Lens for Street and Landscape Photography on APS C size DSLR

kf095 wrote in post #15050343
Landscapes, I prefer lenses with no rotation, no extending.
Like 17_40L and 70_200F4L. It is easy to work with slide-in filters on them.
They are not so heavy, I don't need monster tripod for them.
17_40 will do the street. I use 28 3.5 Oly MF for candids. Costs times and times less compare to Sigma 30 1.4, which is nice to have.
If you want to have straight lines for city pictures - you'll need T&S wide lens.

+1
I myself prefer lenses that don't extend. Easier to keep them from hitting anything and also easier to clean them. I don't have 17-40L but the double extension of 15-85 annoy the heck out of me.

Another vote for the Canon EFS 15-85, great lens.

mesodan wrote in post #15048895
24LII

^this definately, unless you need a zoom. Then 17-55mm 2.8 IS or 40 stm if your on a budget.

Check out the canon 10-22mm.

24ii is pretty perfect on crop for this considering the look and low light capability and wide enough to landscape....really only downside is the cost, so assuming that cost makes it out something similar in that FL (24-28) should be nice.

gremlin75 wrote in post #15048763
Canon 17-55 2.8 IS
sigma 17-50 2.8 OS
Tamron 17-50 2.8
Sigma 17-70 2.8-4 OS
Canon 15-85 3.5-5.6 IS

all are great lenses, just see which fits your needs and budget best.

Any of these, unless you want a fast prime. (If it were me though) Chances are I'd want a different fast prime for street versus landscape.

I have the Tokina 12-24 to landscape. 17-55 would be good for street but to long for landscape.

I just use a 28mm on my 60D.
If I need wider for a static scene I usually just do a multi-shot panorama.

Sigma 18-35 F1.8

MakisM1 wrote in post #16572393
Sigma 18-35 F1.8

Great call! If I stayed crop, I would own this. I change my vote to this from what I have seen on the internets.

This thread is over a year old!!!

Don't overlook the "kit" 17-55 IS STM lens. It's very, very, very good.

Why so keen on spending the OP's money? Everybody "overlooked" the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM?? Or is it not expensive enough for creating bragging rights?
Has anybody really tried it?
For the price it is a no brainer, sharpness and IS make it much more usable than previous generations of the kit lens.

Review found here : photozone.de

I guess that limbwalker meant this one

J R Mohan wrote in post #15048127
Please suggest some good Canon and non Canon lens for street and landscape photography on APS C canon dslr.

Thanks

Jai.

Heya,

Depends on budget.

I'm going to bet budget is a factor. I'd get two lenses.

EF 35mm F2 IS
Rokinon 14mm F2.8

But it depends on the kind of photograph you want to do. If you want to shoot people, get a zoom or long focal length prime. If you want to shoot the city, use wider angle like the 14mm and 35mm. Otherwise, go 135~200mm for the longer reach if you want to shoot people and stuff without being in their face. Up to you.

In which case, for people and stuff:

EF 70-200 F4L or EF 200mm F2.8 II (with a 35mm F2 IS)

Very best,

Well it is easy to spend other people's money so why not

Seriously though, the kit lens is great, but for street?

It is super slow, which for street is a double whammy negative for both available light and desired DOF, so for those reasons something 2.8 constant or faster would be the better recommendation, and even on a budget that can happen. I would rather any cheap faster prime than the kit lens for street.

The kit can take some nice landscapes, so no issues there.