I have the 50mm f/1.8 and the 85mm f/1.8... They are both great. Trying to get wider aperture lenses - as I found out that low light performance is lacking with f/4.x, etc. even though in good light they take high IQ pictures.
For any landscape photograher using Canon crop sensor cameras, I would recommend what I call "kitrinity" - a trinity of kit zoom lenses. These are 10-18, 18-55 and 55-250. You'll get the coverage from 16-400 in full frame measurement, which covers 99% of landscape needs.
@@timelord2222 It's a great lens. I had the Mark I to start, but the focus motor was too loud. I'm a reporter and it would interupt the events I was covering, ha ha. I switched to the STM version.
I own 18-55 and 55-250. Only 10-18 i not own. So far for my videography, 18 to 250mm cover almost all I need except the wide event outdoor/indoor, architecture, and certain wide shot needed for cramped room/area. Kit-Trinity here is catchy name lol. Definitely needed for all APSC Canon users
Thank you so much Yvonne, I love both the 50mm and 85mm, as you will know because you own the 85mm, its so sharp and you can get such sharp images with it. Thank you so for watching Yvonne 😊
24mm STM was a hard choose, I needed a wide lens to replace my 18-55 and the 24mm specs could somehow get in handy and this time the risk paid nice. It is my favorite lens, it's quite versatile, that makes it boring and unable to really stand out in image deeds, but it shines as the cheapest, lightest, smallest autofocus, native and fast lens you could ever attach in your Canon aps-c. It's image quality is on pair with a 50mm f1.8 which is actually nice, but a lot wider. In my opinion, it's placed into a perfect spot, it's a cropped ultra wide, so it works as a normal and nicely natural looking lens when closed but still has distortion so once you walk back or point to a far spot, you can feel truly wide, practically it is not wide, but the photo feels. One of my favorite portraits I shoot it with the 24mm STM, it place everything in one photo. Model's face looks so natural, due to actual closeness but it's not too distorted, f2.8 boke seems nice, thanks to how close I was depth of field got short and the wide angle qualities allows to show a nice portion of background working as a whole. As I said, it's kind of hard to recommend due to 50f1.8 being cheaper, 18-55 is included and eos-M 22f2 is a KILLER, the 24mm STM is truly an excellent lens.
Thanks Brian, I absolutely love the 24mm and 50mm, I have used the 24mm for so much of my photography and video also. I can highly recommend the 10-18mm, I was a little usure before buyingit if the quality would be there, but it absolutely is, especially at the apertures I shoot at. I would also love the 24-70 and a few times I have nearly bought it, but then the wife gets me 😁
Loved the video. I have first 3 lenses but use the 10-18 the most. I haven't used the primes much. The second lens I use is one you didn't mention - the 18-135 STM. This and the 10-18 are my most used lens. It meaning I only have to take 2 lenses out and with the 18-135 I can take one lens and pretty well achieve everything I want. For wildlife I use the 100-400 buts its heavy and I don't use it as often as I would like. The 70-300 that you showed might be a better alternative.
Hi John, thanks mate. You may be pleasantly suprised to know, that after you commented on one of my video's about the 10-18mm, a while back, I then decided to check it out and buy it 😊 so a big thanks to you for that 👍 Great point about the 18-135 its one lens I haven't used, and because of that I didn't add it to the list, whats the quality of the lens like? Does it take sharp photos? Like you said though, its great if you want to take one to two lenses with you, having all that focal length.
@@PPS-UK Glad I could be of help. According to DXO Mark the 18-135mm STM is one of the sharpest super zooms. I am certainly happy with it. I tested it against my Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 and didn't find much difference. I tend to take images on a tripod at f8-11 so don't necessarily need a fast lens. Consequently I tend to take my 18-135mm along. Sometime, especially hiking I just take the one came and lens. Here is an example of the image it takes facebook.com/jblightscapephotography/photos/a.1763428160582411/2015521742039717/?type=3&theater
@@johnbentley1056 Thanks so much John, this is definitely worth me checking this out, as a Canon owner, a lens like this is of interest to me because of how much it offers in one lens, thanks John 👍
As I mentioned briefly in my comment, I also have the EFS 18-135mm lens. It was the lens that I chose to come with the camera (rather than the 18-55mm) and I am really thankful that I did. It's a great lens and, in my opinion takes wonderfully sharp photos. I love the ovverall range that the zoom gives. Like John, for a while I had the 18-135mm and the 10-18mm lenses so felt that I had all bases covered. And I did. But the 70-300mm lens is a fantastic bit of kit and well worth having. The extra zoom (the effect of which is of course enhanced on my 750d cropped sensor camera) is really handy!
