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I want to purchase one more lens before going to 40D bandwagon. I have 30D now.

I really don't know what lens i should purchase next. I have 24-105L and it's my versatile walk around lens. Sometimes i feel that it's too slow, sometimes i feel the lens is not wide enough.

Here is my list and comment:

17-55 f/2.8 IS : extra wide angle and IS is welcome. But may replace my 24-105L as my walk around lens and make it obsolete.

24L f/1.4 : nice fast lens

35L f/1.4 : nice fast lens, but i don't do portrait

the fast lens will give me new aspiration to shoot in low light situation.

if you want wider, and faster, how about the canon equivalent of the nikon 17-35 f2.8? or an IS version?

probably the underlining question is if f/2.8 IS is better than f/1.4 in low light.

go either the 24 or 35 1.4 if you want to go low light. The 24-105L is a great walkabout lens. I only dumped it for the 24-70 f2.8 and that it overlapped with my 70-200 f2.8 and I like my lengths to fit perfectly...i'm pedantic in that sense

PiroStitch - how do you find the 24-70 compared to the 24-105?

i have the 24-105 now and been happy with it for a year now however i'm looking into getting a 70-200 f2.8 is and thinking that it would be nice to have the 24-70 f2.8 to go with it and have no overlap and have 2.8 the whole way through.

i've got a 400d but not really concerned about wide at the moment.

milux i reckon the 10-22 canon or tokina 12-24 would go really well with the 24-105 if your after wide.

The 24-70 is perfect on the 5D and sharp at all aperture settings.

Quality wise it is a tad much better than the 24-105. The only reason why I changed was I needed the f2.8. IS helps in lowlight but not when you're capturing movement.

I'm generally not too fussed about the 24mm limitation on my 24-105L. It's just the low light condition and having to crank up my ISO to over 1000

What do you shoot most? out in the streets, inside a pub, indoors with flash, or out in the wide nature?

Different needs require different lens for very different results...

what about the tamron 17-50 2.8? I've not used it (although i have the tamron 28-75 2.8 which is great) but have heard good things about it. and it's only ~$500, which is a lot cheaper than any of the lenses you've listed there.
the down side is that it's designed for aps-c sensors, so if you go full frame at any stage will be unusable

If you're not that fussed about going wider than 24mm I'd be tempted by the Sigma 30/1.4, because the bang for buck is a lot better than Canon's 35/1.4 or 24/1.4 (both of which are pricey, and the 24 is somewhat variable in quality although that is tricky because it's also hard to test so there's probably a lot of poor tests done. You could also look at the 14/2.8 but that's probably a bit silly. You could grab the 50/1.8 as a $150 experiment.

But the real question is: what do you want to shoot with it?

Fred Miranda page on the 24/1.4

Not sure if you want a real wide angle- you may want to consider the 16-35 2.8 II (non IS) although its $2k, or even the 10-22. I've got the 10-22 and it is my standard lens, but i like big foreground interest and open space behind it. the slow aperture is not an issue cos i often use tripod. Obviously it depends on your style.

Robert

You'll be happy with either 24 or 35mm.

here is a picture of one of my dogs with the 24mm @ f1.4

And here was I thinking that was such a nice self portrait, Andrew.

gstark wrote:And here was I thinking that was such a nice self portrait, Andrew.

And that's my best side too....

I'm currently in Salzburg, Austria and after evaluating over 6GB of photos over the past 4 days...i think that 24mm is wide enough.

I'll go for a 24mm f-1.4 as i am contemplating in going for a 5D replacement when it is released. 24mm in full frame is much wider than 30D cropped frame.

Hi Andrew,

that foto of your dog is so cool
What did you tell him (her) before you took the shot ?
The image has a lot of character.

Thanks for sharing,
CD

dog shot is cool, my friend loves taking photo's of his dog and they never look any good... his going to love this shot.