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Got a Rebel XT! What is the best everyday lens?

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that is an excellent read. thank you for sharing that. i think i will enjoy my 50 1.8 this week and then possibly go for the IS next...
 
ichelle said:
that is an excellent read. thank you for sharing that. i think i will
enjoy my 50 1.8 this week and then possibly go for the IS next...
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Take your time and get used to the camera with your prime.

Wasn't sure if you are aware of this being a new member, but you should look into the Canon SLR Lens Talk forum for more discussion and great suggestions while you consider your options.
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Regards,
Hank

 
I think you know this already - but this lens is pretty good - it has probably 2 shortcomings ....
  • not very sharp wide open -- from about 2.8 or so, it becomes much better
  • the focus mechanism is not very accurate (not in the Rebel series, at least) - so it kinda "jumps" over the focus rather than smoothly move across -- this tends to get exaggerated when using it with wide apertures giving you soft looking images.
If you watch out for these 2 gotchas, its a terrific little lens.
 
ichelle said:
What about this tamron 28-75 2.8?
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I have the 28-75 f/2.8..... I payed $345.00 at Digbuy.com..or somethung like that.

It is a great lens...It is my normal lens. Because I do more portrait type photo's and indoor photos of my son...I chose the 28-75 over the 17-50

I use it in the studio too -- having a constant f/stop with a zoom is very important so you don't have recalculate the f/stop for proper exposure at the longer focal lengths.

It is a very sharp, even at f/2.8..(I did send to Tamron to make sure it was properly culminated to be sharp at all FLs...)
ichelle said:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000A1G05/ref=pd_luc_00001B00021EEA4B0000A1G05
or the 17-35 2.8?

http://www.amazon.com/Tamron-Autofocus-17-35mm-2-8-4-Super/dp/B0000ZL2J8/ref=dp_return_1?ie=UTF8&n=502394&s=photo
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Peter :-)



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yeah thats what im using mine for - i find its perfect for everything
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Kaine
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