85/1.2 ....because I can't get that!!
to answer the question i would say.. the canon 400 2.8 mkII COST ABOUT 9+ THOUSAND..
Guessing your question isnt as open as you make out though
For me its the 135mm f2.
But you say "regardless of cost" ...... Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 EX DG
Kind of hard to suggest really as you could make a case for everything from the 14mm to the 800mm and many of the primes and zooms in-between.
I tend to buy lenses because of what I need them for - and select the best I can afford from the sub-set that apply.
Not worth recommending the 500mm f/4 L MkII or 200-400 f/4 L with in-built extender if you want to shoot architecture.
So what are you planning to shoot with this lovely new lens ?
70-200 f4 no question, will do everything you need and more outdoors, focus is rapid, great construction, light, zoom and focus rings are good and the optical quality is excellent, all for a bargain price of £300~, if we were talking nikon I'd probably say the 50 1.8 D, but canon unfortunately doesn't have one.
Yeah I know what you're saying. I'm just looking for inspiration.
I'm lleaning towards a portrait lens. Been looking at the 85m 1.2 or the 70-200 2.8.
Best Canon lens i ever used was the 200mm f/1.8 simply the very best lens ever produced by anyone, just a pity that anyone who used one died 30 years later through Mercury poisoning.
Yes agree
The 70-200 f4 is a fantastic lens
But it depends on what you shoot
If it was macro I would say the 100L macro
I highly disagree, the 70-200 f/4 is canon's best lens ever made(if you factor in price of course)
Kind of hard to suggest really as you could make a case for everything from the 14mm to the 800mm and many of the primes and zooms in-between.
I tend to buy lenses because of what I need them for - and select the best I can afford from the sub-set that apply.
Not worth recommending the 500mm f/4 L MkII or 200-400 f/4 L with in-built extender if you want to shoot architecture.
So what are you planning to shoot with this lovely new lens ?
If you factor in price then it has to be the Canon 50mm f1.8.
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Is the Nikon 50mm that much better?Nikon perhaps, canon definitely not
I highly disagree, the 70-200 f/4 is canon's best lens ever made(if you factor in price of course)
If price was of no object, as I've just noticed is OP's circumstance, then I personally would probably get something extravagant, 50 1.0/1.2/0.95, 100-400 f/4 1.4x, of course it depends on your circumstances, I'd never buy either even if I could as I have no real need for them.
No love for the 35mm 1.4?? That lens is constantly attached and amazing results. I pretty much stay at 1.4 and lovvvveeee it!!!!
For me the 300 f2.8
I used to be impressed with the Canon 35 1.4, then I tried the Sigma variant!