If you could Have only One

[neuroanatomist]

If you could only have one lens on your canon camera

...you'd have a Canon point-and-shoot! We use dSLRs so we can change lenses...


But, to answer your question, for a 1.6x crop body it would be the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS. On a FF body it would be the EF 24-70mm f/2.8L.



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the 800mm f/5.6L.

<div>Brendan, you'd have a camera on your lens, not the other way around, with that 18"/10-pound monster. Besides, aren't you always telling us to "get closer"? [:P]With a 20' MFD, you might need a bigger back yard!</div>
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