I have the 50mm and 85mm. Would you suggest a 24mm?
dharrisphotog Goldmember  2,331 posts Joined Apr 2009 More info | Apr 09, 2012 10:49 | #1 |
FlyingPhotog Cream of the "Prop"  57,560 posts Likes: 162 Joined May 2007 Location: Probably Chasing Aircraft More info | Apr 09, 2012 10:50 | #2 Depends on what you're shooting... Jay
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Apr 09, 2012 10:57 | #4 FlyingPhotog wrote in post #14235387  Depends on what you're shooting... 24mm can be great for walking around but not so much for Birds or Wildlife. Ya, walk around street photography. Portraits. Product/still photography. Don't need a telephoto. But the 70-200 is on my list. D800 | Sigma 35mm 1.4 Art | Nikkor 85mm 1.8G | Nikkor 70-200 2.8G
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dynamitetony Goldmember  1,023 posts Likes: 30 Joined Sep 2007 Location: london UK More info | Apr 09, 2012 11:01 | #5 35mm ? 5Dmk4 : 5Dmk3: Sigma 24mm F1.4 :Sigma 35mm F1.4 : Canon 50mm F1.4 : Canon 85mm F1.8 : Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro : Canon 24-105 F4 : Canon 70-200 F2.8L mkii : Flashes, lights & Stuff
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Apr 09, 2012 11:10 | #6 street photography = 24mm Sony A7siii/A7iii/ZV-1 - FE 24/1.4 - SY 24/2.8 - FE 35/2.8 - FE 50/1.8 - FE 85/1.8 - F 600/5.6 - CZ 100-300 - Tamron 17-28/2.8 - 28-75/2.8 - 28-200 RXD
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amfoto1 Cream of the Crop 10,256 posts Likes: 86 Joined Aug 2007 Location: San Jose, California More info | Apr 09, 2012 11:37 | #7 I'd definitely nominate the 135/2L for consideration... I ordered one along with my 5DII and consider it a "must have" lens for full frame...
Lost in thought EF 135/2 at f2.0. EOS 5D Mark II at ISO 6400, 1/200 shutter speed, handheld, avail. light.  EF 135/2 at f5.6. EOS 5D Mark II at ISO 6400, 1/25 shutter speed, handheld, available light. I also really like the 20/2.8. I'm not all that impressed with the choice of 24mm... wish Canon would make one that's in between what they offer... say a 24/2 USM... They have the 24/1.4L II (bigger, pricier), new 24/2.8 IS (pricey, I don't need IS, would rather have a bit more speed), and 24/2.8 (nicer price, but not USM and only a notch or two above their most basic "kit" lens build). There are any third party 24mm that impress me all that much, either. So, I use Canon 28/1.8 (very compact, even with the matched lens hood... and it has USM), but also have 24mm covered with zoom (24-70/2.8) and TS-E 24/3.5. The 35/1.4L is on my short list, but I haven't been able to justify buying it yet. It's among my favorite focal lengths on FF though. I'd probably leave my 50/1.4 at home or sell it, if I had the 35/1.4... except I still shoot with crop cameras too, and the 50mm gets a lot of use on those. Alan Myers
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FuturamaJSP Goldmember  2,227 posts Likes: 82 Joined Oct 2009 More info | Apr 09, 2012 13:08 | #8 haha that guy is a Nikon shooter but I am sure it's still the same there. They asked me how well I understood theoretical physics. I said I had a theoretical degree in physics. They said welcome aboard! - Fallout New Vegas
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Apr 09, 2012 13:57 | #9 FuturamaJSP wrote in post #14236088 haha that guy is a Nikon shooter but I am sure it's still the same there. Though I don't think your 35mm f1.8G will work very well with a FX body unless you don't mind shooting in the DX mode. You should definite add the famous 14-24 f2.8G. It's a great lens even on a Canon body  Everything that I have DX is on the way out. D800 | Sigma 35mm 1.4 Art | Nikkor 85mm 1.8G | Nikkor 70-200 2.8G
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DanielBrowning Goldmember 1,199 posts Likes: 4 Joined Nov 2008 Location: Vancouver, WA More info | Apr 09, 2012 14:07 | #10 Razeus wrote in post #14235380 Would you suggest a 24mm?
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Hogloff Cream of the Crop 7,606 posts Likes: 415 Joined Apr 2003 Location: British Columbia More info | Apr 09, 2012 14:11 | #11  Permanent banDaniel Browning wrote in post #14236357
Zeiss 25mm f2: Best of the Best
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nightcat Goldmember 4,533 posts Likes: 28 Joined Aug 2008 More info | Apr 09, 2012 14:20 | #12 I agree with the folks who nominated the 135mm f/2. It's a great FF lens. Along with this highly rated, much loved lens, I'll also mention a lens that is either hated or totally ignored by everyone... the 28mm 2.8. This is a lens that is sharpest wide open, great center sharpness. I started using it on my 5D recently and forgot how good it was.
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taemo Goldmember 1,243 posts Likes: 7 Joined Sep 2011 Location: Calgary, AB More info | Apr 09, 2012 14:21 | #13 for me, my ideal trinity would be earldieta.com
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Apr 09, 2012 14:21 | #14 For me personally, the 50 and 85 are too close together. I'd lose the 50, and pick up a 35.
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lyttleviet Senior Member 537 posts Joined Dec 2008 More info | Apr 09, 2012 14:27 | #15 I personally love my setup and am almost done with it. I shoot with 24-70, 35L, Sigma 50, 85 1.8, 135L, 200L, 70-200 mkii. I can't justify the heavy slow 85L. I borrow it from a friend from time to time but never find that my 1.8 is lacking.
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