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40 D - zoom lens????

  • 24-06-2008 7:24pm
    #1
    Kangaroopoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭


    Hi

    Bit of a novice here, recently purchased a 40D Canon and have been roped into doing a friends small budget wedding. I don't want to be up on the alter with them so reckon I need some kind of zoom, can you recommend which also I assume I need a decent flash if I go for the zoom. Looking for good but cheaper options.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Ricky91t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭Ricky91t


    Kangaroopoo wrote: »
    Hi

    Bit of a novice here, recently purchased a 40D Canon and have been roped into doing a friends small budget wedding. I don't want to be up on the alter with them so reckon I need some kind of zoom, can you recommend which also I assume I need a decent flash if I go for the zoom. Looking for good but cheaper options.

    Thanks
    something in the range of a 24-105

    Whats your budget?


  • #3
    Ricky91t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭Ricky91t


    or if you allready have an 18-55 maybe a 55-200 would be a better idea


  • #4
    Kangaroopoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭Kangaroopoo


    yep have the 18-55, the bride is paying for the zoom, would prefer the less expensive option as I'm not sure I'll use it much again so a bit of a waste. Can you recommend a flash too....sorry seriously picking your brains here.

    Thanks a mill!


  • #5
    Ricky91t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,281 ✭✭✭Ricky91t


    Kangaroopoo wrote: »
    yep have the 18-55, the bride is paying for the zoom, would prefer the less expensive option as I'm not sure I'll use it much again so a bit of a waste. Can you recommend a flash too....sorry seriously picking your brains here.

    Thanks a mill!
    Hmmm well for a flash a canon 430ex would do you good!


    http://cgi.ebay.ie/Canon-28-105mm-f-3-5-4-5-II-USM-EF-Lens-28-105-F3-5-NEW_W0QQitemZ350072188960QQihZ022QQcategoryZ30070QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
    A lens like this would be good giving you allmost double the zoom of your 18-55 i have the cheaoer version and the glass is good in it,

    Id wait a while to see what other say though


  • #6
    Carrigman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 713 ✭✭✭Carrigman


    Kangaroopoo wrote: »
    Hi

    Bit of a novice here, recently purchased a 40D Canon and have been roped into doing a friends small budget wedding. I don't want to be up on the alter with them so reckon I need some kind of zoom..

    Why don't you want to be up on the altar with them? If you're the official photographer you have to be up there to get the right shots.

    I'd forget about the additional zoom. Stick with the lens that you got with the camera - presumably an 18-55. It will do the job just fine. There is a lot to be said for using just one lens for a wedding.

    Get a decent flash. Try the Sigma EF-500 DG Super which essentially delivers the same functionality as the Canon 580 EX2 at a fraction of the price.


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  • #7
    Borderfox
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    50mm f1.8 or 85mm f1.8


  • #8
    stewiegriffin08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 262 ✭✭stewiegriffin08


    I agreem Use the stadard that came with the camera, Get in close :) .. 17-85mm I think is the best... If you want, I am training, I can come along for the practice of it... no money change hands :D ... I am looking for practice jobs.. so If anyone got anything going :rolleyes: ... Im here, Just finished a 1 year course In photography and looking for jobs, got a few already... but I looking to do a few freebies.

    Robert Cappa - "If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough"


  • #9
    Placebo
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    17-85 is a **** lens.


  • #10
    stewiegriffin08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 262 ✭✭stewiegriffin08


    Placebo wrote: »
    17-85 is a **** lens.

    Works for me... Its good for normal shooting :rolleyes:


  • #11
    helios
    Closed Accounts Posts: 858 ✭✭✭helios


    stewiegriffin08 wrote: »
    Works for me... Its good for normal shooting :rolleyes:

    +1 on that...


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  • #12
    Calina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    Placebo wrote: »
    17-85 is a **** lens.

    Comments like this are not at all helpful to the OP. Leaving aside the minor detail that actually, the 17-85 is a good walkabout lens.


  • #13
    Placebo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭Placebo


    ITS a huge lense, so no its not a good walk about lens, aperture wise, lowest f stop is 4.5 so its poor in dim light conditions.
    Zoom/focal length change is nothing spectacular
    AND its highly pricey, id get a 50mm and then perhaps a 300mm or so , f.18


  • #14
    Calina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    Placebo wrote: »
    ITS a huge lense, so no its not a good walk about lens,

    You really think it's a huge lens?

    Oh My God.


  • #15
    peter1892
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭peter1892


    The 17-85 is a good lens, it's not the fastest but the IS is often useful in low light situations.

    However someone above mentioned the 50 mm f/1.8 as an option, it's cheap, light and fast and would be a good option.


  • #16
    Calina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    Does anyone read the OP's message? A 50mm is absolutely not appropriate to his wants in the church.


  • #17
    Kangaroopoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭Kangaroopoo



    to 'her' actually!


  • #18
    Ninja_scrotum
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 510 ✭✭✭Ninja_scrotum


    The sigma 17-70 2.8-4.5 macro would suit all your needs I'd say. Half the price of the canon 17-85 and its easier to carry around. I own it by the way so I'd be kind of biased towards it.

    I did a search on the photography-on-the-net.com forum and came up with a lot of happy owners of the 17-70mm, some of them ex owners of the canon 17-85.

    http://photography-on-the.net/forum/search.php?searchid=1246765


    These threads in particular should be of interest to you

    http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=400415&highlight=sigma+17-70mm

    http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=255094&highlight=sigma+17-70mm


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