Is 17-40mm a good lens?
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Would like to recommend always buy what you need now.....
It's the focal range that you will be working on and developing your skills.
It will be a bit off choosing a FF lens (ie the zoom range) for a crop body.
For the record, 17-55mm IS f2.8 is a fantastic lens. It's on my crop body 80% of the time when I had a crop body. Many many owners of this lens will swear by it.
17-40 does not have IS and it's just a tad short vs the 17-55mm. And it's f4 vs f2.8.
The down side is the 17-55mm cost more though.
A lot of flexibility for the user on 17-55mm.
Just my 2 cents worth.
It's the focal range that you will be working on and developing your skills.
It will be a bit off choosing a FF lens (ie the zoom range) for a crop body.
For the record, 17-55mm IS f2.8 is a fantastic lens. It's on my crop body 80% of the time when I had a crop body. Many many owners of this lens will swear by it.
17-40 does not have IS and it's just a tad short vs the 17-55mm. And it's f4 vs f2.8.
The down side is the 17-55mm cost more though.
A lot of flexibility for the user on 17-55mm.
Just my 2 cents worth.
I love my prime lens..i got a 50mm f1.4
but i jus hate it when i use 50mm with my 500D due to not so wide when i take people's photo...
as a result even i move back the picture only capture the person portrait photo without much of the background..
and when i use my kit lens(18-55mm) at night..it is great with the help of flash but the background seems to be dark..
so actually i am thinking of getting a wide angle lens to shoot landscape and people as well..
maybe i jus wanna upgrade my kit lens..
i am considering tokina 11-16mm
or this 17-40
while upgrading to FF or buying 24mm /16-35,i need to wait for quite long.
so u guys think 17-55IS will be great?
Or should i jus upgrade to 5Dmk2 by selling my 500D?and jus use 50 mm for the time being?
if u have the intention to upgrade to FF soon (within 1-2 years), i advised u to get 17-40.
Cos if u get 10-22, u can't use it on FF and u got to sell it at a loss (although usually the loss not high)
Cos if u get 10-22, u can't use it on FF and u got to sell it at a loss (although usually the loss not high)
sinned..jus wanna ask..do u think i should jus sell my 500D and get 5D mk2 rather than buying anymore lenses?
if u think u are ready for FF then just go for it.
what lens are u using currently? If all are EF lens then no problem u still can use them on your FF.
But just note... 5DMKII only 9 AF points like 450D... so if u are particular about X no of AF points then u better wait for MKIII.
I think it's more worthwhile to buy lenses than upgrade a body. unless you really need a full frame body or a faster fps body, then stick to getting better lenses
If you are used to seeing the bokeh of the 50mm lens at f/1.4, then the 17-40 might not be able to impress you. IMO. Because, I am used to seeing the bokeh at f/1.8, then I used this f/2.8 lens and it didn't really impress. I know DOF isn't everything, and colour and sharpness etc should be considered too, but it's just my opinion.
ahahaha..u r such an insomniac too...
um maybe true also...then i should wait till few years to get 24mm f1.4..hahahhaha
If you are used to seeing the bokeh of the 50mm lens at f/1.4, then the 17-40 might not be able to impress you. IMO. Because, I am used to seeing the bokeh at f/1.8, then I used this f/2.8 lens and it didn't really impress. I know DOF isn't everything, and colour and sharpness etc should be considered too, but it's just my opinion.
dont understand why you are comparing a 50mm f1.4 to a 17-40 f4.0? :dunno:
I don't see why the 17-40mm f/4 L lens is a bad lens. It's as good as it get for its age, although it is not terribly cheap. But then again, I won't expect a L lens to be so.
17-40 is the cheapest L lens actually haha.
thats what actually attracts me of getting this lens..but i think i may jus get 24mm f1.4 at the end of this year...
so 17-40 is affordable together with good image quality?
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