What are your top 3 "bang for buck" lenses?
- Cheapest in cost, yet highest in IQ / Sharpness / colours etc. (for that money)
- Can be any EF/EFS lens (canon or third party)
- Any lens APART FROM 50mm 1.8 (which is obviously at the top of this list)
5W0L3 Senior Member 998 posts Likes: 14 Joined Mar 2012 More info | Apr 19, 2012 13:58 | #1 What are your top 3 "bang for buck" lenses? Manav
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Apr 19, 2012 14:00 | #2 15-85IS With the impending forum closure, please consider joining the unofficial adjunct to the POTN forum, The POTN Forum Facebook Group
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TaDa ...as cool as Perry  6,742 posts Likes: 3 Joined Feb 2008 Location: New York More info | Apr 19, 2012 14:02 | #3 Canon 85 1.8 Name is Peter and here is my gear:
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Apr 19, 2012 14:04 | #4 Tamron 17-50 2.8 nonVC A7rIII | A7III | 12-24 F4 | 16-35 GM | 28-75 2.8 | 100-400 GM | 12mm 2.8 Fisheye | 35mm 2.8 | 85mm 1.8 | 35A | 85A | 200mm L F2 IS | MC-11
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Dean_Fuller Member 161 posts Likes: 1 Joined Apr 2012 Location: Columbus, Ms. More info | Apr 19, 2012 14:05 | #5 I will go a little different route. Mine-- 60D, 24-105 f4L IS, 70-200 f2.8 IS II
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FuturamaJSP Goldmember  2,227 posts Likes: 82 Joined Oct 2009 More info | Apr 19, 2012 14:06 | #6 Samyang 14 f2.8 Talley wrote in post #14293603  Canon 70-200 F4 nonIS (I disagree the IS version being here because it's an extra 500 bucks just for IS) You also get weather sealing and sharper corners 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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tovarish Senior Member  317 posts Likes: 24 Joined Oct 2011 Location: Charleston, SC More info | Apr 19, 2012 14:08 | #7 Any lens is great "bang for the buck" because if I spend one more buck my wife is going to shoot me.
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Foggiest Senior Member 584 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2012 More info | Apr 19, 2012 14:09 | #8 18-55 IS (free with camera)
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Foggiest Senior Member 584 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2012 More info | Apr 19, 2012 14:10 | #9 tovarish wrote in post #14293625 Any lens is great "bang for the buck" because if I spend one more buck my wife is going to shoot me. Careful there Tovarish , that quote is open to be flipped
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FuturamaJSP Goldmember 2,227 posts Likes: 82 Joined Oct 2009 More info | Apr 19, 2012 14:12 | #10 maybe it's time to upgrade your wife 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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DunnoWhen Goldmember  1,748 posts Likes: 16 Joined Mar 2006 Location: South Wales More info | Apr 19, 2012 14:12 | #11 Talley wrote in post #14293603 Tamron 17-50 2.8 nonVC Canon 85mm 1.8 Canon 70-200 F4 nonIS (I disagree the IS version being here because it's an extra 500 bucks just for IS) For some reason, I can't disagree with these choices My wisdom is learned from the experience of others.
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zerovision Goldmember  1,204 posts Likes: 3 Joined Aug 2008 Location: Dallas/Ft Worth area More info | Apr 19, 2012 14:14 | #12 70200mm f/2.8L IS II
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Apr 19, 2012 14:16 | #14 FuturamaJSP wrote in post #14293619 You also get weather sealing and sharper corners I had both, the nonIS was 98% of the IS version as far as IQ. A7rIII | A7III | 12-24 F4 | 16-35 GM | 28-75 2.8 | 100-400 GM | 12mm 2.8 Fisheye | 35mm 2.8 | 85mm 1.8 | 35A | 85A | 200mm L F2 IS | MC-11
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StrangelyBrown Member 163 posts Joined Dec 2008 Location: Winchester - UK (The Original One!) More info | Apr 19, 2012 14:17 | #15 Surprised it hasn't already been mentioned. 5D MKII / Canon 50mm f1/8 / Canon 24-105mm L f/4.
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