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Considering a 17-40L....questions!

Started Aug 21, 2014 | Discussions thread
rebel99 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,025
Re: Considering a 17-40L....questions!

KENTGA wrote:

Don't use the 17-40 for portraits unless its a large group. Use 85- 105 for 6D. 85 1.8 or 100L macro would be good for portraits or macro. 17-40 will be about the same as the Tokina when you consider the crop factor. I have the 17-40 and Sigma 12-24 for wide angle and the Sigma gets a little "out-of-round" at 12mm. Sorry but I can't think of a better term but it's kind of tending toward the fisheye effect.

I love the 6D and also have the 7D. Maybe keep the crop setup unless you need higher ISO.

Kent

kent, if you read my post carefully, i did not recommend 17-40 f4.0 for portrait! i did suggest 85mm f1.8 or 24-105mm f4.0 for portrait. like i said, for portrait there are many other lenses available

cheerz.

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