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p.1 #1 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

Hello to all,

I will be looking for a standard zoom lens to go with my 5D (and also my 1Ds). Which one would fit the best for general photography?

Thanks for your help.

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Nov 01, 2009 at 04:07 PM

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p.1 #2 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

the 24-70L is what I use as my general lens for my 5D. I like it a lot.
A lot of my friends use the 24-105L and they like that a lot.
They both have pros and cons but i'm sure you already know that.

Nov 01, 2009 at 04:19 PM

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p.1 #3 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

"Standard Zoom" as in 'standard focal length?...Then your choices are pretty simple, either the Canon 24-105/4IS or the 24-70/2.8. Of course some people consider 'standard' to be either wider (like the 17-40) or longer (like the 70-200).

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Nov 01, 2009 at 04:20 PM

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p.1 #4 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

The 24-70L, 24-105L, 28-105 and the 28-135 IS come to mind.
I have the 24-70L and the 28-105 and that little 28-105 on the 5D as a walkaround is not bad.
The 24-105L would probally be my first choise as a general zoom lens.

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Nov 01, 2009 at 04:48 PM

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p.1 #5 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

Canon 28-70 f3.5-4.5 II

Best non-L standard zoom Canon ever made.

David

Nov 01, 2009 at 04:49 PM

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p.1 #6 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

Psychic1 wrote:
The 24-70L, 24-105L, 28-105 and the 28-135 IS come to mind.

based on your financial situation, there you go.

Nov 01, 2009 at 04:51 PM

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p.1 #7 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

I use the 24-105/4L IS for this.

Nov 01, 2009 at 04:51 PM

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p.1 #8 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

I dunno. I use my 50L 80% of the time and the 16-35II the rest. My 24-105 is good outside when it's bright but I'm just not grabbing it.

Nov 01, 2009 at 05:18 PM

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p.1 #9 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

Thanks for all your replies guys

I was hesitating between the 28-70 2.8L and the 24-105 L but now you made me thinking

Nov 01, 2009 at 05:36 PM

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p.1 #10 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

24-105LIS for general/walk around.

24-70 (28-70) for any situation requiring f/2.8.

I have both, but the 24-105LIS sees more action because it is lighter and a bit smaller.

Nov 01, 2009 at 06:23 PM

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p.1 #11 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

I like my 24-105 but in the light of a Canadian autumn, it can't hack it. I'm sure the Brits being way further north would have even more issues with F4.

Nov 01, 2009 at 06:31 PM

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p.1 #12 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

EyeBrock wrote:
I like my 24-105 but in the light of a Canadian autumn, it can't hack it. I'm sure the Brits being way further north would have even more issues with F4.

We are further north than Canada? News to me

Nov 01, 2009 at 06:35 PM

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p.1 #13 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

Way further north than where most of the population is. Goose Bay in Labrador (as in the frozen north) is about the same latitude as Liverpool.
Where I am in southern Ontario is about the same latitude as southern Portugal-Spain.
Easy stuff, you just have to look at an atlas. Not really news, just geography.

Nov 01, 2009 at 06:43 PM

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p.1 #14 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

dhphoto:
We are further north than Canada? News to me

I am at Latitude 42° 59'. London, England is 51° 32'; Rome is 41° 54'
Do not forgot that Canada is bigger than Europe including Russian part of.

Nov 01, 2009 at 06:46 PM

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p.1 #15 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

Most of the Canadian population live within 200 miles of the US border.

Nov 01, 2009 at 06:56 PM

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p.1 #16 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

...and the weather is predominantly not like in Portugal.

Nov 01, 2009 at 07:47 PM

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p.1 #17 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

dhphoto:
Do you get the same weather as Portugal

No, we do not.

Where are live (South Western Ontario), it can definitely get hotter and more humid in Summer than in Portugal (and of course, colder in Winter).

Nov 01, 2009 at 07:47 PM

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p.1 #18 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

jfulton wrote:
24-105LIS for general/walk around.

24-70 (28-70) for any situation requiring f/2.8.

I have both, but the 24-105LIS sees more action because it is lighter and a bit smaller.

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Nov 01, 2009 at 08:27 PM

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p.1 #19 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

mfurman wrote:
dhphoto:
We are further north than Canada? News to me

I am at Latitude 42° 59'. London, England is 51° 32'; Rome is 41° 54'
Do not forgot that Canada is bigger than Europe including Russian part of.

According to Wikipedia Canada is the second largest country after Russia. But smaller than Europe

Canada 9 984 670 km²
Europe 10 180 000 km²

Nov 01, 2009 at 08:35 PM

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p.1 #20 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

I traded my 24-105 for a 24-70. There hasn't been one instance that I regretted it. With that said, the 24-105 is a stellar lens.

David

Nov 01, 2009 at 08:36 PM

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p.1 #21 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

it only zooms to one focal length, but IMO the best is 85L II

Nov 01, 2009 at 08:43 PM

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p.1 #22 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

jcolwell wrote:
...and the weather is predominantly not like in Portugal.

No jetstream.

Nov 01, 2009 at 08:59 PM

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p.1 #23 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

Lars Johnsson wrote:
mfurman wrote:
dhphoto:
We are further north than Canada? News to me

I am at Latitude 42° 59'. London, England is 51° 32'; Rome is 41° 54'
Do not forgot that Canada is bigger than Europe including Russian part of.

According to Wikipedia Canada is the second largest country after Russia. But smaller than Europe

Canada 9 984 670 km²
Europe 10 180 000 km²

I'm not a fan of Wiki for facts but that stat of Europe vs Canada square klicks, does it include Russia?

Nov 01, 2009 at 09:02 PM

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p.1 #24 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

Lars Johnsson:
According to Wikipedia Canada is the second largest country after Russia. But smaller than Europe

I stand corrected (running to check my sources). How about the Arctic?

Nov 01, 2009 at 09:50 PM

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p.1 #25 · Best standard zoom lens for 5D?

If you're really cheap? Get an old Canon EF 28-80 II lens that came with the Rebel series. May have been called KISS in Europe?
A little more money to spend? 28-105 non-IS lens. Small, yet nice quality.
Even more money to spend? 28-135 IS lens. Nice quality and you get IS.
Burning a hole in your pocket? 24-105 L lens. Stealth L lens. It's a black body.
Rich relative left you everything? 24-70 ƒ/2.8 lens. Shoot wide open and tell everyone it's SUPPOSED to be out of focus.

Nov 01, 2009 at 10:33 PM


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