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Recommendation for a lenses for an EOS 70D - for hostile outdoor environment

Started Sep 3, 2013 | Discussions thread
OP NZ Paddler New Member • Posts: 13
Re: Recommendation for a lenses for an EOS 70D - for hostile outdoor environment

geronimo789 wrote:

If it really has to be compact get something like a 50mm 1.8 or 40mm pancake. (since these are cheap lenses you're not risking too much - except maybe the body).

I could never get close enough to the subject (restriction from the government as the islands are nature reserves) - so I will probably struggle with the pancake lens.

With regards to your other comments - I will be using the camera inside the Dicapac - so lens does not need to be weather sealed - this is what the Dicapac camera bag I am using looks like:

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