Quote Originally Posted by clemmb


The Tokina 50-135 f2.8 was intended to be the equivalent of a 70-200 on a crop camera. It works out to be ~80-216. I do not see it on B&H web-site or even on the Tokina web-site. Has this lens been discontinued?



It's on the Tokina web site. B&H lists only the Nikon mount version, and calls that one discontinued. Amazon has one listingfor the Canon version of the Tokina 50-135mm f/2.8 - but at $800, I'm not sure that's going to be compatible with the OP's budget...


Raptor117 -hopefully I'm not making your choice more complex, but if you're willing to forego the zoom, the CanonEF 85mm f/1.8lens makes an excellent portrait lens. IQ is excellent, focus is very fast. The 85mm focal length is great for tight indoor portraits on a crop body (equivalent to 135mm, the 'classic' head and shoulders portrait length on FF). The wide f/1.8 aperture will give you great OOF blur. Plus, at less than $400 the price is right. If you go that route, you'll probably want to add an ND filter for outdoor portraits - with a 0.9/8x/3-stop ND you'll still be able to use a wide aperture (and since it uses 58mm filters, they don't cost that much).