Lens for Canon 450d

[jwsc101]

Hi

Firstly apologies is this has been asked a million times before but I haven't been able to find the answer on there.

I have a 450d with a kit lens and a 75-300 mm canon lens. I also have an 50mm prime.

I like taking portraits and like shallow depth of field so, out of my current selection, the 50mm is my favourite. The problem is the lack of zoom. I don't seem to be able to get shallow depth of field with the kit lens and the 75-300 hardly ever lets enough light in to get a decent shutter speed and it doesn't have is.

What i need is a good all rounder lens which can get pretty wide open and has a good zoom. I am hoping to upgrade to a canon pro body at some point, are there any lenses that will fit both?

Any advice much appreciated.

Thanks

 

[BigRuss]

Hi James

You don't give any idea on price range ?...but take a look at the 24-105L....it sounds about right for what your looking for...a lot of peoples favourite lens on here, you can pick them up for 5-600 quid

 

[woof woof]

Isn't the 24-105 an f4 lens? It should be possible to do better for DoF.

How about a 24/28-70mm f2.8 or a 70-200mm f2.8? Either will give you more reach and shallower DoF or you could go for a 85mm f1.4 or f1.8 or even a macro lens at 90, 100 or 150mm and f2.8.

"I am hoping to upgrade to a canon pro body at some point, are there any lenses that will fit both?"

Canon EF lenses fit both full frame and APS-C bodies (EF-S are APS-C only) as do Sigma DG (but not the DC ones...) and Tamron Di (but not the Di II ones.)

 

[Blasted]

I love the 100mm 2.8 on my 450D.