If you are comfortable with Manual mode in your camera, I'd say get a vintage Pentax SMC 50mm f1.7 lens with a cheapo adapter (Pentax PK to Canon EF). Cut off the lens aperture lug with sidecutters to avoid scratching mirror. You'll have to focus and set exposure manually but this lens is amazing and gives lovely bokeh and more 3D images too. They cost only around $30. I bought mine in 1982 and now I use it on my Canon 5D mk1.
No prob. Rocky's Cameras in the UK usually has a few of these fabulous lenses. Here's a bokeh shot I took with the 50mm on my Canon 70D: 500px.com/photo/149286549/bokeh-canon-70d-pentax-smc-50mm-1-7-alder-catkins-by-james-burke?ctx_page=5&from=user&user_id=8289525 and a landscape here: 500px.com/photo/176909559/taking-to-the-sky-by-james-burke?ctx_page=4&from=user&user_id=8289525 - another good thing is their small size so they make great discreet lenses for street photography if you pre focus - such as this one on my Canon 5D: 500px.com/photo/145126817/st-patrick-s-day-borris-village-ireland-by-james-burke?ctx_page=6&from=user&user_id=8289525
I'm Barely Entering the Photography World, To Take Nature Photography, I Want High Quality Pictures, And Am Thinking Of Either Buying The Canon 10-18mm EFS Lens Or Canon 24MM f2.8 EFS Lens, Which One Should I Get It? Thanks !
Hi Abraham the 10 -18mm lens is a great wide angle lens for the price and very sharp in the centre. If your looking for that little bit of extra quality at a lower price, I would recommend the 24mm. I used it for 2 years as my main landscape photography lens, its brilliant. If you decide to get either lens, please consider using the link in my description, as this helps to support my channel, so I can keep making videos like this one. All the best with what ever lens it is you choose. Ben
I've seen reviews that criticize the focusing motor noise of the 24 and 50mm lenses. What has your experience been? I'm surprised you skipped the 18 - 135.
could you recommend something for me please, im getting my first dslr soon and dont have a clue about the lens just yet, which would you recommend for shooting portraits, landscapes and also macro shots please any info is highly appreciated
If i can add: 1. Canon 40mm as alternative to 50mm, its f 2.8 but had better sharpness than 50mm also its pancake and support fullframe 2. Canon 55-250 as alternative to 70-300mm. its direct continuation from 18-55mm, has IS and IS STM variant, and idk its far more sharper than 70-300mm for me. The only bad things is its mostly plastic and APS-C only 3. Not canon Brands, Tokina 11-18 f2.8, the used ones roughly had same price with 10-18mm of canon in my country. But had better build quality and bigger aperture
The 40mm f2.8 pancake is an utterly brilliant lens covers most areas with ease Street, portraiture, pretty good close up too focus is pretty quick too I use it for my wrestling shows on my apsh crop sensor camera with very good results well worth the £80 I spent buying my copy 6 years ago.....
