Canon - Ultrasonic lenses

[macvisual]

Recently bought a 5D MkI, any advice/experience/views as to the (cheaper) Canon Ultrasonic f/3.5 short-zooms lenses etc? Are they any good for the money?

I can't afford the likes of the fast f/1.2/1.4/1.8/2.8 'L' Canon glass.

 

[Tokkelossi]

I would say their ok on a nice day with good light. Most canon glass is better then others although might be worth looking at sigma.

 

[Uneducated_Rick]

generally primes are a lot cheaper than zooms, the following are all worth looking at

sigma 30mm 1.4
canon or sigma 50mm 1.4 or maybe the canon 50mm 1.8
canon 85mm 1.8 or sigma 85mm 1.4

once you start getting longer then that they get more expensive however those three would give about the same range as some zooms and you would have 1.4 or 1.8 on then all

 

[Splog]

generally primes are a lot cheaper than zooms

Really!

 

[Craikeybaby]

The 5D is quite critical of lenses. I use the 17-40F4L which is considered to be very well suited to the 5D.

You will have to be careful choosing a lens as a lot of the wide zooms are EF-S lenses and not compatible with the 5D.