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Building a system - EOS RP

Started Nov 1, 2021 | Questions thread
robgendreau Forum Pro • Posts: 10,917
Re: Building a system - EOS RP

the_mac wrote:

I recently dipped my toes into more serious digital photography, and picked up:

EOS RP

RF 24-240 F4-6.3 IS USM

RF 35 F1.8 IS STM MACRO

I'm using the 24-240 as a jack-of-all-trades lens, for family pictures when we're out hiking, or candids of the kids out playing, pictures of my wife baking, or taking as a one-lens solution on road trips and vacations.

The 35 gets used for low-light shots, indoors after hours, around the campfire, or for street walks.

So far, I've been thrilled with the system that I have, and it's lived up to my expectations. Just need to keep practicing and taking lots of shots.

We were in Costa Rica recently and found that we loved spotting and taking pictures of wildlife, and the long end of the 24-240 still needed some big crops. I found myself wishing for an RF 100-500, but the budget isn't there for it.

I also find that I'm wishing for better lighting indoors, or for some fill flash out and about.

As a next step, I'm trying to decide between:

  • Godox V860 and X2 trigger so that I can have some lighting. Worried that the V860 will feel too big when mounted on the camera and I'll never use it as a walking-around flash.
  • Canon RF 100-400 F5.6-8 IS USM. I'm worried that it overlaps a lot of the range of my current 24-240 and isn't really buying me that much more reach.
  • Canon RF 800 F11 IS STM. I'm worried that between the lack of close-focus and not having any zoom that I'd miss a lot of opportunities, but maybe that just means carrying the 24-240 and switching lenses as needed.

Trying to figure out where to go from here, any feedback?

That 24-240 and 35 are killer lenses...really good.

The 800mm is by all accounts a fine lens, but pretty much for an excursion where you know you aren't going to be close and where the sacrifices involved with long reach are worth it.

In about the same price range you might want to consider the Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary; it's a great value. Big and heavy, but works great with the EF to RF converted, and well stabilized, since your RP doesn't have that.

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