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Canon General Purpose/Event Lens

Started Feb 16, 2016 | Questions thread
Steve Balcombe Forum Pro • Posts: 15,582
Re: Canon General Purpose/Event Lens

inevitablyissie wrote:

Steve Balcombe wrote:

If it's only a very occasional requirement then I guess you could use your 10-18, but a solution that depends on regular lens swapping is probably not a good one. Also it leaves you with a gap in a very tricky place - a *lot* of indoor event shots would be taken in that 18-24 range. And don't forget the 10-18 is only an f/4.5-5.6 - very slow for use indoors.

That's true, my 10-18 has been useful for some events but the aperture is a little tricky in low light.

Yes I'd rather not be frequently changing lenses. Is there is a particular prime that I could use as a walk around lens? I think the 60mm or the 85mm might be too far...

The 60 would be good for head and shoulders portraits. The 85 would often be too long. I'm generalising of course but I wouldn't choose either as my main lens to cover an event. I'm sticking by what I said - an f/2.8 zoom is the solution.

Lovely picture of a Grey heron by the way, using the 100-400 I wish I had!

Thank you A few years ago I had a 400D and a 75-300 - sometimes described as Canon's worst lens and with good reason. You're already ahead of that!

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