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

[djdalibor]

I own EOS 350D kit, 430EX flash, tripod... looking for a good lens.


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


Which one of these two are for me??? []


Thanks!

[Maleko]

Questions: Whats your budget?

[djdalibor]

1000$

[Maleko]

If you could dish out a little bit extra, why not go fora 24-105 L f/4 lens? Keep that lens for life for any body upgrade in the future!

[djdalibor]

24 on 1.6 crop (38.4)


Is it long for weddings, and general purpose?

[Maleko]

I use it for weddings all the time on my 50D 1.6 crop, never a major problem, just take another step back or two :P The quality of the lens wins it over by a miel for me, despite it being that little bit longer, but not long enough to say its a pain at all!

[djdalibor]

I'm sure that is great lens but it's little of my budget.

[Maleko]

Go with the 15-85mm, has a very nice focal range


Unless someone has other ideas.

[djdalibor]

I will wait for 15-85 review.

[Sean Setters]

Honestly, I'm not sure if the 24-105 f/4's maximum aperture is wide enough for a wedding lens. I own the 70-200 f/2.8 IS and the 17-55 f/2.8 IS, and found myself wishing I had an even wider aperture when I was shooting my last wedding. To that end I purchased a 50mm f/1.4 for my main body and a 35mm f/2 for my second. Receptions are notoriously dark, and the widest aperture you can get will likely help.