I had almost all of them... efs 10-18 is super sharp, but so dark that it was annoying in viewfinder and missing 22mm on end drives me into ff and 16-35/4, which is bigger but together with ff better option for me... also I replaced 85/1.8 by another, 100/2.8IS which is wonderful universal lens for macro and portrait, optically much better... now I only own pancakes 24 and 40, because of their size for street foto and outdoor trips
Good lenses, all of the above. 24mm I found to be not sharp enough, but now I am using the 2 second timer it might be acceptable 50mm stm good backup for low light.. 85mm -- the only lens I ever bought new, I love it but indoors or low light only. Horrible flare and purple fringing outdoors. 10-18, if I am going to a cave it goes with me! 70-300 nano very tempting but 55-250 does well at a much lower price. But if I didn't already have the 55-250 I would probably splurge for one of these used. With time I have pretty much worked thru these lenses. My edc for nature work is the 18-135 IS Nano with a 28mm IS usm for backup and low light. Note that for hand held IS is necessary for me. Generally, I have moved to fewer intermediate grade lenses rather than more bargain lenses
which camera lens do i need to get for my pictures to be better because the canon 400d came with a tamron 18-200 lens but the auto focus isn't as fast as other camera lens i want to know which camera lens can i buy for that 15 year old camera? and which flash do i have to buy for the canon 400d please help me out
Not meaning to be a troll... I think when you said "this means you're not gonna get a lot of bokeh" about the 10-18mm f4.5-5.6, you probably meant a lot of blurred background. Bokeh is a subjective and qualitative measure of how pleasing the blurring in the background is. While a lens may not have the ability to blur the background a lot, it is possible for it to make the slight blurring very pleasing, thus having good bokeh. The corollary is that e.g. while the Nikon 35mm f1.8 can blur up the background quite a bit wide open, in some situations, it gives very nervous (thus not very good) bokeh. Bottom line: bokeh is qualitative (and often subjective), but definitely not objective, or measurable by specs. Thanks for taking the time to make the video.
I really appreciate your comment and you are right, I have stopped scripting my video's, and now prefer to record them natrually as I feel thats what a conversation is like in real life.Though the videos will be more natrual, there will be the odd occasional discrepancy, (which I would have removed when scripting.) I do look back at this after uploading and cringe a little..😊
everything is qualitative, in the end, Our friend made a good video and if you dont want to do depth of field effects then a good smartphone might be ok, I will now do 1 hour of autoflagellation for that blasphemy. One cannot measure art or taste, or effects that is true.
I replaced my kit lens with the 17-55 F2.8 from Canon (found a used one for 180 euros). I also have the Canon 50mm F1.8 II and the Canon 55-250 IS II. Next lens will most likely be the 10-18MM
Great video Ben and great recommendations. As I've already got three of the lenses you refer to, I find it particuarly comforting! :) And one of the others is on my mental wishlist of 'things to buy when I have some extra money'! I bought the 10-18mm wide-angle lens just before we went on a holiday to South Africa and I was able to take some amazing photos with it. Given that the kit lens that came with my camera was the 18-135mm lens (I chose this instead of the 18-55mm standard one that usually comes with the camera), a part of me was a little unconvinced that you'd actually be able to get that much more of the view in the photo. After all, 'only' going from 18mm down to 10mm doesn't sound like much, does it?! But wow, how wrong was I? It's incredible how much more of the scenery you can get into the photo! Sure, you get the expected stretching/compressing that you get with all wide-angle photography, but that's something that you can use to your advantage to take really interesting photos. I was given the 70-300mm lens as my Christmas present from various family members. And the fact that it was in a Black Friday Double Discount Sale was even better as it meant that I didn't have to contribute to it as well. :) As you explain in your video, the quality of the photos that it takes is wonderful. And when you zoom in on the photos, even when taken at 300mm, the detail is fantastic. Almost all of the recent moon photos I have taken have been with this lens. My parents bought me the 50mm F1.8 lens. Of the four lenses I have, it's probably the one that I use the least. That's not becuase it's a bad lens, but because of what I usually take photos of. But when I have used it, the photos are brill. The ability to take hand-held photos in (much) lower light is really helpful. Without wishing to hijack Ben's RUclips channel, photos taken with all of the lenses that I have are on my Instagram page: instagram.com/cookmanchris/ Looking forward to the next video.
Hi Chris, what you said is spot on, I would shoot at the lowest of 18mm until I got the 10-18mm and couldn't believe the difference it made foing to 10mm. I also love the 70-300mm its a great quality lens and a bargain compared ro Canons other offerings. Your like me Chris, I rarely use the 50mm for photography, because I dont shoot at that focal length often, but Its a great video lens, so I use it often for that. Thank you mate for your comment, im so appreciative of you taking the time to watch and support, your a top guy! 😊
EF-S lenses are for canon cameras with ASPC sensors and EF lenses are for Full frame Canon sensors. You can though use EF lenses on most ASPC sensor cameras, but it changes the focal length of the lens, by increasing it.
