopping and changing lenses and does not like handling the bigger lens.
Our body is a 450D.
First question... is there a 1 lens solution for our needs and if so is it in the list below? If not can I get 2 decent lenses for £500? If so what??
Shortlist:
Used Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM (£580) Pro's: Best / Cons: Price, Used and is 105mm long enough for me?
New Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM (£478) Pro's: I WANT ONE and very good for the distance stuff / Cons: Mrs won't like it as it's a bit of a monster lens and not really suitable for indoor close up's of the kids
New Canon Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM (£495) Pro's: Excellent optics / Cons: Price and is it long enough?
New Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM (£289) Pro's: Small and light / Cons: long enough?
New Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM (237) Pro's: see above / Con's: see above
Thanks in advance for helping me solve this!!!!
Wife (who I bought the camera for) wants a good quality lens for close up work.. but
I like shooting the kids from distance and have already got some very pleasing results from the kit lense supplied (75-300 none USM/IS)
We would both like 1 lens only as she is not a fan of chopping and changing lenses and does not like handling the bigger lens.
Our body is a 450D.
First question... is there a 1 lens solution for our needs and if so is it in the list below? If not can I get 2 decent lenses for £500? If so what??
Shortlist:
Used Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM (£580) Pro's: Best / Cons: Price, Used and is 105mm long enough for me?
New Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM (£478) Pro's: I WANT ONE and very good for the distance stuff / Cons: Mrs won't like it as it's a bit of a monster lens and not really suitable for indoor close up's of the kids
New Canon Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM (£495) Pro's: Excellent optics / Cons: Price and is it long enough?
New Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM (£289) Pro's: Small and light / Cons: long enough?
New Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM (237) Pro's: see above / Con's: see above
Thanks in advance for helping me solve this!!!!
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