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Originally Posted by ishoot308
Brk;
No green ring on my lens. This is it here...
http://www.amazon.com/Canon-EF-70-30...rds=CANON+LENS
I also have these...
EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens (This one is amazing for close up detail)
EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 wide angle USM lens
EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens
Dan |
That 10-22mm lens is pretty well regarded.
The 18-55 is the standard giveaway "kit" lens, honestly not my favorite.
Not too familiar with the 60mm, but not surprised that it's been impressive. A good prime (fixed focal length) lens usually has the benefit of being fast (low aperture) and very sharp.
I would caution you to not get too over-invested in EF-S lenses if you think you are going to continue with photography as a hobby, as they won't fit a full-frame body (which for many people is something they generally intend to get to as budget allows).
EF-S lenses are intended for the APS-C sized sensors, and they have an extra small protrusion at the back of the lens bayonet that prevents them from mating with 1D or 5D bodies (or whatever other full-frame sensor bodies Canon may release in the future). The upside is that because the APS-C sensors are smaller, the EF-S lenses can be a little smaller and therefore a little lighter (and cheaper).
At the end of the day, all this gear holds its resale value pretty well. I'd personally recommend that you splurge a little for the 24-105L lens next. It will last you a lifetime, has great build quality, very good sharpness across the majority of its range, and would probably be left on your camera body 90% of the time. Your current kit, IMO is weighted towards wide angle to medium FOV (the 18-55) and low telephoto to medium zoom (the 70-300). For "walking around" shots you'd probably have to do more lens-swapping than ideal (wasting time, increasing opportunities for dust intrusion into the camera body).
The 60D has a really good sensor and processor, a shot taken at 105mm could be reasonably blown up for a small sized print (8x10 or less) without sacrificing too much noticeable grain in the image. But, you can't widen a shot after taking it. That makes the 24-105 cover the majority of an ideal working range (IMO). I'd keep the 10-22mm close at hand in a camera bag (it's small anyway) for the rare case where you need a really close/wide shot, since your 60D sensor is going to add an effective 1.6x magnification to any lens- due to the sensor crop.