This is the lens I want the most. But I don't have that kind of budget and I have a crop sensor, so I am dreaming of a full frame with the 24 70 2.8. I have a canon 600d and the canon 50 mm 1.8, which is good for closeup portraits, but I need a lens for full body portraits both in low light outdoors and for a small room (i can't get full body indoors, because the space is way too small). Also, I photograph kids a lot too, so i need the focus to be good! I was told to get the sigma 17 50 2.8 but I read that the focus is slow. So I guess it wont work with kids? Please help me with what lens I should get!
Geordie, much? (Me Mum's family come from the Newcastle area, so, it's not a 'did', just a 'Way the Lads!') Always thought IS was most valuable in longr lenses--I once had to shoot handheld at 300 mm; even in bright sun ar 500 asa (fast for the time), only one of 10 shots was really any good.... And I'm convinced that a fixed FL is best for documentation, such as CSI type work; photogrametry is a lot simpler withone variable changed to a constant.
stating the 70-300 lens has only slight less quality than the 70-200 f4 IS L II shows you dont own and probably never used the 70-200 or any, maybe, any L lens...
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Do you own any of these canon lenses? and what do you think of it?
Got the 24mm, 50mm and 10-18mm here and I love them all. Really fantastic, and keeps things light which I greatly appreciate.
All, except for 70-300, I have 55-250 instead.
I've got a 40mm f/2.8 and it is absolutely fantastic.
I have the 50mm f/1.8 and the 85mm f/1.8... They are both great. Trying to get wider aperture lenses - as I found out that low light performance is lacking with f/4.x, etc. even though in good light they take high IQ pictures.
For any landscape photograher using Canon crop sensor cameras, I would recommend what I call "kitrinity" - a trinity of kit zoom lenses. These are 10-18, 18-55 and 55-250. You'll get the coverage from 16-400 in full frame measurement, which covers 99% of landscape needs.
That's the same kit I use. And I threw in the 50mm STM for low light work. A photographer can get great results with those lenses.
@@CanoeToNewOrleans I had the 50 as well, but I gave it to my brother since I didn't use it very often
@@timelord2222 It's a great lens. I had the Mark I to start, but the focus motor was too loud. I'm a reporter and it would interupt the events I was covering, ha ha. I switched to the STM version.
I own 18-55 and 55-250. Only 10-18 i not own. So far for my videography, 18 to 250mm cover almost all I need except the wide event outdoor/indoor, architecture, and certain wide shot needed for cramped room/area. Kit-Trinity here is catchy name lol. Definitely needed for all APSC Canon users
@@Nahan_Boker94 Yes, 10-18 is good for indoors architecture.
Brilliant vlog Ben. When I started about 5 years ago I bought the 50mm 1.8 and still use it now. Since then have added the 85mm. 👍🏻
Thank you so much Yvonne, I love both the 50mm and 85mm, as you will know because you own the 85mm, its so sharp and you can get such sharp images with it.
Thank you so for watching Yvonne 😊
24mm STM was a hard choose, I needed a wide lens to replace my 18-55 and the 24mm specs could somehow get in handy and this time the risk paid nice. It is my favorite lens, it's quite versatile, that makes it boring and unable to really stand out in image deeds, but it shines as the cheapest, lightest, smallest autofocus, native and fast lens you could ever attach in your Canon aps-c. It's image quality is on pair with a 50mm f1.8 which is actually nice, but a lot wider.
In my opinion, it's placed into a perfect spot, it's a cropped ultra wide, so it works as a normal and nicely natural looking lens when closed but still has distortion so once you walk back or point to a far spot, you can feel truly wide, practically it is not wide, but the photo feels.
One of my favorite portraits I shoot it with the 24mm STM, it place everything in one photo.
Model's face looks so natural, due to actual closeness but it's not too distorted, f2.8 boke seems nice, thanks to how close I was depth of field got short and the wide angle qualities allows to show a nice portion of background working as a whole.
