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Sorry if this has been asked before but i have seen different canon lenses. Red band, gold band, silver band and even broken bands. As i'm new here which would be best, Bearing in mind i cannot afford £2000 for a lens at the moment so which should i go for?. Looking for a good all round lens probally 24-105mm so how much can i get one for???
Thanks in advance...:)
 
I think this is in order.. Canon 24-105
 
The Red band around the Canon lens denotes a 'L' Series, mean top quality and performance. Think the Tamron has the gold band on some of their lenes.

The 24-105mm 4L is a great walk about bit of kit (Of course I would say that cos I have one) Seen them for sale on here for about the £650 mark
 
Canon lenses have a gold band too... 50mm 1.4 prime for instance..
 
and 85mm f1.8 and 28-135mm iirc - "good" midrange stuff. Or exceptional, in the case of the 85mm.
 
baldyhead said:
Sorry if this has been asked before but i have seen different canon lenses. Red band, gold band, silver band and even broken bands. As i'm new here which would be best, Bearing in mind i cannot afford £2000 for a lens at the moment so which should i go for?. Looking for a good all round lens probally 24-105mm so how much can i get one for???
Thanks in advance...:)
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24-105 is designed as a general purpose lens for full frame cameras. It doesn't have enough wide angle at 24mm.

The ones intended for cameras like your 450D with a smaller sensor include the 18-55 kit lens, 17-55, 17-85, 18-135, 18-200 and the new 17-85. The best one optically is the 17-55 2.8, which is very highly regarded.
 
HoppyUK said:
24-105 is designed as a general purpose lens for full frame cameras. It doesn't have enough wide angle at 24mm.

The ones intended for cameras like your 450D with a smaller sensor include the 18-55 kit lens, 17-55, 17-85, 18-135, 18-200 and the new 17-85. The best one optically is the 17-55 2.8, which is very highly regarded.
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I get on fine with the 24-105 on a crop camera. If you are used to shooting wide then maybe it's not the right lens but rarely do I have a problem (although I do have wider if I need it).

THe 24-105 is a top class lens - very sharp! and IS really helps in low light. 17-55 f2.8 IS is a stop faster but just misses the reach. You pick where you want to use the lens if wide the 17-55 is the choice. If longer, the 24-105 is a cracker too.

I use 10-22, 24-105, 70-200 2.8IS for most of my images and the 10-22 is not used a lot. Majority withy 24-105 then the 70-200.
 
EOS_JD said:
I get on fine with the 24-105 on a crop camera. If you are used to shooting wide then maybe it's not the right lens but rarely do I have a problem (although I do have wider if I need it).

THe 24-105 is a top class lens - very sharp! and IS really helps in low light. 17-55 f2.8 IS is a stop faster but just misses the reach. You pick where you want to use the lens if wide the 17-55 is the choice. If longer, the 24-105 is a cracker too.

I use 10-22, 24-105, 70-200 2.8IS for most of my images and the 10-22 is not used a lot. Majority withy 24-105 then the 70-200.
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I have just upgraded to the 24-105L on a crop camera and also find it quite wide enough for a general lens. I have a Sigma 10-20 for uwa and 100-400L for super zoom.

The 24 is a superb lens-shop around you can buy ex kit whie box uk stock brand new for circa £700-really not worth buying used!!
 
Sigma also use a red band for their APO versions (generally regarded as better than their non-APO counterparts)
 
HoppyUK said:
24-105 is designed as a general purpose lens for full frame cameras. It doesn't have enough wide angle at 24mm.

The ones intended for cameras like your 450D with a smaller sensor include the 18-55 kit lens, 17-55, 17-85, 18-135, 18-200 and the new 17-85. The best one optically is the 17-55 2.8, which is very highly regarded.
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Would have to agree, but its the old adage, what one's man junk is another man's treasure, and some people are fine using this lens with out the wide angle capability.

Personally, it just didn't work for me on my 20D (a 17-55 might have been more suitable), but creates a better partnership with my 1D (1.3 crop)

If I was looking at a lens for a 1.6 crop camera, then the EF 17-40mm f4 L (allows you to upgrade to FF) or EF-S 17-55mm f2.8 would be my first choices.

Canon have just released a EF-S 15-85mm f3.5-5.6 lens, supposedly to replace the 17-85mm (very average), although still new on the market and very few reviews (if at all), but that would perfectly fit the bill if the reviews are favourable and in the same ball park cost.
 
FWIW the range of the 24..105 on crop suited me very well. My use is mostly out at the park with the children at the weekends. I've ended up with a 70-200 on full frame.
 
I have recently bought a 24-105 as a walkabout. It's the widest lens I have and I love it :)
I had a Tokina 11-16 and found that I very rarely used it. That's the thing though, it is personal requirement that will determine what is suitable, I was torn between the 17-55 f2.8 and the 24-105 and went for the reach over the width. Both are great lenses :)
 
Very good link sapper696 been reading it for a while will book mark it
Bob
 
baldyhead said:
Sorry if this has been asked before but i have seen different canon lenses. Red band, gold band, silver band and even broken bands. As i'm new here which would be best
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Canon branded lenses with a red band are known as "L" (Luxury) lenses. They typically have the best possible optical quality and build quality. Quite a few of them are weather-sealed (sometimes you need to put on a filter to get weather-sealing).

Canon branded lenses with a golden broken band are considered "consumer grade", which means that the build quality is a bit less and you may not get weather-sealing or Full Time Manual focus, but the optical quality can still be quite high and you can have a prime with a golden broken band (such as the EF 50 f/1.4) that delivers better optical quality than some of the "L" zooms.

Canon also has a few lenses with a green band which denotes that they use special diffractive optics, which result in smaller and lighter lenses, but reports of optical quality are mixed. I think the only 2 examples right now are the Canon EF 70-300 DO IS USM and the Canon EF 400 f/4.0 DO IS USM.

So what is best really depends on what you expect from a lens. If you want both the best build and optical quality, you should look at "L" lenses, but as a rule Canon has not yet built any "L" lens with an EF-S mount.

However, they have come out with a number of optically excellent EF-S lenses such as the EF-S 10-22 and the EF-S 17-55 f/2.8.

If you can wait with buying the lens it may be an idea to have a look at the reviews of the latest 2 Canon lenses before you decide:

Canon EF-S 15-85mm F3.5-5.6 IS USM and
Canon EF-S 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS USM

They're just out so there's not that much out there in terms of reviews but that will quickly change once they hit the shelves.
 
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