Canon 7D standard lens question?

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I have been looking at purchasing the Canon D7 to shoot video. I know that it is best to not ever use your zoom while in the middle of recording video but I like to have the option. When I went to Best Buy to test out the camera, the lens was kind of sticky when I tried to zoom. Is this a normal problem with the standard lens that comes with the 7D?
I don't want to know if this camera is the best choice for video or not. For what I am going to be doing I already know this is the best option. A pro camcorder that is comparable will cost at least $1000.00 more. Please read the question before you answer and then only answer the question. Thanks!

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i had heard more about Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens which is good one.

*70-300mm telephoto zoom lens with f/4-5.6 maximum aperture for Canon EOS SLR cameras
*3-stop Image Stabilizer for reducing camera shake; ring-type ultra-sonic monitor (USM)
*Electro-magnetic diaphragm (EMD) helps create attractive background at large apertures
*Super Spectra lens coating and lens element shaping suppresses flare and ghosting
*Measures 3 inches in diameter and 5.6 inches long; weighs 22.2 ounces; 1-year warranty

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-70-300mm-4-5-6-Lens-Cameras/dp/B0007Y794O/?tag=pntsa-20

Canon EOS 7D Lens Recommendations?

Katie

I am planning on buying a Canon EOS 7D (with the kit lens-Canon 28-135mm IS f/3.5-5.6) within the next couple weeks, and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for some lenses. I just need some recommendations on lenses that I can use as I am getting used to the camera (good to learn with) and that I will be able to use as I progress and be used on possibly a professional basis. I will be using the camera for shooting everything, not anything specific if that helps any.

I'm only 16, but I design web sites so I have a very good income, so price isn't that big of a deal as long as it is worth it. I would still like the prices to be reasonable if that isn't too much to ask... I have been looking for a macro lens, fish eye lens, and a wide angle lens specifically, but I would like to get a wide variety of lenses.

If anyone has any recommendations for anything else that I would need to buy with this camera that would be great. I figure if I'm spending this much on a camera I would like to put it to good use.

Should I get a battery grip?

What kind of CF memory card should I get?

Bag recommendations that can keep everything safe?

I know I want to work on time lapses, so I need a recommendation for a intervolmeter. Any good ones?

Anything else I'm forgetting?

I have an idea on what I need for the last couple questions, but I would like a second opinion.

Thanks to anyone who helps!

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Forget the 28-135, no usable wide angle, if you want a walkaround. Beleive it or not the 18-55 EF-S IS is actually a stonking lens if you can get one for the right cash (split from kit, nearly new on an auction site etc)

I prefer a mix of primes and fast zooms for my 7D:

Tokina 11-16 f2.8. Exemplary lens, head and shoulders above any of the other UWAs.

Canon 18-55 IS (previously had the 17-40 F4L, but was using this lens more often, so sold the 17-40, which is a good lens, but not worth the extra to my mind, having used both on a 7D)

Canon 70-200 f2.8L (non IS version. A lot of lens for the money, optically superior to all but the IS mk2) a benchmark.

Canon 50mm f1.8. Rude not to, great low light or portrait shooter.

Sigma 70mm f2.8 EX Macro. The most sensible and optically the best macro for APS-C type cameras.

Lensbaby composer. Effect lens.

CF card recommendations: Sandisk, Extreme, Just make sure your cam has firmware 1.2.5 installed. If not, install it.

I use an intervalometer I bought on ebay for £20. Works. Can't say much else about it.

For your timelapse its worth getting a lens with a mechanical iris, such as a m42 type with an EOS converter, something like a 28 or 35mm lens would be quite flexible, and as it's a prime, should be optically ok.

Timelapse on an EF or EFs lens requires the lens to be used wide open, or to stop down every exposure, and there are sometimes very minute variations on the lens stop down, even at a set aperture, causing flicker. A mechanical iris lens gets round this. M42 lenses also avoid any complications with back focus etc. Cheap too.

You'll also want an ND filter, perhaps even a variable, though you would only want to use this on moderate focul lengths. Timelapse works best if you introduce some shutter drag/motion blur, meaning a longer exposure. In daylight this will not be possible unless you have additional filtration on the lens. A variable ND, whilst not always optically the absolute best solution, is at least very flexible.

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Can Canon FL lens be use on Canon 30D or 7D?.?

