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I have the 50mm on 1000D but I am finding it hard to use only one lens, I'm mainly interested in portraits, family, walk around.

Any inexpensive recommendations?
 
I'm nikon so can't give the best lenses - although there are loads of posts on different walk about lenses on the threads - have a search.


I'd look into the sigma 30mm f1.4 (nice bokeh), may be a zoom lens 17/18-50 ish? f2.8 if poss constant.
Maybe the samyang 85 f1.4 manual - if you search the forums some people have this, but I think they use it on a full frame...

Alternative might be a wide or ultra wide, say 20mm or 11-16 tokina?
 
Did your get your 1000D body only or did it come with the kit lens?
 
200mm on a Canon 1.6x is 320mm equivalent which is way outside of the OP's target photography - just end up with a worse lens, trying to do too much.
 
You really need to define "inexpensive" a little more. It varies from person to person.
 
I got hold of a EF 28-135 from ebay and it's almost always on my camera. I find it covers most things I shoot and it's far better than the kit lens. The zoom creep can be a bit annoying but worth putting up with I reckon.
 
Try a tamron 28-75mm F2.8, you should be able to pick one up cheaply, it would extend your range and give you a great walk about lens.
 
Thanks all, I was consider tamron 17-50 f 2.8, any thoughts of this lens?

Also tamron 17-50 vs tamron 28-75mm?

I like canon 18-135mm but I find tamron 17-50 is better in low light.
 
fwzghl said:
Thanks all, I was consider tamron 17-50 f 2.8, any thoughts of this lens?

Also tamron 17-50 vs tamron 28-75mm?

I like canon 18-135mm but I find tamron 17-50 is better in low light.
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17-50 on a crop is the same as 28-75 on FF so I'd say go for the 17-50 (non VC) if you have a crop camera (which you do)
 
The tamron 17-50 non vc or vc is a great lens and at a good price too.

The canon 15-85 is a nice all round lens too, but its not cheap.

17-50 is a nice range but I do sometimes find 50mm too short.
 
I got myself a Sigma 17-70 2.8/4 DC OS HSM Macro, this replaced my Canon 50mm and my 18-55 kit lens, the macro part is not true macro but you can focus within a couple of inches, this was one of my best buys
 
fwzghl said:
I'm mainly interested in portraits, family, walk around.
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I would say that my 'needs' in a walkabout lens (i.e. the one mostly on your camera) are roughly the same as yours.

explicit4u said:
17-50 on a crop is the same as 28-75 on FF so I'd say go for the 17-50 (non VC) if you have a crop camera (which you do)
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I recently had the choice between the 2 Tamrons and in the end went for the 28-75 (which covers the whole portrait range nicely on a crop body), I don't find myself at the wide end much even though it's only 28mm but find that I am switching to the 55-250 much less often now. Of course there will be many more people who think that 28mm isn't wide enough on a crop body - but it's a lot wider than your 50mm! That said I do have the safety net of the 18-55 kit lens in my bag if needed which was certainly factor in my decision process.
 
when i first bought my 30d a few months ago the only lens i had to go with it was the 50/1.8 and i only picked up another lens recently. i mostly shoot family and friends so the 50mm was fine for the most part, but i wanted something wider for walkaround stuff.

my original choice was the tamron 17-50/2.8 but decided against it in favour of the sigma 24-70/2.8 because it gave me both a wider and longer option than the 50 i had in my bag already.
 
I had 50 F1.8 on my 40D but as soon as I got hold of Sigma 18-50 f2.8 the 50 just stayed in the bag!

I'd recommend either the Sigma or the Tamron f2.8 zoom.
 
I have a 17-50mm Tamron and as others have would vouch as to how good this lens is.

I am looking for something a little longer to compliment it such as a 70-200 or similar, but the Tamron is a great lens.
 
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