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Need help choosing another lens for a 70D

Started Jun 21, 2014 | Discussions thread
Keith Z Leonard Veteran Member • Posts: 6,134
Re: Need help choosing another lens for a 70D

It's difficult to recommend the sigma 70-200 f2.8, honestly, as it's not particularly good at f2.8 so you end up shooting at 4 anyway, then it's similar in price to the Canon 70-200 f4 L IS but weighs a ton more.

The Canon 50 f1.4 is outperformed by the old Sigma 50 f1.4 EX and the new Sigma 50 art is leading the pack for AF 50mm lenses.

If you want to avoid the f4 zoom, then I would recommend picking up some primes, like the 85 1.8, 100 f2, etc...  I am a big 135mm f2 convert but it's about what focal lengths work for you, I think the 135 would be awkward on a crop camera for normal indoor stuff.

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