Comments on: Which Lens Should I Upgrade My Canon Kit Lens To?

By: Jesu

Jesu — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:29:41 +0000

Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 is a great lens!…use that and an editing program like “Aperture” from Apple…amazing tack-sharp, magazine-like pictures! P.S.: I have Lightroom too, but I haven’t dabbled with it yet.

By: Cyril Z.

Cyril Z. — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:39:36 +0000

Definitely the 17-55 f2.8 IS USM.

I’ve just switched from the cheap 18-125 SIGMA with was great on my EOS10D, but really poor on my 40D (too many pixels in the sensor means you have to buy better lenses).

Now my pics are bright, crisps, and the bokeh is really nice.

By: Ali Forouhar

Ali Forouhar — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:39:12 +0000

I have an XSI and replaced the kit lens with Tokina 12-24mm,f4 and Canon 24-105mm L f4 and I use Tamron 17-50for mostly indoors.

By: MeiTeng

MeiTeng — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:22:55 +0000

I upgraded to a Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8 – 4.5 just couple of month ago and it proved to be good. In addition, I am also using a Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 which gives me really sharp images. My first choice for the 2nd upgrade was Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L but it was way beyond my budget at the moment so I settled for the Tamron equivalent.

By: JIMMY GRAY

JIMMY GRAY — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:01:58 +0000

Bought a Sigma 28-70mm &70-300mm AF 4 my XT they are great lenes but seem 2 have issues comunicating w/Xt taught me to shoot w/ MF

By: shank_ali

shank_ali — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:47:34 +0000

had my canon rebel xti 2 months and bought the ef 50 mm f1.8 autofocus lens mk1 now i,m looking for another lens and very interested to try sigma or cheaper alternative ive a budget of Â£150 any suggestions plz

By: David

David — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:20:31 +0000

For less then half of the price (399 euro vs 950 euro) I went for the sigma 18-55/2.8 and it is great, one of the recen magazines compared these lens to the canon and guess what, it even came out better. I think in the range 18-55 you are well off without IS (I use a canon 20D which I purchased this year refurbished and it is a great team . My latest addition Canon 70-200/f4 IS makes it absolute complete for a non professional.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:18:43 +0000

I’d second (third?) the recommendation of the EF50mm f1.8, it was the only lens I had for a year. It taught me a lot about framing, the aperture of f1.8 made many of my pictures look better because of the blurred background, and its useful in low light without flash.

The key thing is that it makes you move and interact with your subject, to get the framing right ‘you’ have to physically move rather than rely on the zoom to do the work for you. A great lens to learn with.

By: Reggie

Reggie — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:44:49 +0000

For those who prefer Nikons, there's a great post on strobist.blogspot.com. Several folks have added their Canon recommendations, too.

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:57:09 +0000

One of the best-presented, easy-to-understand videos I’ve had the pleasure of watching. Great job! I only wish something like this was available when I got my Canon Digital Rebel (that’s right: before the XT and XTi) 3 years ago.