bumpintheroad wrote in post #16729574
Based on the above and your later post about owning the very nice Canon 70-300mm, my recommendations are:
The 18-135 fills your missing wide, normal and short-telephoto range under the 70-300. It also provides enough overlap that you shouldn't need to switch to or even carry the 70-300 to your daughter's Prom. In fact, 18-135 by itself will cover the majority of situations where your point-and-shoot would have been used.
The flash and modifier are necessary, IMO, because the Prom venue will likely be too dimly-lit for good existing light photography, and your on-camera flash will cause harsh shadows and red-eye, assuming it can even reach the intended subjects. The flash by itself will probably not be sufficient because the venue will likely have high and off-white or even black ceilings, making bounce flash unworkable.
I might even go so far as to suggest an inexpensive/used flip-flash bracket and third-party copy of the Canon Off-Camera Flash cord, so you can rotate the flash to be centered above the lens in both portrait and landscape orientation. Used CB and Stroboframe flip brackets, and other clones, sell for $25-30 on eBay, and a clone OCF cable runs $15-30.
Based on the above and your later post about owning the very nice Canon 70-300mm, my recommendations are:
- Canon 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 STM (~$325 used)
- Yongnuo YN-565 Flash (~$105 new)
- Lumiquest Ultrasoft or Pocket Bounce Flash Modifier ($25 new)
The 18-135 fills your missing wide, normal and short-telephoto range under the 70-300. It also provides enough overlap that you shouldn't need to switch to or even carry the 70-300 to your daughter's Prom. In fact, 18-135 by itself will cover the majority of situations where your point-and-shoot would have been used.
The flash and modifier are necessary, IMO, because the Prom venue will likely be too dimly-lit for good existing light photography, and your on-camera flash will cause harsh shadows and red-eye, assuming it can even reach the intended subjects. The flash by itself will probably not be sufficient because the venue will likely have high and off-white or even black ceilings, making bounce flash unworkable.
I might even go so far as to suggest an inexpensive/used flip-flash bracket and third-party copy of the Canon Off-Camera Flash cord, so you can rotate the flash to be centered above the lens in both portrait and landscape orientation. Used CB and Stroboframe flip brackets, and other clones, sell for $25-30 on eBay, and a clone OCF cable runs $15-30.
Thanks a bunch
