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Reply to: by Mafoo
lol, thanks. And yes. If you don’t have any lighting, that should be the first thing you look into. It’s the most important aspect of photography.
That’s a nice lens (I have it as well). For studio work, most people prefer fast primes. That lens is relatively slow (when talking L glass) at f4. I would look at the 85 f1.2, the 50 f1.2 or f1.4, and even the 135 f2.0 (some people like that one for portrait work).
It all depends on what you want to do.
Also, if video is your bread and butter, Canon has some cinema focused EF lenses they just came out with, that might be worth checking out. They are not the greatest for still shooters, but seem to have been created for video. One is the 24mm f2.8 IS USM.
They also have real cinema lenses, but those are in the many thousands of dollars range. ($4,000 – $45,000)
The best lens ever made, is the Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS Mk II. I only mention it, because of how amazing it is. The down side, is it’s not really designed for your applications. However if you have made the choice to go Canon, you need to know about this lens :)
Reply to: by Mafoo
lol, thanks. And yes. If you don’t have any lighting, that should be the first thing you look into. It’s the most important aspect of photography.
That’s a nice lens (I have it as well). For studio work, most people prefer fast primes. That lens is relatively slow (when talking L glass) at f4. I would look at the 85 f1.2, the 50 f1.2 or f1.4, and even the 135 f2.0 (some people like that one for portrait work).
It all depends on what you want to do.
Also, if video is your bread and butter, Canon has some cinema focused EF lenses they just came out with, that might be worth checking out. They are not the greatest for still shooters, but seem to have been created for video. One is the 24mm f2.8 IS USM.
They also have real cinema lenses, but those are in the many thousands of dollars range. ($4,000 – $45,000)
The best lens ever made, is the Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS Mk II. I only mention it, because of how amazing it is. The down side, is it’s not really designed for your applications. However if you have made the choice to go Canon, you need to know about this lens :)