Bit of advice on lenses for studio work

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Hello

I am hoping to setup a home studio in a few months (going with Lencarta equipment) time for a bit of practice and hopefully some part time income

Anyway....I am wondering which lenses would be best as I have a bit of money now

I am thinking.....

Canon 50mm F1.8
Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 (or maybe Sigma 24-70mm F2.8)

Do these sound like good lenses for studio work?

I want the nifty fifty anyway due to the depth of field and the 17-70mm would be a good walkabout lens as well.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks
 
I used an 18-70 for years on a 1.5x crop (D2Xs & D300) in my studio, so yes, that's an ideal focal length range

You may struggle to turn down the flash enough for an f1.8 to use it wide open though, and if you can't get wider than f2.8 then use your zoom instead

DD
 
I find I never use the 50 as it's too restrictive, the Tamron 28-75 gets pretty much exclusive use in the studio.
 
Cheers for the replies guys.
Think im going to look for a 17-70mm Sigma HSM
Unless a 28-70 comes up cheap
 
a zoom in the studio is very handy over a fixed FL as it save swopping lenses and moving back and forth.
Rob.
 
For studio get primes: 85mm f/1.8, 50mm, 28mm etc, and 100mm macro + 200mm f/2.8 if you have spare cash. Sigma 24-70mm is the worst lens I had used, and no zoom will be better than decent prime, not even L zooms.
 
Interesting, rather different views from people

Bit confused as what to get now......

May get the 17-70 as a walkabout and start off with it in the studio and then get a few primes where money permits
 
primes are good walkabout I spent about 3 weeks with just a 50/1.4

70-200//2.8 got a massive amount of work last time I was doing studio stuff, I only put the 50 on with groups of more than 3 (corporate headshots, full lengths and group shots)

BUT I'm thinkin full frame so my 28/1.8 is 17.5mm on a 450d which is a nice wide
 
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