Which new lens?

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Hi guys
I wonder if I could have your opinion on which lens to buy.

I have a 5D Mk3 and need a general walkabout lens. I was considering the Canon 24-70 L or 24-105mm L.

Anyone use either of these, or anything else for that matter, and what's your opinion.
Laura
 
I have the 24-105 and it's great, however but can be creatively limiting by only being f4. What sort of thing do you like to shoot on a walkabout? I sometimes really just enjoy popping the 35mm f1.4 L on there and go with that, or a 50mm f1.4 could be a really good choice, just depends on your style.
 
Hi Mark, thanks for the comment.
It would be used mainly for candid portrait/people shots.

Laura
 
AmericanMrs said:
Hi Mark, thanks for the comment.
It would be used mainly for candid portrait/people shots.

Laura
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Hmmm, then the 50mm might need to get you closer to the subject than you feel comfortable with for candis stuff, the 24-105mm is a great lens, but you could also buy a used 50mm f/1.8 for around £60 to compliment it if you needed to shoot in low light
 
+1 for 85mm

Good choice is Canon 85mm F/1.8

Especially when you look for candid portraits/people shots - you will love it.
It has very nice bokeh, which will separate the people from the background.
It has very good IQ.
It gives you the distance you need, for candid.
It is light, so easier when you go around.
It is not expensive compare to other rivals
+ when compared with Canon 5D III ... lovely.

Good luck with the choice.

Regards,
Kalin
 
I love my 85 f1.8 on my 5D3 but for candid people shots I find it a little restrictive in small areas. I got a 24-105 f4L as a kit lens with a 5D2 and found it to be a great all rounder. I then got a 70-200 f2.8L MkII and a Sigma 24-70 f2.8 HSM, they are the lenses I keep attached to my cameras all the time now, and the 24-105 isn't getting a lot of use at all at the moment.

The 24-70 is getting a lot of use on my 1D3 at the moment and is a cracking lens for both bodies but the 24-105 is a great range for an all round lens. It would depend on what other lenses I had as to which I would recommend as the best though.
 
Thanks for the advice.

I have had my 5D Mk3 for about 8 weeks now, so I only have a 70-200mm L and a 50mm/1.8 lens.
I am also using an old 28-105mm and I like the range on it, hence me asking about that one for the 5D Mk3.


Laura
 
I love my24-105, it's my most used lens. Perfect for a walkabout lens on a full frame.
 
I always found 50mm too constraining. I cannot walk away far enough to get all the detail I want into the image. So I used zooms.

Then, because I wanted higher image quality, I checked which focus length I used most, and bought a 35mm (Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG HSM) and it seems that with this lens, I will not need a zoom anymore for most purposes.

Still, sometimes you want to get close to a detail and cannot, then a zoom would be nice to have...

The Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 zoom gets excellent reviews for image quality and is a lot cheaper than comparable Canon zooms. However, it should be bought in a store, to be able to have a place where you can get it replaced. Some of them seem to have quality assurance issues.
 
If you've already got a 70-200, not much point getting 85mm.

Get the 24-105mm f4 L, fantastic walk-about lens, perfect range (as you found out with 28-105), it's the only lens I need 90% of the time. All other lenses are actually niche lenses.
 
AmericanMrs said:
Hi Mark, thanks for the comment.
It would be used mainly for candid portrait/people shots.

Laura
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I have a 24-105, and it is indeed an excellent walkabout lens.
However, it's not my preferred lens for candid portrait / people shots.

Here's a set I took recently at a village event using the 135 f2 and 50mm f1.4; all shot wide-open on the 5DIII (apart from a handful on the X10 which should stick out as looking more like snaps).
http://www.wild-landscapes.co.uk/Blog/2013-06-15-Priddy-Grease/30143027_vpzMhP

I'm lucky having this set of lenses as occasionally the 24-105 is still perfect for the job; saves battling with prime lens framing issues.
The decision has to be yours :)
 
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