Hello all, I am in the process of getting myself back into photography coming from an old Canon AT-1 with 50mm and 28mm primes and well i would like to enter the world of Digital.
Anyway i have decided to get the Canon 350D, but i am getting very frustrated with what lens to get with it!
i have been searching for weeks reading reviews, forums etc, and there are just too many varied opions that for each lens that i just cannot decide.
If any of you can help it would be great!
I'll give you run down of what i plan to do with the Lens/lenes and and what i would like from it.
The lens will be used for general shots like family, friends, partys etc. Also for travel, (i travel light so i don't want allot of gear). And artistic photography.
What i expect from the lens is moslty reliability, such as acurate AF and durability. As for image quality, seems i don't want to spend allot it does not have to perfect, i am happy to do post procesing in photoshop.
I want wide angle ranging to medium telephoto.
i don't want to spend allot of money but i want something that has reasonable performance, and i would like to have just one versatile lens.
The lenes that have grabbed my attention are the:
Sigma 18-200mm
Canon 17-85mm IS
Sigma 17-70mm
Sigma 18-125mm
And maybe a 70-300mm to add the tele range on the last three lenes.
I may consider a 50mm prime in addition to my main lens, cause of their size and performance.
the sigma 18-200 really appeals to me for its range, but i hear now and then that super zooms come with high sacrifices in genral performance for their long range. Are those sacrafices really that bad, that carrying around 2 lens such as a 17-70 and a 70-300 can be justified??, considering my needs!
Sorry about the long post, i just want to make the right and choice, but most of all i want to stop racking my brain all these lens reviews and get out there and take pictures!!!
Your help would be much appreciated. Thanks
Anyway i have decided to get the Canon 350D, but i am getting very frustrated with what lens to get with it!
i have been searching for weeks reading reviews, forums etc, and there are just too many varied opions that for each lens that i just cannot decide.
If any of you can help it would be great!
I'll give you run down of what i plan to do with the Lens/lenes and and what i would like from it.
The lens will be used for general shots like family, friends, partys etc. Also for travel, (i travel light so i don't want allot of gear). And artistic photography.
What i expect from the lens is moslty reliability, such as acurate AF and durability. As for image quality, seems i don't want to spend allot it does not have to perfect, i am happy to do post procesing in photoshop.
I want wide angle ranging to medium telephoto.
i don't want to spend allot of money but i want something that has reasonable performance, and i would like to have just one versatile lens.
The lenes that have grabbed my attention are the:
Sigma 18-200mm
Canon 17-85mm IS
Sigma 17-70mm
Sigma 18-125mm
And maybe a 70-300mm to add the tele range on the last three lenes.
I may consider a 50mm prime in addition to my main lens, cause of their size and performance.
the sigma 18-200 really appeals to me for its range, but i hear now and then that super zooms come with high sacrifices in genral performance for their long range. Are those sacrafices really that bad, that carrying around 2 lens such as a 17-70 and a 70-300 can be justified??, considering my needs!
Sorry about the long post, i just want to make the right and choice, but most of all i want to stop racking my brain all these lens reviews and get out there and take pictures!!!
Your help would be much appreciated. Thanks