your imaginary 2-lens kit for a crop-sensor

EF-S 17-55 f/2.8
EF 70-200 f/4

The 17-55 has come down a bit in price for a used copy.

Here's another:
● Sigma 18-35 F1.8
● Canon 55-250 IS STM
Total price: $1,115

hes gone wrote in post #16745304
=he's gone;16745304]EF-S 17-55 f/2.8
EF 70-200 f/4

The 17-55 has come down a bit in price for a used copy.

This is a good suggestion. 2.8 is nice on the 70-200 and all, but the f/4 is fine on a
budget.

Or just get the 17-55 and start saving money on the telephoto lens. I had Tamron's 28-75
and it was fine but too tight on a crop, get a 17-XX 2.8 lens from someone... Canon,
Sigma or Tamron.

24-105 and 150-600 but that's on the slow side for indoor kids stuff.

17-50/2.8 OS and 70-200/4 IS used is a better pick but leaves the bird and deer stuff lacking.

You really are going to need at least 3 lenses to do this right:
18-35/1.8, 24-105, 150-600
or 17-50, 70-200/4 IS and 150-600

Easy. If I was forced to use a crop-sensor camera, I would get these two lenses...

Sigma 18-35mm

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My two would be 1) Canon 15-85EFS and Canon 70-300 (non-L), or I might substitute the 55-250EFS for the 70-300. The 70-300L I now have would exceed the $1,500 budget all by itself. I guess I would have to get rid of it and my Canon 10-22EFS. Instead I would just edit my sig and keep the lenses.

mpbowyer wrote in post #16744559
If you had a 2-lens kit for a 60D, what would you have? Let us limit the total budget to $1600

$1600? Yikes! That eliminates all of the lenses I would have chosen. In fact, of all the lenses I would have considered, the cheapest one is in the $3,500 range (Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 OS).

I'd say:

1. either 15-85 IS USM or 18-135 IS STM;
2. EF-S 55-250 and
3. EF 35 f/2 IS USM.

(might require a bit of saving, but should be close enough to 1600$).

Tom Reichner wrote in post #16746415
$1600? Yikes! That eliminates all of the lenses I would have chosen. In fact, of all the lenses I would have considered, the cheapest one is in the $3,500 range (Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 OS).

You must have one hell of a huge house Tom, if you'd take indoor pics with a 120-300!

1Tanker wrote in post #16746886
You must have one hell of a huge house Tom, if you'd take indoor pics with a 120-300!

Ha ha! I have no interest in taking indoor pics of, well, anything. In fact, the only thing the OP and I shoot in common are the birds and deer.
He did say, "YOUR imaginary 2-lens kit", which is different than asking us to come up with a 2-lens kit for him.

Tom Reichner wrote in post #16747020
Ha ha! I have no interest in taking indoor pics of, well, anything. In fact, the only thing the OP and I shoot in common are the birds and deer.
He did say, "YOUR imaginary 2-lens kit", which is different than asking us to come up with a 2-lens kit for him.

Yes, you're right. The post was confusingly worded.

The OP's "requirements" would be next to impossible to meet anyways.

mpbowyer wrote in post #16744559
If you had a 2-lens kit for a 60D, what would you have?

Taking just my needs into account I'd have the two I currently have:

Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 & sigma 50-150mm f2.8 OS

gremlin75 wrote in post #16747058
Taking just my needs into account I'd have the two I currently have:

Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 & sigma 50-150mm f2.8 OS

Sweet combo, but a little short for anything outdoors. I'd love those two!
Add the 120-300/2.8 0S Sport, and 2 TC's, and that would be a killer zoom-setup!