As I said, it's kind of hard to recommend due to 50f1.8 being cheaper, 18-55 is included and eos-M 22f2 is a KILLER, the 24mm STM is truly an excellent lens.
I have the 50mm 1.8 and the 70-300mm lenses. They are great lenses for the money.
This is the best video review I seen for lens. Awesome job! short & simple, I'm thinking about purchasing the 70mm-300 Thank you
That's lovely to read Tia, thank you so much :) The link to the lens is in the video, it helps support the channel, Thank you again :)
I’ve got the 50 and 24, absolutely love them. I do want both the 10-18 and the 85 but would love a 24-70 more than both of these
Thanks Brian, I absolutely love the 24mm and 50mm, I have used the 24mm for so much of my photography and video also. I can highly recommend the 10-18mm, I was a little usure before buyingit if the quality would be there, but it absolutely is, especially at the apertures I shoot at. I would also love the 24-70 and a few times I have nearly bought it, but then the wife gets me 😁
Ben Taylor Photography yes, same here 2ith the wife.
That lion shot is fire
I Love Canon.. All are my Favorite lenses..!!
Loved the video. I have first 3 lenses but use the 10-18 the most. I haven't used the primes much. The second lens I use is one you didn't mention - the 18-135 STM. This and the 10-18 are my most used lens. It meaning I only have to take 2 lenses out and with the 18-135 I can take one lens and pretty well achieve everything I want. For wildlife I use the 100-400 buts its heavy and I don't use it as often as I would like. The 70-300 that you showed might be a better alternative.
Hi John, thanks mate. You may be pleasantly suprised to know, that after you commented on one of my video's about the 10-18mm, a while back, I then decided to check it out and buy it 😊 so a big thanks to you for that 👍
Great point about the 18-135 its one lens I haven't used, and because of that I didn't add it to the list, whats the quality of the lens like? Does it take sharp photos? Like you said though, its great if you want to take one to two lenses with you, having all that focal length.
@@PPS-UK Glad I could be of help. According to DXO Mark the 18-135mm STM is one of the sharpest super zooms. I am certainly happy with it. I tested it against my Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 and didn't find much difference. I tend to take images on a tripod at f8-11 so don't necessarily need a fast lens. Consequently I tend to take my 18-135mm along. Sometime, especially hiking I just take the one came and lens. Here is an example of the image it takes facebook.com/jblightscapephotography/photos/a.1763428160582411/2015521742039717/?type=3&theater
@@johnbentley1056 Thanks so much John, this is definitely worth me checking this out, as a Canon owner, a lens like this is of interest to me because of how much it offers in one lens, thanks John 👍
As I mentioned briefly in my comment, I also have the EFS 18-135mm lens. It was the lens that I chose to come with the camera (rather than the 18-55mm) and I am really thankful that I did. It's a great lens and, in my opinion takes wonderfully sharp photos. I love the ovverall range that the zoom gives. Like John, for a while I had the 18-135mm and the 10-18mm lenses so felt that I had all bases covered. And I did. But the 70-300mm lens is a fantastic bit of kit and well worth having. The extra zoom (the effect of which is of course enhanced on my 750d cropped sensor camera) is really handy!
Hi the Canon APS-c 15-85mm is also a good lens. My favorite. Also the 18-135mm is good for crop sensors.
If you are comfortable with Manual mode in your camera, I'd say get a vintage Pentax SMC 50mm f1.7 lens with a cheapo adapter (Pentax PK to Canon EF). Cut off the lens aperture lug with sidecutters to avoid scratching mirror. You'll have to focus and set exposure manually but this lens is amazing and gives lovely bokeh and more 3D images too. They cost only around $30. I bought mine in 1982 and now I use it on my Canon 5D mk1.
