Help choosing a lens for Disney

I am going to Disney soon and am trying to decide on a good lens to purchase, I need something wide enough to get landscapes but also want to be able to shoot family pictures that have good quality, I have a 70-200 2.8 and 50mm 1.4. I have been considering the canon 17-40, 10-22, sigma 18-35, (I have a 7d and EOS-m) thanks in advance

Canon EF-S 15-85 IS/USM.

Your cameras are both crop-sensor; this is a crop-sensor-only lens, but covers essentially the range of the 24-105 on a full-frame body.

The 15-85 is excellent optically with its weakest point being on the wide end where there is a bit of chromatic fringing and the extreme corners when wide can be a bit soft if you pixel-peep. CA is easily PP'd out of course. You have a telephoto and a wide-aperture prime, so I'd go with this as a lens that has a good chance of being something you can use as a stand-alone on a single body as a "walk-around."

I own one for exactly this sort of use and it is on my 7d an awfully-large percentage of the time for this exact reason. The 17-40 f/4 would be another option but that is going to leave you with a fairly-large gap in the middle and necessitate carrying an additional lens + the body far too often, and the 17-40 f/4L is about the same size as the 15-85. The IS is also very useful for handheld (which is the entire point of a "one lens, one body" walkaround configuration) and the 17-40 lacks it.

Even if you do buy a full-frame body in the future unless you intend to ditch both the other bodies this still is an excellent choice as a "one lens on body for a day's shooting" solution for anything from quite-wide to decent-telephoto. It is also reasonably-priced.

I plan on getting a 5d3 or 6d soon(I will be keeping my 7d) . I like the idea of the 15-85

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If I went again on FF I would have a standard zoom 24.70 or 24.105 and a 35 1.4 for night

17-40 or 24-70 are my suggestions, heavily weighted towards 24-70.

24 is not very wide on a crop and there are plenty of instances at Disney where you will want the wide end. The 17-40 is an excellent lens but you're giving up stabilization and for landscape shots (non-moving subjects) where you're light challenged or want to stop down for DOF reasons it will make a significant difference hand-held.

Always trade offs.

I like taking a wide angle zoom to places where the background is just as important as the people in the photographs. Since you have the EOS M, you can get the 11-22mm IS STM shipped new for $400 including shipping. You'll get that ultra wide for scenic shots and a 35mm equivalent for family shoots. And you'll have IS to help with any videos that you make. I don't think there's a full frame equivalent to this lens in the Canon universe.

I'm also going to Disneyland (Paris) in a few months, I think I will take my new Tamron 24-70 2.8 VC with me and maybe a prime like 35 1.4 for lowlight or 15 2.8 fisheye for some fun.
http://www.disneytouri​stblog.com …16mm-fisheye-lens-review/
http://www.flickr.com/​groups/1305610@N24/

tickerguy wrote in post #16618763
Canon EF-S 15-85 IS/USM.

Your cameras are both crop-sensor; this is a crop-sensor-only lens, but covers essentially the range of the 24-105 on a full-frame body.

The 15-85 is excellent optically with its weakest point being on the wide end where there is a bit of chromatic fringing and the extreme corners when wide can be a bit soft if you pixel-peep. CA is easily PP'd out of course. You have a telephoto and a wide-aperture prime, so I'd go with this as a lens that has a good chance of being something you can use as a stand-alone on a single body as a "walk-around."

I own one for exactly this sort of use and it is on my 7d an awfully-large percentage of the time for this exact reason. The 17-40 f/4 would be another option but that is going to leave you with a fairly-large gap in the middle and necessitate carrying an additional lens + the body far too often, and the 17-40 f/4L is about the same size as the 15-85. The IS is also very useful for handheld (which is the entire point of a "one lens, one body" walkaround configuration) and the 17-40 lacks it.

Even if you do buy a full-frame body in the future unless you intend to ditch both the other bodies this still is an excellent choice as a "one lens on body for a day's shooting" solution for anything from quite-wide to decent-telephoto. It is also reasonably-priced.

+50!!

I have owned this lens and its an AMAZING all around lens. It's only down fall is its speed in low light. Best of luck!

TheycallmeLamy wrote in post #16619416
+50!!

I have owned this lens and its an AMAZING all around lens. It's only down fall is its speed in low light. Best of luck!

this is what I am starting to lean towards, I also have a Rokinon 8mm fisheye for some unique shots

Last time I was in Disney I had my 17-40 on my 6D the entire time. I had my 50mm and my 70-200 with me as well, but found no real need for them. Most of the time taking pictures (or getting them taken of you), you're going to want to see what's in the background since you're in Disney. Meeting characters the 17-40 is perfect, because of how tight some of the spaces could be.

I would vote for the 35mm IS or even the 35L.
This give you a normal view (56mm) on your crop sensor, as well as a great lens on the FF.

Any mickey mouse lens will do, and the goofier the better.