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Lens Advice: 2 Mid-Level Primes or 1 L-Series Wide Angle Zoom

Started Jun 10, 2013 | Discussions thread
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Re: Lens Advice: 2 Mid-Level Primes or 1 L-Series Wide Angle Zoom

YardYeti wrote:

Collett wrote:

Normal zooms like the Canon 17-55F2.8 (for crop) and 24-70F2.8mkII (for FF) are top notch zooms.

Thank you in advance for feedback.

Both of these are currently out of my price range. Should I save up for the 17-55F2.8 or is the EF-S 15-85 compriable?

I don't think you can go wrong with either of these. As B. Hollis said, it's just a matter of which is better for you - F2.8 or a wider zoom range. 2mm makes a big difference on the wide end if you want to do landscapes.

Personally, I would go for zoom to give you the range, and later pick up a fast prime like one of those I mentioned at some point for shallow DOF shots if you are in to that (not everyone is, but I am hooked on fast primes). F2.8 is not going to give you that much background blur/separation on a crop camera, so IMOHO that is where you want the fast prime.

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