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Which lens combination would you choose?

Started Jul 2, 2015 | Discussions thread
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Steveep New Member • Posts: 7
Which lens combination would you choose?

Im soon to be coming back to photography after a 5 year absence, so I'm going to be buying a new set up, and looking for some advice.

I think I'm settled on the camera body I want - Canon 70d.

But I'm struggling to make a decision on the lenses I want.

My choices are the kit Canon 18-135mm STM,Canon 24mm stm, Canon 50mm stm & Sigma 17-50 f2.8 OS.

I know it comes down to what I'm going to be using the camera for: photo / video or both, and I will be mostly photographing the kids and family holidays etc.

When I was last taking photos as an enthusiast, video wasn't really available, so that’s new to me. I'll be mainly using it for photos, but may use the video from time to time.

So my question is, what lens combination of the 4 above would you choose, or can you suggest anything else?

Is it pointless having the Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 as well as the Canon 24mm f2.8 stm as essentially they have the same spec? Do you think the Sigma could replace the 2 primes?

My thoughts are either the

18-135, 24mm & 50mm - kit lens for video, primes for general photography (I'm a big fan of using primes - on my previous set up, I used the 50mm mkII for 95% of my shooting)

or

Sigma 17-50mm & 50mm - noisy autofocus on the Sigma for video, but good quality constant aperture photo zoom for general walk around photography.

i won't really have the cash to buy additional lenses for a while, so I'm hoping what I buy won't need adding to.

I'd just be interested to hear what your thoughts are and what you'd choose.

Thanks

Canon EF-S 24mm F2.8 STM Canon EOS 70D
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