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Hello all, I have been interested in photography for a number of years and just been snapping away without much thought of what I was doing or using. Recently I've upgraded to a Canon 7D MK II. I have a sigma 10-20mm (night and landscapes) and a Sigma 150-600mm (wildlife and surf). I'd like a lens that I could use as an everyday kind of thing from wildlife close by, landscapes and just gatherings of family and friends. What would you folk recommend?
 
The hole in your kit is what most would fill with a std zoom. This really does depend on your budget.
 
I found the Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 very handy for my 7D but as Phil says, depends on budget. The canon version is apparently lovely but more expensive.

J
 
I can vouch for the Canon version, it was a joy to use, very sharp where it matters and was glued to my 7d mk2. My nephew has the sigma version and it seems equally as nice.
 
If you don't need f2.8 and can live with variable aperture the Canon 15-85 f3.6-5.6, or as you already have a 10-20mm get the Canon 24-105 f4 L IS, there is nothing wrong with the MK1 ( I had one for years on 40D/7D and 5D) and its cheap used
 
I also had the Canon 17-55mm, excellent lens although does seem to attract its fair share of dust
 
Thanks for all the replies. I'll have a look at lenses later on..
 
You have a very strange selection of lenses. Most photographers shooting APSC only use focal lengths between 18 & 150mm (indeed most only 18-55).
How much do you have to crop your 20mm shots to get the FOV you're after?
There are single lenses that will fill all the gap you have in focal lengths with a little overlap, but generally I'd avoid such superzooms.
On my non Canon DSLR I use an 18-55 & a 55-300 most of the time (only bringing the 150-500 out where the extra length is definitely needed).
Both these lenses get used much more than my 10-24 or the 10-17 fisheye.
Mind you I almost always have at least 1 prime option with me as well, usually a fast 50, or a 100 macro...
 
id look at a 70-200 2.8 with TC, pretty much covers most if not all situations in the middle of your glass.

really depends if weights an issue or you plan to carry it around for hours, (although i don't have an issue carrying even the Nikon 200-500 for hours, so I guess it's personal)
 
Your budget will dictate a lot about what lenses are available to you.

If you are using it for family gatherings I would opt for an f2.8 or wider incase you are indoors, also lets you get that narrow dof for close up wildlife etc.

if you are on a tight budget, 50mm prime (and/or 24mm) - about £100 each
if you have a bit more to spend 17-55 efs - about £600
if budget is not an issue 16-35 f2.8 L ii and a 24-70 f2.8 L ii - Prob about £1600 each

Knowing what I know now, when I only had crop sensor cameras I would have bought FF 'L' lenses rather than ef-s lenses. Quality is so much better and less pain if you change to FF.

T
 
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