Canon Eos 50d 17 85mm Lens
What is the best kit for Canon EOS 50D ?

I have decided to buy Canon EOS 50D, will focus on pets & wildlife photography, so I need to know which is the best kit to go for ? With 18-200mm, 17-85mm, 28-135mm or 18-135mm ? Quite a lot of people recommended 17-55mm, so should I just buy the camera body and this lens separately ?

For a general type lens, get the 17-55, I have it & it performs brilliantly..but don’t buy it with a kit. Get the body only & choose a lens after, as kit lenses are generally low quality. You said pets & wildlife though. Wildlife photography requires a very long lens, especially for birds. If you have money to burn, get the EF 100-400 f4.5-5.6 IS. If not, canon has quite a few cheap 70-300 lenses that perform decently. With that said…if your not doing anything too important (books, magazines, print sales, etc.) then the lower quality lenses will work fine.

Canon Eos 50d 17 85mm Lens

Camera 500D – Very Happy After Switching

The EOS 500D, I have purchased together with the EF-S 17-85mm USM lens. The typical kit lens 18-55mm I had not already promised the store. The camera I then added a third-party battery grip.

What do me good after 6 weeks and nearly 1,000 pictures like: The camera fits comfortably in your hand, it can be easy to operate – although at first I often had to look at the manual – Tripping and HOT add time I find very good. The hit rate of the autofocus impressed me. Test images showed no problems with false focal planes. The zoom range 17-85mm “fits” almost always, since I’m the equivalent focal length of 28mm and 135mm formerly lived. The RAW editing software with the Canon DPP is going well out of hand and offers many possibilities, why do not I use the internal camera JPEG processing. The duration of the dual batteries in the battery grip holds a surprisingly long time.

I do not use the video function.

What I do not like so much: In particular, the lens is no longer conveys the strength and precision that I had from my old Canon A1 and the Original objective from the 80s used to. The Plastic virtual reality we must accept the well, if one does not invest in the L-series.

Getting used to, I think the approach to correct Weaken Lens  with software “. If one accepts first, then you can (with the combination) of a camera, lens and PC to make beautiful pictures.

In the meantime, I had wondered whether it would have been the “metal”-50D is not a better choice for me. I too have Verisse unsure of the lens in various forums. Even carried out comparative tests with two 50mm lenses, which are considered very sharp, but I have reconciled, I could see only minor differences. Meanwhile, I am completely satisfied with the Camera 500D and it would re-buy. There are certain cameras and lenses in particular with better (laboratory) values, but the better tools I use for the foreseeable future, no.

5 points because the things that might not please me to be the market.

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All Round Lens for my Canon Eos 40D?

Hi I’m about to go overseas and have decided to buy a 40D over the 50D from reviews ive read.
Now I need some lenses… I don’t mind about the price I just want a really good lens to do the job.

I love it when money is no issue – it makes things so much simpler.

The 18-55mm zoom is a decent lens for the price, but if you’re willing to spend North of $1000, why even consider it? Either extend the zoom range to an all-in-one consumer grade option, the Canon 18-200mm, or if you want a stellar lens in the 18-55mm range, get the Canon 17-55mm f/2.8.

The 24-105mm f/4… Again, I don’t think this is a lens you should be looking at. For portraits, the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 provides ample reach, and since it’s the better lens from 24-70mm and money is no issue, I’d get that instead. But personally, I’d prefer the 17-55mm f/2.8 over either of these options.

The 17-55mm provides a substantially better zoom range for landscapes, cityscapes, and indoor shots. The 24-70 provides a better zoom range for portraits. Both lenses can be used for either purpose and both provide professional grade image quality.

Here’s why I’d opt for the 17-55. If 55mm is not long enough for certain portraits, you can simply crop the image. If the 24-70 is not wide enough, however, you’ll have to shoot several overlapping images and stitch them together in post processing. This can be unfeasible with indoor shots and a royal p.i.t.a. with landscapes.

The 17-85mm zoom is a mid range lens in terms of price and performance. It provides the ideal zoom range for everything from landscapes to portraits. The downsides are that it’s a bit weak from 17 to 24mm, the image quality isn’t great when you use the lens wide open, and it´s not well suited for low light photography. So again, depending on your priorities I’d prefer the

Canon 18-200mm for the ultimate in convenience.
Canon 17-55mm for pro quality with an emphasis on landscapes.
Canon 24-70mm for pro quality with an emphasis on portraits.

All of this is assuming that you’ll only be bringing the one lens. If you’re willing to carry around a camera bag with several (dedicated) lenses, everything changes.

P.S. I agree that the 40D is a more sensible purchase, but if money is no issue the extra megapixels of the 50D can come in handy for cropping. Most reviews claim that the high ISO performance is pretty much the same. Apparently the negative impact of the smaller photosites on the 50D’s sensor is negated by the newer & better firmware.