Suggest a lens - 7th Anniversary in 3 days

[aquarian77_in]

Hi Folks,


I recently (6 months) got a new Canon 500D with the premium lens (18mm-200mm) and love the photos clicked with that. My lovely wife, on our 7th anniversary, which is on 21st May has agreed to gift me a camera lens of my choice. I don't know which one to go for. My interests are in shooting portraits and nature. Please suggest which lens would suit.


Thanks team.

Cheers, Aquarian

[inkista]

EF 50mm f/1.8 II. At $100, it won't strain the budget, and it'll spank your 18-200 when it comes to low light and blurring the background.

[livefire]

My humble suggestion would be the Canon 28-135 IS. Everyone I know that owns one, including myself, feel the same way....it's the best $450 we've spent when it comes to camera equipment.

Happy Anniversary!

[inkista]

Not sure I see the point of recommending the 28-135 IS USM when the OP said they have the EF-S 18-200 IS and are very happy with it. They've already got that focal length range covered with IS, and both lenses are relatively slow f/3.5-5.6 consumer zooms. In addition, the 28-135 isn't particularly wide on a crop body, and the lens has more or less been replaced by the new EF-S 18-135 IS. Which also costs $450.

[aquarian77_in]

How aboout the EF85mm-f12L-II-USM-Lens. Would it be good for model and potrait shots.

[Sobriquet]

How serious?? the 70-200 f2.8 is very nice for portraits and nature. A bit expensive

I love my sigma 105mm Macro and it isn't so expensive. If you love close up nature and untra sharp portraits (might be too sharp for your wife's liking!

With the mutliplier factor the 50mm mentioned above does make a nice portrait lens and great bokeh

[Cardiiiii]

You've not mentioned a budget. You could try to squeeze in the following for under $1k. 85mm f1.8 & 70-300 IS USM.

[A@EPOCH]

I'll second the 85mm f/1.8 as a good portrait lens. I absolutely love my 70-200mm f/4L even though you wont have the same bokeh as a 2.8 model, its still super sharp and can be used as both a portrait and nature lens (I'm taking it to Hawaii in August). And as an absolute out of left field lens would be the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro lens. A couple of my friends swear by it for portraits and it has a 1 to 1 view for macro photography so it is also pretty versatile.