What should my next lens be?

[willkia]

I want to buy a new lens but don’t know what.


Currently have a sigma 18-35mm 1.8. Really good for portraits.


I mainly shoot people. Street style photography. Events. Headshots etc.


Any suggestions?

Budget

£200-£800

 

[dibbly dobbler]

100mm f2.8

 

[willkia]

If someone asked you to take photos in a barber shop or at someone’s birthday party / baby shower what lens would you use?

 

[bobman]

Will

For portraits and even wider range of use I would suggest 70-200mm of some variant. For indoors you may wish to opt for f2.8 VR version, for the top end of your budget should get you a decent example.

 

[twist]

If someone asked you to take photos in a barber shop or at someone’s birthday party / baby shower what lens would you use?

Maybe add a 50mm, anything longer on crop may be to long indoors.

 

[ihasa]

If someone asked you to take photos in a barber shop or at someone’s birthday party / baby shower what lens would you use?

On crop, the 18-35 you already have would be ideal. A 100(ish) f2.8 macro would complement out quite well for close ups.

 

[daffington]

A fast 50mm or 85mm would be a good addition in my opinion.

Sigma offer Art variants of both focal lengths and they're widely heralded as fantastic lenses.

 

[LongLensPhotography]

85mm would have the most dramatic effect.

 

[toohuge]

How about sticking with sigma and their 50-100 1.8?

 

[LeeRatters]

50mm prime & a flashgun.

 

[TheAndyA]

Dare I say keep your money until you know what you need?

 

[ihasa]

Too many possibilities. An ultrawide might even come in useful in tight spaces such as barbershops, in a reportage-y kind of way where you suck the whole space into your lens.

 

[Deleted member 49428]

Dare I say keep your money until you know what you need?

 

[Deleted member 49428]

If someone asked you to take photos in a barber shop or at someone’s birthday party / baby shower what lens would you use?

You have an 18-35mm and must have a pretty good idea of its capabilities. I shot my sons birthday party with a 35mm f/2 (apsc) so......... A couple o years ago I did it with a 12mm f/2 (also on apsc)
BTW in the Danish press photo of the year the statistics revealed the most used lens was the 24-70 @ around 35mm setting, food for thought?

 

[shumicse]

My preference is 50mm. I think it’s a ideal lens for street photography. It has the most applications of any focal and hence why they are often referred to as the “nifty fifty”, the versatile lens

 

[willkia]

Thanks all. Appreciated

 

[Phil V]

How about sticking with sigma and their 50-100 1.8?

^This makes perfect sense

or an 85mm f/... aperture to taste / budget.