Which lens to buy

[Nikhil]

Hi Guys,

I have bought EOS 50D EF 28-135mm IS Lens . Needed some advice as to what additional lens I buy.

I will be clicking portraits and taking the camera for a biking trip to Ladakh..so might need something more an zooom.


Nikhil

[aces170]

For Ladakh, you will require more on wide angle side. Have a look at few UWA's on sale in market place, there was a Sigma 10-20 which is a good vfm lens.

[theqca]

whats ur skill level, how much money can you spend on the lens and is weight / size important to you?

[Dr.Anand]

I been to ladakh with 350D+24-105L and as per my experience hardly any few occasion i was missing wide , infact most of landscape was more 30-50 on crop censor.

About lens - u will req. macro  and tele lens at least 400mm.

[Pixel Ninja]

The lens that you currently have is what they call "neither-fish-nor-meat". Its not wide enough for landscape and nor does it give a decent telephoto coverage. The answer to your question also depends on what kind of photography are you are interested in. Canon 70-300mm is an excellent pro-sumer telephoto lens and so is Sigma 10-20, a fantastic ultra wide angle. I have a Canon 70-300mm and I can vouch for it.

If you are just starting out with photography, you should go for mid-zoom walk around lens like Sigma 17-70mm or Canon 15-85mm. Both are excellent lenses (with Canon being the expensive one among the two). I own both of them and have never been disappointed with these lenses. They can satisfy almost 95% of your photographic needs on a holiday.

Just to add, you might also want look into few primes including the Canon 50mm 1.8 (aka nifty-fifty). An excellent portrait lens for crop sensors.

Hope this helps