Q. I just bought a Canon 50mm f1.4 Lens online and I found out it is for FL Camera. Can I use the lens on Canon 30D? Can it fit on it?

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Nope.

If the seller did not tell you it was an FL lens, then you can send it back.

ONLY EF and EF-S lenses can be used on the Canon 30D or 7D.

Yes for a little over $100 you can buy an adapter to MAKE the lens fit, but 1) you cannot focus at long distances like infinity 2) you will have to manually focus the lens and 3) metering will be iffy.

http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/eosfaq/manual_focus_EOS.html

"you don't get any sort of automatic iris operation. In most SLRs, focusing is done at full aperture, and if you stop the lens down to, say, f11, it remains fully open until just before exposure, then it stops down for the exposure and opens up again. This gives a brighter viewfinder image and makes focusing easier and more accurate. When these lenses are mounted on an EOS body, stop down metering must be used. That means that the lens is first focused at full aperture (for maximum accuracy), then manually stopped down to the shooting aperture before the shot is taken" ... Bob Atkins

Lens for Canon 7d all types of photography?

Brandon R

Ok well i think i have a better idea of what i want to do with my lenses but not really sure on which ones to get I've tested out 70-200 f4 and love it but its a little long for my 7d i find my self having to be amazingly far back.

Lens i have

50 1.8
Helios 44/2 Manual
28 - 135 kit
Canon Fd 24mm
Pentax Super Takura 50 1.4

I have more vintage lens but they were kind of passed down to me i don't use them often im looking for something new that's fit for the camera without adapters and magnification aspects.

What im looking to do :
Portrait - Mostly Outdoor but would still like to be able to do indoor in tight spaces (Don't have a studio)

Wildlife Just birds, random animals

Landscape
I would like to get more abstract maybe a fish eye but that's a special purpose lens so im in no rush for something i don't think i'll make money off of .

As for lens quality /contrast/ color etc. What do you think would be adequate for me to get im not to hung up on prime vs zoom but im talking about crop factors etc as to what im trying to do with photography.

All comments welcome good or bad :)

Thank you
Well the helios i aquired because i like the bokeh affect of it kind of swirly nothing more nothing less the other manuals were "GIVEN" to me...i didnt buy them because i think they are better by any means. I stated i dont even use them. The 70-200 because of indoor work which i already stated on a crop sensor when i dont have a huge studio to work with.

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There is no perfect lens for all types of photography. You just need to learn how to use the lenses you already have well, before you start wishing for the "perfect" lens that will do magic for you. It really doesn't work that way. What is good for portraits, usually isn't for landscapes. But the trick is, it is possible to use one lens to shoot every kind of photography you want to do. But you seem to me like one of those people who will sit on the internet and spend more time sifting through specifications and MTF charts searching for the perfect lens than actually taking pictures. You waste your time with vintage lenses, you think that manual focus makes you a more authentic photographer, which is nonsense. I've been a photographer for over 15 years, about to start my own business, and I would never choose a manual focus lens, in a different mount, because I read somewhere that they make better images. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I use what works well, and quickly. I don't have time to manually focus on things, the focus screens of all DSLR's aren't meant to be used with manual focus lenses, so why use them? Because you're in your 50's and you have a bunch of lenses you used on manual focus cameras before I was even born, or because you read somewhere that they make you a cooler photographer? Because for the money you'll spend on 3 or 5 of these vintage lenses, you could just invest in a real lens, like an EF 35mm f/1.4L and use it for basically everything you just wrote that you like to do. Sure, it costs $1400. But it's a good lens. Canon doesn't make lenses like that so that inexperienced noobs can't get them (like they all believe...it's all a conspiracy or something stupid like that), no....they make them because people who know better understand why they need them. That's all.

The truth is, you can do whatever you want with the lens you got with the 7D you bought. At this point, you don't even understand how these lenses work enough to even know why you need one. For example, you've tested the 70-200 f/4L and you say you can't use it because it's too long. Really? It's a zoom with a constant aperture and has the best image quality of any other lens outside of canon's 70-200mm group. How is that not a good lens. Your problem is, you don't really understand how to use it because even on a crop frame, I can't say I'd say the same thing that you did....it isn't right for you because you have to be amazingly far back? How close do you need to be to something? There will never be a suitable lens to a person like you, my friend. You expect too much from them when the truth is, it's the photographer that is the most important part of any camera system.

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