What is the best lens under 300$ for the Canon 5d?

samanthake

I have the Nikon D90 and I'm switching to the Canon 5d.


What is the best all-around lens for portraits, concerts, cities, basically everything, for under $300?
i'd rather have a canon then nikon due to my family getting discounts on canon cameras(cousin works for them)

Answer
If you are going to the expense of buying a 5D you really ought to be spending more on your glassware. If you really can't afford it, I would suggest paying less for the camera (say a Rebel XTi) and putting your money into your lenses. There really isn't a 'good' all round lens you can get for under $300.
Of course, primes are the best way to go, but if you really want to buy just one good all-rounder, I would suggest something like the 24-70mm f2.8 from Canon: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/559072-USA/Canon__24_70mm_f_2_8L_USM_AF.html

Which Tamron lens would be good for Canon 5D Mark II under $300?

Ess

Well, I want to buy the Mark II because I had a good offer for financing for 2 years - 0 interest for the camera, and I'd be able to afford it. So thanks everyone for a recommendation on the lens!! Not opinion on you shouldn't be getting one.

Answer
Ess,

what is the point of having a 5D Mk II if you are going to degrade the image with a cheap lens?

You are actually better off with a cheaper body and a better lens.

In other words. with the 5D mk II you can make beautiful big enlargements, that with a cheap lens will only show the defects of your lens much more and will make you spend four times the time trying to fix your photos on lightroom/photoshop/...

Save a bit and buy good glass to put in front of the 5D. In the mean time, rent lenses for those special occasions.

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slr film camera lens?

sdhar_11@s

i need a lens that has an aperture range that goes from f/1.8 to f/16. does anyone know where i can find one for a decent price like less than $200.00???? also, what slr camera i can use with that lens

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Minolta, Pentax, Olympus, Nikon, and Canon all offered a 50mm f1.8 lens for their 35mm film cameras. A better choice, in my opinion, would be a 50mm f1.4.

Sony, Pentax, Olympus, Nikon, Sigma, Fuji and Nikon all offer 50mm f1.4 or f1.8 for their DSLR cameras.

Usually, you choose a camera first and then buy lenses for it. All manufacturers use a proprietary lens mount which means Sony (and Minolta Maxxum AF) lenses only fit Sony DSLRs; Nikon lenses can be used on Nikon and Fuji DSLRs (Fuji builds their DSLR on a Nikon body); Canon lenses only fit Canon bodies, etc.

What camera brand is best based on lens?

riceandram

I am wanting to get a camera.

While the camera body is an essential part, I have heard it is not as important as the lens you are using due to the fact that you can change your camera body more often than your lens and also simply, lenses are more expensive. I know there are types of lens mounts that make them incompatible with other camera bodies from other manufacturers. I have also heard that certain manufacturers such as Canon may change their lens mount more often than others making it harder to keep the same set of lenses for long periods of time.

So, I want to know which camera manufacturer should I go with based solely on the quality of lens and the life (how long you could keep them) of the lens.

ty in advance

Answer
First, to clear up your misconceptions, all camera manufacturers use a proprietary lens mount which is fully incompatible with other manufacturers' camera bodies. Sony lenses for Sony cameras, Pentax lenses for Pentax cameras, Nikon lenses for Nikon cameras, Canon lenses for Canon cameras. The only exception is Olympus and Panasonic that share a common Micro 4/3 lens mount.

Nikon - Same lens mount since 1959. Although they now offer lenses designated DX for their cropped-sensor DSLR cameras (D3000, D3100, D5000, D5100, D7000) and FX for their full-frame DSLR cameras (D700, D3) the DX lenses can be used on the FX bodies. The FX bodies will simply crop the image to the same size as that of a DX sensor. However, Nikon doesn't put a focusing motor in any DSLR body below the D7000. The D3000, D3100, D5000 and D5100 all require use of the more expensive AF-S lenses for auto focus. All those excellent Nikon AF lenses can be used on those bodies but only with manual focus.

Canon - Abandoned the FD lens mount for the EF lens mount around 1988. Canon EF lenses can be used on any Canon EOS AF 35mm camera or DSLR - cropped sensor or full-frame (5D, 1D). However, in order to have a lower-cost lens line, Canon introduced the EF-S lens line. These lenses can only be used on their cropped-sensor DSLR cameras. So someone who buys, say, a Canon T3i and 2 or 3 EF-S lenses will have to buy all new lenses should they ever upgrade to a Canon full-frame DSLR. An EF-S lens CANNOT be used on a Canon full-frame DSLR because it protrudes into the camera body and will damage the mirror.

Pentax - Has used the same K lens mount since 1975. Any Pentax K mount lens ever made can be used - with limitations - on any of their DSLR cameras. If the lens was designed to auto focus on a Pentax 35mm film camera it will auto focus on a Pentax DSLR because Pentax, unlike Nikon, has a focusing motor in every DSLR body.

Sony - When Sony bought the DSLR technology and manufacturing rights from Konica-Minolta in 2006 they wisely kept the legacy Minolta Maxxum AF A lens mount introduced with the Minolta Maxxum AF 7000 35mm film camera in 1985. The Maxxum 7000 had a focusing motor in the camera body as does every Sony DSLR. You could buy a Maxxum AF 70-210mm f4 zoom made in 1985 and it will auto focus on a Sony DSLR as it should.

NOTE: Minolta made some of the best lenses available in their day. During their technology sharing arrangement with Leica back in the late 1970's. the Minolta XE-7 was used by Leica as their R-3 and Leica used the Minolta 35-70mm f3.5 and 70-210mm f4 constant aperture zoom lenses re-branded as Leica lenses made in Japan. So if you ever see a Leica 35-70mm f3.5 or 70-210mm f4 zoom lens it was designed and manufactured by Minolta with a Leica mount. Leica also used Minolta's 16mm f2.8 180 degree full-frame fisheye lens. The Minolta XD-11 (the world's first multi-mode 35mm camera with Aperture or Shutter Priority as well as full Manual metering) was used by Leica as their R-4 and R-5 cameras.

Olympus - Abandoned the OM lens mount for the 4/3 lens mount when they introduced their DSLR line. They have now more or less abandoned the 4/3 lens mount for the Micro 4/3 lens mount.

Overall, you'd have to give the nod to Nikon for the greatest backwards lens compatibility closely followed by Pentax and then Sony.

Another plus for Sony and Pentax, in my opinion, is that both have their respective versions of Image Stabilization in their DSLR camera bodies. Nikon and Canon chose to place their versions of IS (IS for Canon, VR for Nikon) in some but not all of their lenses. With Sony and Pentax any lens used, regardless of its age, becomes an IS lens.

Always buy the best glass you can afford and with reasonable care a lens from any manufacturer will out last you.

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