24mm Prime lens for Museum of Flight?

I'm planning a visit to the Museum of Flight in Seattle next month and a friend is going to loan me his 80D. I have been there before and it's a mix of lighting situations from very bright to pretty dark. I have my 17-55 kit lens but I was wondering if I might be better off with a 24mm prime with a 2.8 aperture. Maybe the 10-18mm might be a good choice because of the size of the subjects in close quarters? I can do a decent job of pulling out detail from the RAW files in post processing and the 80D should give me some good files to work with.

24mm f/2.8 STM pancake. Sharp across the frame, very small and light, and you can get it for about $100 as a refurb from Canon.

The EF-S 17-55 2.8 IS? I would take the 17-55, fast and wide range of focal lengths with 2.8 throughout.

3Rotor wrote in post #18823424
The EF-S 17-55 2.8 IS? I would take the 17-55, fast and wide range of focal lengths with 2.8 throughout.

The kit lens is actually 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6.

You are going to take pictures of large objects indoors. If I'm not mistaken.

24mm is not wide enough.
Zooms with IS and 17,18 on wide end will handle it better.
Turn on IS and do not afraid to give it enough ISO, to have exposure meter in the middle.
80D will handle it.

kf095 wrote in post #18823457
You are going to take pictures of large objects indoors. If I'm not mistaken.

24mm is not wide enough.
Zooms with IS and 17,18 on wide end will handle it better.
Turn on IS and do not afraid to give it enough ISO, to have exposure meter in the middle.
80D will handle it.

Yes, large objects indoors so I won't be able to back off too much. I think in the next few days I'll take the camera with the 18-55 out and try some similar size objects.

I’d be looking at an UWA like the 10-18 or 10-22. With the 80D, ISO should not be a problem and a low shutter speed at or under 15mm should be completely doable.

You will need a 12mm lens on a crop camera to get a 90 deg field of view. I have the tokina 11-16 mm and would recommend it.

At the same time, look out for distortion. Shooting at 11mm with the subject close to the camera will produce some crazy effects. It might be best to prepare to take some shots of parts of the plane rather than the whole. It's tough to get a good shot of a plane that is indoors.

I took my 17-55 out today on my T6 to get a feel for the size and distance I'll be shooting at. It's really not wide enough for what I remember at the museum. My buddy that is loaning me the 80D said not to be too worried about the lower light as long as I shoot in raw. He doesn't have any wide angle lenses so I just ordered the Canon 10-18mm from Adorama. I think it's going to be a fun lens to have anyway. I've seen some great dog photos taken with wide lenses and my wife has been bugging me for some more dog pics.

On a crop body, you're going to need a lens much wider than 24mm, and I would either make it a fast zoom, or at least take a zoom along with the prime.

You need wide in order to fit very large displays into the frame, and a short zoom to properly frame details when standing a few metres away, behind a barrier.

It's been a while since I looked at the ultra wide lenses, but I recall that it was a tough choice between the tokina and Canon. I'm sure your 10-18 will do well for you. Congrats!

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As has been mentioned above, wider is better. I was there last summer, and all I had was a 24mm. It was okay for part of the museum, but it felt rather too narrow for a lot of it. Also, a camera with better high ISO capability would be very helpful. I have an old 5D. Some of the best displays, the World War 1 and 2 displays, were quite dark.

It's an impressive place! I felt like I was 12 years old again, excited to see an F4U Corsair (among many, many other wonderful planes!) up close in personal! It's a real treat, if you're interested in such things. Below is just one of the display areas. I honestly had a great time at this museum!

Inside the museum, 24mm on a crop is *not* wide enough for most things. It's great for isolating detail areas and such but very difficult to work with otherwise. I'd highly recommend the 17-55 instead of a prime.

Snydremark wrote in post #18823799
Inside the museum, 24mm on a crop is *not* wide enough for most things. It's great for isolating detail areas and such but very difficult to work with otherwise. I'd highly recommend the 17-55 instead of a prime.

Sorry, misread that. However, I'd still prefer to work with the 18-55 and run 3200/6400 with the 80D if necessary, however.