Great bit of info James, I appreciate you sharing it with everyone 👍
No prob. Rocky's Cameras in the UK usually has a few of these fabulous lenses. Here's a bokeh shot I took with the 50mm on my Canon 70D: 500px.com/photo/149286549/bokeh-canon-70d-pentax-smc-50mm-1-7-alder-catkins-by-james-burke?ctx_page=5&from=user&user_id=8289525 and a landscape here: 500px.com/photo/176909559/taking-to-the-sky-by-james-burke?ctx_page=4&from=user&user_id=8289525 - another good thing is their small size so they make great discreet lenses for street photography if you pre focus - such as this one on my Canon 5D: 500px.com/photo/145126817/st-patrick-s-day-borris-village-ireland-by-james-burke?ctx_page=6&from=user&user_id=8289525
Good video! I’ve just got into photography and I am starting with a canon eos 20d are lens’s limited for my camera or is there a good variety? TIA
switch that canon 10-18 for the tokina 11-16 f2.8.. way better option for ultra wide. know this is an older video but for sure still a viable option
Great suggestion 👍
I'm the beginner in photography and really want to learn more. Thanks for sharing this
If I had it too do over I would have dumped the kit lens right at the beginning and gone to intermediate glass.
I'm Barely Entering the Photography World, To Take Nature Photography, I Want High Quality Pictures, And Am Thinking Of Either Buying The Canon 10-18mm EFS Lens Or Canon 24MM f2.8 EFS Lens, Which One Should I Get It? Thanks !
Hi Abraham the 10 -18mm lens is a great wide angle lens for the price and very sharp in the centre. If your looking for that little bit of extra quality at a lower price, I would recommend the 24mm. I used it for 2 years as my main landscape photography lens, its brilliant. If you decide to get either lens, please consider using the link in my description, as this helps to support my channel, so I can keep making videos like this one. All the best with what ever lens it is you choose. Ben
Awesome thank you !
I've seen reviews that criticize the focusing motor noise of the 24 and 50mm lenses. What has your experience been? I'm surprised you skipped the 18 - 135.
I wouldn't describe the 10-18mm as being sharp, it's my blurriest lens. I don't have the 85mm but I want one.
could you recommend something for me please, im getting my first dslr soon and dont have a clue about the lens just yet, which would you recommend for shooting portraits, landscapes and also macro shots please any info is highly appreciated
If i can add:
1. Canon 40mm as alternative to 50mm, its f 2.8 but had better sharpness than 50mm also its pancake and support fullframe
2. Canon 55-250 as alternative to 70-300mm. its direct continuation from 18-55mm, has IS and IS STM variant, and idk its far more sharper than 70-300mm for me. The only bad things is its mostly plastic and APS-C only
3. Not canon Brands, Tokina 11-18 f2.8, the used ones roughly had same price with 10-18mm of canon in my country. But had better build quality and bigger aperture
Some great adds made here, thank you for your helpful comment I really appreciate you helping the community here at bensguide.
The 40mm f2.8 pancake is an utterly brilliant lens covers most areas with ease Street, portraiture, pretty good close up too focus is pretty quick too I use it for my wrestling shows on my apsh crop sensor camera with very good results well worth the £80 I spent buying my copy 6 years ago.....
I had almost all of them... efs 10-18 is super sharp, but so dark that it was annoying in viewfinder and missing 22mm on end drives me into ff and 16-35/4, which is bigger but together with ff better option for me... also I replaced 85/1.8 by another, 100/2.8IS which is wonderful universal lens for macro and portrait, optically much better... now I only own pancakes 24 and 40, because of their size for street foto and outdoor trips
Good lenses, all of the above.
24mm I found to be not sharp enough, but now I am using the 2 second timer it might be acceptable
50mm stm good backup for low light..
85mm -- the only lens I ever bought new, I love it but indoors or low light only. Horrible flare and purple fringing outdoors.
10-18, if I am going to a cave it goes with me!
70-300 nano very tempting but 55-250 does well at a much lower price. But if I didn't already have the 55-250 I would probably splurge for one of these used.
With time I have pretty much worked thru these lenses. My edc for nature work is the 18-135 IS Nano with a 28mm IS usm for backup and low light. Note that for hand held IS is necessary for me. Generally, I have moved to fewer intermediate grade lenses rather than more bargain lenses
This is the best video reviewing to lenses!!
U get to the point fast and this is great. I love it🌹
Thanks man, really appreciate it
What would you recommend for a macro lens
Great video.. Really helpful thank you
50mm f/1.8 lense available in market ?
