Macro/landscapes
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I doubt 50mm will be wide enough for landscapes and won't work for macro without a reversing ring or extension tubes
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The 50mm would be a great lens fr experimenting with shallow DoF and getting used to working with primes; they normally lead to thinking about the shot a lot more and taking more time to compose it as you don't have the versatility of a zoom.
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Gav,
Trying to do this with one lens is going to end up with a compromise that'll perform neither function very well.
My advice would be to start off with a set of EF-S compatible extension tubes to use with your EF-S18-55 (your signature is showing 15-55 by the way). You'll have to be a bit creative with the focussing for macro but re-assigning the focus button and then moving your position to focus should work. Other than that, you're looking at needing two distinctly different lenses.
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Trying to do this with one lens is going to end up with a compromise that'll perform neither function very well.
My advice would be to start off with a set of EF-S compatible extension tubes to use with your EF-S18-55 (your signature is showing 15-55 by the way). You'll have to be a bit creative with the focussing for macro but re-assigning the focus button and then moving your position to focus should work. Other than that, you're looking at needing two distinctly different lenses.
Bob
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The 5omm would make a good portrait or general purpose lens, especially good in low light because of the wide aperture, but not really much good for macro unless used with extension tubes maybe. Always best to use an actual macro lens where possible, something like the Sigma 105 or the Tamron 90 would be my recommendations.
As for landscapes well yes, you could use the 50mm but it would be very limiting, especially with a cropped sensor. I would more likely be thinking of a focal range between 10mm and 24mm so probably the Sigma 10-20 or any decent standard zoom lens.
So to answer your original question, Ideally there isn't really a single lens that is good for both macro and landscape, they are essentially different ends of the spectrum.
As for landscapes well yes, you could use the 50mm but it would be very limiting, especially with a cropped sensor. I would more likely be thinking of a focal range between 10mm and 24mm so probably the Sigma 10-20 or any decent standard zoom lens.
So to answer your original question, Ideally there isn't really a single lens that is good for both macro and landscape, they are essentially different ends of the spectrum.
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They are also very good for portrait type work.
for the macro, my choice is the Nikon 105mm VR lens... landscape specific, not sure, I am sure someone else will be along soon.
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i dont think its possibly two have a lens to do both but you could gat a macro around the 17-55mm area which should be good enough.