General purpose, wedding, portret lens for 1.6 crop body!

[Daniel Browning]

EF-S 17-55 IS USM is great lens, but now there is EF-S 15-85 IS USM.


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I suggest the 17-55 f/2.8 IS. It is faster, and that can come in very useful at a wedding. But it wont be long enough to cover the telephoto shots you need.


If you can make do without I.S., you might consider the Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 instead. It's less than half the price of the Canon, but still very, very good. That would leave you with money for a dedicated telephoto.

Honestly, I'm not sure if the 24-105 f/4's maximum aperture is wide enough for a wedding lens.

For my style, I agree. Especially for APS-C. Personally, I shoot weddings with primes only; mostly f/1.4. If I can't get any soft flash (e.g. bounce), then I'll do as much available light as I can before switching to the off-camera flash. On my 5D2 that means ISO 6400 and f/1.4, which is common for a lot of receptions.

24 on 1.6 crop (38.4)


Is it long for weddings, and general purpose?

For me: yes. I like to have at least 17mm on crop. But everyone is different. Canon sells a lot of 28-135 lenses in kits with their APS-C cameras, and I think that's because many people like the 45mm-equivalent angle of view. Personally, I find it too limiting.

[djdalibor]

I know local photographer that do weddings with Nikor 18-135 3.5-5.6 all the time!?

[Daniel Browning]

I know local photographer that do weddings with Nikor 18-135 3.5-5.6 all the time!?

Everything is a tradeoff: some prefer the flexibility of a 8X superzoom over the quality of a 3X zoom. Others prefer the speed/DOF/bokeh of a prime over the flexibility of a 3X zoom. If the bride doesn't mind harsh flash, deep DOF, barrel distortion, ugly bokeh, chromatic aberration, vignetting, low contrast, and low corner resolution, then there will be no difference between the 18-135 and a f/1.4 prime.

[Mark Elberson]

If the bride doesn't mind harsh flash, deep DOF, barrel distortion, ugly bokeh, chromatic aberration, vignetting, low contrast, and low corner resolution, then there will be no difference between the 18-135 and a f/1.4 prime.
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