Will 35mm f/1.4 gives the same output in m50(crop sensor)
Did you check Canon 28-90mm USM
Should I get 80D or Canon M50 mark with adapter and Some lenses?
you forgot the EFS-55-200
which camera lens do i need to get for my pictures to be better because the canon 400d came with a tamron 18-200 lens but the auto focus isn't as fast as other camera lens i want to know which camera lens can i buy for that 15 year old camera? and which flash do i have to buy for the canon 400d please help me out
Not meaning to be a troll... I think when you said "this means you're not gonna get a lot of bokeh" about the 10-18mm f4.5-5.6, you probably meant a lot of blurred background. Bokeh is a subjective and qualitative measure of how pleasing the blurring in the background is. While a lens may not have the ability to blur the background a lot, it is possible for it to make the slight blurring very pleasing, thus having good bokeh. The corollary is that e.g. while the Nikon 35mm f1.8 can blur up the background quite a bit wide open, in some situations, it gives very nervous (thus not very good) bokeh.
Bottom line: bokeh is qualitative (and often subjective), but definitely not objective, or measurable by specs.
Thanks for taking the time to make the video.
I really appreciate your comment and you are right, I have stopped scripting my video's, and now prefer to record them natrually as I feel thats what a conversation is like in real life.Though the videos will be more natrual, there will be the odd occasional discrepancy, (which I would have removed when scripting.) I do look back at this after uploading and cringe a little..😊
everything is qualitative, in the end, Our friend made a good video and if you dont want to do depth of field effects then a good smartphone might be ok, I will now do 1 hour of autoflagellation for that blasphemy.
One cannot measure art or taste, or effects that is true.
I replaced my kit lens with the 17-55 F2.8 from Canon (found a used one for 180 euros). I also have the Canon 50mm F1.8 II and the Canon 55-250 IS II. Next lens will most likely be the 10-18MM
Good list of lenses you have Fatu. The 10-18mm is a great ultra wide lens, I highly recommend it. Thank you for watching the video 🙂
which ones are for crop sensor? I have a t6i and am looking for a versatile lens. What would you recommend? thannks :)
What kind if photography are you going to do?
What about the 40mm Pancake? Can it have some love tooooooooo?
Not as sharp as 50mm but a more convenient lens on a crop camera for general use. Also, as an EF you could move it to a ff camera if you want.
do they all work on CAnon 60d ?
Great video Ben and great recommendations. As I've already got three of the lenses you refer to, I find it particuarly comforting! :) And one of the others is on my mental wishlist of 'things to buy when I have some extra money'!
I bought the 10-18mm wide-angle lens just before we went on a holiday to South Africa and I was able to take some amazing photos with it. Given that the kit lens that came with my camera was the 18-135mm lens (I chose this instead of the 18-55mm standard one that usually comes with the camera), a part of me was a little unconvinced that you'd actually be able to get that much more of the view in the photo. After all, 'only' going from 18mm down to 10mm doesn't sound like much, does it?! But wow, how wrong was I? It's incredible how much more of the scenery you can get into the photo! Sure, you get the expected stretching/compressing that you get with all wide-angle photography, but that's something that you can use to your advantage to take really interesting photos.
I was given the 70-300mm lens as my Christmas present from various family members. And the fact that it was in a Black Friday Double Discount Sale was even better as it meant that I didn't have to contribute to it as well. :) As you explain in your video, the quality of the photos that it takes is wonderful. And when you zoom in on the photos, even when taken at 300mm, the detail is fantastic. Almost all of the recent moon photos I have taken have been with this lens.
My parents bought me the 50mm F1.8 lens. Of the four lenses I have, it's probably the one that I use the least. That's not becuase it's a bad lens, but because of what I usually take photos of. But when I have used it, the photos are brill. The ability to take hand-held photos in (much) lower light is really helpful.
Without wishing to hijack Ben's RUclips channel, photos taken with all of the lenses that I have are on my Instagram page:
instagram.com/cookmanchris/
Looking forward to the next video.
