70D is in the mail. What lens to get?

[grandpawrichard]

On my 5D Mark !! I use my Canon 24-105 L f/4 as a walk around lens.
On my 7D I use a Canon 17-40 L f/4 as a walk around lens.
On my Wife's 7D she uses her Canon 24-105 L f/4 as a walk around lens.

If we are out on a photo shoot for Eagles or other wildlife:
On my 5D I use my Tamron 150-600 telephoto as a walk around lens.
On my 7D I use my Canon 400 L f5.6 as a walk around lens.
On my Wife's 7D she uses her Canon 300 IS L f/4 as her walk around lens.

Dick

[Bean Counter]

24-70 MarkII  is on my wish list.

 

That's price is crazy!

  I remember having that reaction, even to a $500 lens.

better not look at the 55mm Zeiss Otus.. or Leica's holy grail: the 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux. Keep in mind that for these prices you get:

• No image stabilization
• A boring, "standard" focal length
  
• Manual focus only
• A fixed focal length/no zoom

I felt a lot better about throwing down $900 for my [used] Canon 50mm f/1.2L after looking at those 

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

On my 5D Mark !! I use my Canon 24-105 L f/4 as a walk around lens.
On my 7D I use a Canon 17-40 L f/4 as a walk around lens.
On my Wife's 7D she uses her Canon 24-105 L f/4 as a walk around lens.

If we are out on a photo shoot for Eagles or other wildlife:
On my 5D I use my Tamron 150-600 telephoto as a walk around lens.
On my 7D I use my Canon 400 L f5.6 as a walk around lens.
On my Wife's 7D she uses her Canon 300 IS L f/4 as her walk around lens.

Dick

So my 70-300 sigma should be good multi use lens?  Just wondering how it does video close up.  I can manual focus it fine for close ups of stills.

[grandpawrichard]

The only real way to tell how the camera and the lens will interact during video is to take them out and try them!

Dick

[Bean Counter]

New Release. Sigma 150-600mm with OS (optical stabilizer). $2K.

Reach out and touch someone.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1082152-REG/sigma_150_600mm_f_5_6_3_dg_os.html

I don't buy 'super zooms' myself. The sharper zooms tend to have less have less than 3x range from the lowest to highest mm (ex: 24-70mm, 70-200mm, etc). 

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

So it got here after a looooong wait.  I grabbed a 18-55mm canon lens from the pawn shop.  Just so I had a lens for closer up the 70-300 is hard to get back far enough.  I also got a stx vortex tripod for it.  ordered a head on ebay, as it came without one.  But the legs are thick and sturdy and its light enough for me.  With out the head atleast.  Then the lens and camera.  Man this thing will be a tank.     Oh well.  I'm sure its worth it to have the shots and hunts on film.  Plus I can add my binos or scope to the tripod for glassing so the weight will be well used.  I hope to share many hunts this year with hunt wa.  Just in my family we have four hunters.  Might spend a few months filming and hunting this year trying to fill all the Washington tags and get good video.

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

Finally got some pics.  Just around the house but a good buck showed up yesterday.