February 6, 2009
Considering bending the rules
Ok, not "the rules," really - my rules, and not even a very serious one.
Perhaps I should explain...
When I bought my DSLR, I pretty much decided that while the body was a non-trivial investment, that what I really needed to worry about were lenses.
That meant a couple of things - first, I bought the 450D, rather than the more expensive 40D or the astronomically expensive 5D. In fact, I nearly bought the 400D and saved a couple hundred dollars to put toward lenses.
The other thing it meant was that I had no intent of putting any money into EF-S lenses. Indeed the only lenses I've bought so far - a Canon 50mm f/1.8 and a Sigma 24mm f/1.8, are both EF lenses, which I expect to carry with me one day when full-frame bodies come down into the range of a cheap frugal hobbyists' budget.
I'm planning to acquire a "carry zoom" lens shortly, and did a bit of research today. A friend of mine speaks very well of his Canon 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6, and I've read reasonably good things about it.
Looking around at reviews, I was surprised to see generally positive reactions to Canon, Sigma and Tamrons so-called "super zoom" offerings.
The additional range would certainly be handy on occasion, so I'm considering making "one exception" to the no EF-S rule.
Posted by dberger at February 6, 2009 10:42 PM
Comments
I am strongly considering making my one exception be the 10mm-22mm f/3.5-4.5 ef-s. The super zooms are neat, but only with ef-s are you going to get a really wide lens for cheap.
Posted by: Titus at February 7, 2009 9:00 AM