Hi Chris, what you said is spot on, I would shoot at the lowest of 18mm until I got the 10-18mm and couldn't believe the difference it made foing to 10mm.
I also love the 70-300mm its a great quality lens and a bargain compared ro Canons other offerings.
Your like me Chris, I rarely use the 50mm for photography, because I dont shoot at that focal length often, but Its a great video lens, so I use it often for that.
Thank you mate for your comment, im so appreciative of you taking the time to watch and support, your a top guy! 😊
Chris Cookman which one is good for RUclips videos?
Which one would you recommend for RUclips videos?
Brother pls reply...
Which one is very best lens to buy after kit lens for Canon Crop sensor camera, 50 mm or 85 mm or 35 mm for portrait....
50mm
@@erikaesch776 Thankz for your valuable suggestion. 🙏 ☺
35mm IS USM, used for about 300 bucks. 35 x 1.6 = 56 mm equivalent
Nice one
i want to upgrade my kit lens canon 4000d. what lens should i buy?
What kind if photography do you do?
24mm
Does any lens support all the canon camera kinds?
EF-S lenses are for canon cameras with ASPC sensors and EF lenses are for Full frame Canon sensors. You can though use EF lenses on most ASPC sensor cameras, but it changes the focal length of the lens, by increasing it.
This is the lens I want the most. But I don't have that kind of budget and I have a crop sensor, so I am dreaming of a full frame with the 24 70 2.8. I have a canon 600d and the canon 50 mm 1.8, which is good for closeup portraits, but I need a lens for full body portraits both in low light outdoors and for a small room (i can't get full body indoors, because the space is way too small). Also, I photograph kids a lot too, so i need the focus to be good! I was told to get the sigma 17 50 2.8 but I read that the focus is slow. So I guess it wont work with kids? Please help me with what lens I should get!
If your looking for quality photos at low cost and good low light, you can't go wrong with the 24mm f2.8 its cheap and it's sharp
The 10-18 is kinda a fisheye lens so how did you take a flat picture like that
10-18 is ultrawide but not quite fisheye, and its happy zone starts at about 12mm so you won't necessarily use 10 mm much.
thank you also for the translation ,,,,,
Great video!!!!
Thank you 😊
Hello Bro can ask you and I beg you answer me
Can use 70_300 mm the last lens in camera canon T100
It is an EF lens but yes you can use it, though the focal length will be longer, about 100mm to 450mm with the T100
@@PPS-UK but for example I want to use the zoom it will be okay thanks and sorry for disturbing I'm Newbie at this 🙏🙏
Yes you can use it 🙂
Geordie, much? (Me Mum's family come from the Newcastle area, so, it's not a 'did', just a 'Way the Lads!')
Always thought IS was most valuable in longr lenses--I once had to shoot handheld at 300 mm; even in bright sun ar 500 asa (fast for the time), only one of 10 shots was really any good....
And I'm convinced that a fixed FL is best for documentation, such as CSI type work; photogrametry is a lot simpler withone variable changed to a constant.
So all EFS lenses are for Canon rebel t7 types cameras?
I'm a newbie for these things.
EFS lenses are for any canon DSLR camera with a ASPC sized sensor. From the 4000d upto the Canon 90d
Can I use this on canon rebel t2i
Yes Avery :)
not every CHEAP lenses good for stock footage. but ... Image Stabilizer on the street and in a cafe can be a MORE important characteristic
Thanks man, really appreciate you watching, a very good point 👍
where are you finding that 85mm for £200 ??? i want it 🥺 but everywhere is saying £400+
£295 is the cheapest I can find it now at Hdewcameras.co.uk
@@PPS-UK thank you! 🙏🏽
Hi you
Hi! Thanks for watching, appreciate it 🙌
Thanks. Love my nifty 50
One of the best value lens ever!
Examples!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
stating the 70-300 lens has only slight less quality than the 70-200 f4 IS L II shows you dont own and probably never used the 70-200 or any, maybe, any L lens...
dude what is this video quaility
you photographer,s demand too much from your lenses.
Get entire his assets
Hello. I have an EOS 100 canon camera. I wonder if the canon Efs 60 mm macro will fit on it?