Great body/lens pairs

Timothy Hood wrote:

You read the reviews of great lenses like the Sigma 50mm Art and start imaging it being in your kit. But does that make sense?

I have a T4i (650d) and am looking at adding or upgrading a lens or two this year. I don't see a FF body anywhere in my future,

Ok.

so it seems overkill to consider such high-end lenses like the esteemed 50mm and 85mm Art lenses, as my T4i is the limiting factor here.

That is just wrong. Your T4i is very capable of capturing what is projected by any lens.

Maybe it is not the fastest sports photography camera, sure.  Or the best video DSLR, sure.  You also will not be able to get as shallow a DOF as you can with a FF body.

But will it limit somehow these lenses? Of course not. Only thing that happens is that the crop factor makes the FOV more narrow than it would be on a FF camera.

The 50mm f1.4 on a T4i will be like a 80mm f2.2 lens on FF, the 85mm f1.4 on a T4i will be like a 135mm f2.2 lens on FF.

There is NOTHING wrong about wanting a certain FOV, and getting a good lens for it. It does not matter if it is a T4i.

The limiting factor is you, not the camera.

So, I'm curious what owners of similar bodies consider great lens pairings. I currently have the Canon 10-18mm which seems like a great match for the T4i and has yielded great results for me. I also have the two infamous kit lenses, 18-55mm IS II (the silent AF) and the 55-250mm IS II. These are decent, but I have found the aperture to be most limiting, so I am considering the Sigma 17-50mm 2.8 as an upgrade for the 18-55mm.

The Sigma is a good choice, in my opinion. But so will FF primes be.

Tell is about the lenses you think pair well with our more pedestrian bodies.

Your so called pedestrian body outperforms older so called "professional" bodies by some margin. The T4i is a very capable tool, and good photographers can make great photos with it, also with the mentioned Sigma lenses. Choose the focal length and shallow DOF you want, and select an appropriate lens to achieve that.