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Is 24mm wide enough on a walk about lens for crop bodies?

Started Apr 29, 2015 | Polls thread
bigfatron Contributing Member • Posts: 777
Re: Depends...

Xenol wrote:

I use my 24-105 as my main go-to lens, and I'm thinking about upgrading to the 24-70 f4, that being said, for most of the things I shoot normally (portraits, animals ect) I don't really need longer than 35mm. However, when I do need to go a bit wider, 24mm doesn't cut it - hence my 10-18 which fills in the gap.

The lenses in Canon's lineup which would go wide enough for me normally don't go long enough to be conveniant (17-40L, 17-55 2.8 ect) . So it's really a matter of how you like to shoot.

Surely if you "don't really need longer than 35mm" then a 17-40L would be perfect for you?!

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