Good lens for portrait pics for under £500
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Depends if you want a prime or a zoom.
If prime look at:
sigma 50 f1.4
or
sigma 85 f1.4 (this is over your price range)
If zoom
canon 17-55 f2.8 again this is over your price range the next best is a tamron 17-50 f2.8
A longer zoom can be good for candid pics try a canon 70-200 f4
What lens do you already have?
If prime look at:
sigma 50 f1.4
or
sigma 85 f1.4 (this is over your price range)
If zoom
canon 17-55 f2.8 again this is over your price range the next best is a tamron 17-50 f2.8
A longer zoom can be good for candid pics try a canon 70-200 f4
What lens do you already have?
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thanx for your reply...
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hmmm maybe the sigma 50 f1.4 would be of interest for me...im very new to photography so always reading up and taking info in to learn
I currently have a standard 18-55mm lens kit...aswell as a tamron 70-300 f/4-5.6
All the lens I have listed will give you a good improvment over your current lens.
Primes offer the best performance but are less flexable.
Try your current 18-55 set to 50mm and dont move the zoom, see if you can get on with a fixed length. If you are happy with a fixed 50mm go for a prime.
The Tamron 17-50 f2.8 is a very good lens, fast glass and great sharp images best of all is very cheap too.
For your £500
you could get a mint 2nd hand tamron 17-50 f2.8 and a canon 50mm f1.4 or maybe if you are lucky a sigma 50 f1.4
I think if I were you I would sell my current lens and buy 2nd hand tamron 17-50 f2.8 and canon 70-200 f4. Then do a bit of saving for a sigma 50mm f1.4. this is will improve all you images, but its all down to choice.
Primes offer the best performance but are less flexable.
Try your current 18-55 set to 50mm and dont move the zoom, see if you can get on with a fixed length. If you are happy with a fixed 50mm go for a prime.
The Tamron 17-50 f2.8 is a very good lens, fast glass and great sharp images best of all is very cheap too.
For your £500
you could get a mint 2nd hand tamron 17-50 f2.8 and a canon 50mm f1.4 or maybe if you are lucky a sigma 50 f1.4
I think if I were you I would sell my current lens and buy 2nd hand tamron 17-50 f2.8 and canon 70-200 f4. Then do a bit of saving for a sigma 50mm f1.4. this is will improve all you images, but its all down to choice.
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If f/2.5 isnt too slow (its not for me!) then the often overlooked and forgotten Canon 50mm f/2.5 Macro is supposed to be one of the sharpest things you can put in front of a camera.
Canon 85mm f/1.8 cant be beaten, especially for the price, and me? I'm a fan of the 35mm f/2.
Canon 85mm f/1.8 cant be beaten, especially for the price, and me? I'm a fan of the 35mm f/2.
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cheers again for the advice...im not going to rush a decision anyway so i can make the right choice
If you are looking to take shots indoors on a 60D I would be wary of having just a 50mm or just a 80mm lens, as the 50mm would be equivelent to 80mm and the 80mm would be equivelent to 128mm. You may struggle to get everything in when indoors.
I have just bought a Sigma 30mm and so far I am very impressed, this is equivelent to a 50mm lens on FF. I did also consider the 35mm F2.0, but I wasn't keen on the bokeh from the 5 blade aperture.
If you did buy either the 35mm F2.0 or the 30mm F1.4 with the change you could also get a 50mm F1.8 for a bit of extra bit of extra reach.
I have just bought a Sigma 30mm and so far I am very impressed, this is equivelent to a 50mm lens on FF. I did also consider the 35mm F2.0, but I wasn't keen on the bokeh from the 5 blade aperture.
If you did buy either the 35mm F2.0 or the 30mm F1.4 with the change you could also get a 50mm F1.8 for a bit of extra bit of extra reach.
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