7D Lens?

wayne2193 wrote in post #14694766
Thanks for your replies. Just want to mention that I already have telephoto lenses as well as the 24-105 for my 5DII. Again, I am looking for a good general everyday lens just for the 7D.

fishinfool wrote in post #14695100
I use my 24-105L most of the time. *Great all-around lens.

Snydremark wrote in post #14695144
The 24-105 works great, on the crop body, for a general purpose lens, IMO

I think the OP would like other suggestions besides the 24-105.

I would recommend the 15-85 or 17-55 for the 7D.

wayne2193 wrote in post #14694766
Thanks for your replies. Just want to mention that I already have telephoto lenses as well as the 24-105 for my 5DII. Again, I am looking for a good general everyday lens just for the 7D.

Wayne

You make it sound like you are completely against using any of your 5D2 lenses on the 7D.

On my 5D2 I use the 17-40L and 70-200L as my average walkaround lenses if I don't know what I'm shooting an I want to have my camera out. The math works out to be about 10-25mm and 44-125mm for a crop body. So for me a 10-2xmm and a Sigma 50-150mm f/2.8 fit right in my range.

kawi_200 wrote in post #14695189
You make it sound like you are completely against using any of your 5D2 lenses on the 7D.

On my 5D2 I use the 17-40L and 70-200L as my average walkaround lenses if I don't know what I'm shooting an I want to have my camera out. The math works out to be about 10-25mm and 44-125mm for a crop body. So for me a 10-2xmm and a Sigma 50-150mm f/2.8 fit right in my range.

I'm not against using my current lenses on the 7D. I just want a good walk around lens that I can keep on the camera.

Wayne

When I want a walk-around zoom on either my crop or FF cameras I use 24-70 or 28-135. (I don't have the 24-105... the 28-135 is a "poor man's substitute" for it, IMO).

I don't know why you don't just use the 24-105 that you already have.

I have no plans to buy additional "crop only" lens that can only be used on my 7Ds. I want lenses I can use on both, as much as possible. The only "crop only" I have is an ultrawide: Tokina 12-24/4 (which, it so happens works, on FF as wide as 18 or 19mm).

But if you really want something specific, just for 7D, some good choices might be:

EF-S 17-55/2.8 IS USM
EF-S 15-85 IS USM
Sigma 17-50/2.8 OS HSM
EF-S 18-135 IS (not USM, often a "step up" kit lens for 60D, 7D)
Tamron 17-50/2.8 non-VC (slower focus)
EF 28-135 IS USM (buy it used, many have been sold as kit for 40D, 50D, 7D.... it's a good lens and can be bought cheap used, as low as $200 US... it's just not very wide on a cropper)
EF-S 18-55 IS (non-USM, cheapest, "kit" lens)

Or, how about a prime or a macro/prime? Personally I'd like to try the 40/2.8 "pancake" and the Tamron 60/2.0 macro/portrait. Sigma 30/1.4 or Canon 28/1.8 are nice "standard" primes. Some are "crop only"... others aren't

I'd second the vote for a 28-135mm. I bought my first for $250, 2nd and 3rd for $225, and my 4th for $150. 1st one I broke, my fault, 2nd and 3rd were so cheap I flipped them for a small profit. I had gotten the 24-105L in the 5D2 kit so I was willing to sell the 28-135mm I was using, but I wasn't impressed with the 24-105L. I sold it and bought my current $150 one. I'll be keeping it.

If you want the closest crop body equivalent to your 24-105L when it's on your 5D2, then the EFS 15-85mm would be my choice. However, I personally would not want to invest in crop-only lenses when I owned a FF body. I'd just save the money and use the 24-105L. It's only drawback is it will not be very wide on the 7D.

When I bought the 5D3, I sold my EFS 17-55 f/2.8, even though it was a terrific lens. i couldn't see the point in having two walk around lenses where one of them only worked on one of my camera bodies.