Best walkabout Prime lens for a crop?

Hi, whats the best walkabout prime lens for street photography, landscape and indoor shooting groups of people?

cheers in advance

That's entirely a matter of personal opinion.

However you can shoot street and landscapes with many different perspectives in mind, but indoor group shots will probably dictate the focal length you go for.

Why would you need to cover those three very different areas with a single prime?

its very feasible to do so. for street u can go wide, for landscape, again can go wide and for group shots indoors not in a concert/hall. well do i really need to mention what type of focal length you need?

Im wondering if there is a prime that can do the above on a crop.

on a FF you got the 35 and 50mm which are good but not great on a crop especially a 50mm which i have. too long

sigma 30 mm 1.4...if you have to use only one lens

jonneymendoza wrote in post #12772380
its very feasible to do so. for street u can go wide, for landscape, again can go wide and for group shots indoors not in a concert/hall. well do i really need to mention what type of focal length you need?

I never said it wasn't feasible. I said "why would you need to?" - or in other words, why make yourself use just a single lens for such distinct uses? What's ideal for one use might not be (and normally isn't) ideal for another.

There are tonnes of primes in the 24mm - 35mm range. If what you're after is simply a 50mm FoV in 35mm equiv terms then the Sigma 30 is closest, and the 28mm options are not far off.

sigma 30 makes a great walkaround

I agree with others, for what you describe, the Sigma 30/1.4 came to my mind as the obvious solution. If you prefer to stay with Canon, the 28/1.8 is also highly regarded, or 35/1.4 if you have the money.

Yep, Siggy 30mm f/1.4 - it's just like the old days of having just a 35mm camera & 50mm prime.

Kai from DigitalRev TV said that he prefers the 50mm focal length i.e. the Sigma 30mm for crop
this is because it is the classic 50mm, but you can take 2 steps forward to get a tighter portraits, or 2 steps back to get a wider shot

having tried using my 17-55 in street photography I agree that the classic 50mm works very well

so my recommendation would also be the 30mm Sigma, or the Canon 28mm f/1.8

What about 24L?

Look at national geographic. Most interesting pictures are with a wide angle. If it's not interesting enough you're not close enough!

i'll never own one, but the sig 30mm is a good choice

x_tan wrote in post #12772621
What about 24L?

yea i was looking at that. i might get a sigma plus a 7d for the same price as a single 24L

Canon 28mm f/1.8.

Sigma 30mm f/1.4