Rebel XTi Must have lenses?

rlm7189 said:
Do either of you use an extender (either 1.4 or 2x)? Any advice there? 200mm is great but limited.

Rick
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Remember to add the 1.6 "mag factor" to any lens you shoot with the XTi.
A 200mm would equate to 320mm on that camera because of the smaller chip size.
Now with my Canon 5D DSLR, a 200mm is 200mm since its a full frame chip.
I've never considered an extender until I got my 5D but I'm hesitant since I will loose an f-Stop or greater depending on the extender. I shoot a lot of concert photos for a radio station group and the light loss with an extender is not an option for me.

When considering any camera equipment I alway tell people....
"Define your end use?" (meaning is it worth spending a chunk of change if you are just shooting personal photos, etc)
 
CharlieG said:
When considering any camera equipment I alway tell people...."Define your end use?" (meaning is it worth spending a chunk of change if you are just shooting personal photos, etc)
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Yes. Good advice.

As it is, I am already leanding towards the Sigma you pointed me to or the 70-200mm 4.0L canon. If I go the canon route and add the 2x converter I'll already be stopped down to about an F8. So, that doesnt sound so very good.

Hmm...perhaps I will just get the Canon 70-200mm 1.2 lens and save up for the converter if need be. I just cant justify spending the extra $600 bones for the image stabilization. As it is, $1200 hundred is way more than I wanted to drop at this time...

Back to the research forums....

This research is killing my work production today. ;o)
 
okay...looks like the 1.4 extender is the best bet with the 70-200mm 4.0L lens. Unlike the 2X extender, the 1.4 extender will lose less light and will allow me to use AF.

Anyone have experience with this combo?

Rick
 
Okay. its official. I just made my order:

Canon 70-200mm 4.0L
Canon 1.4x extender
Canon 50mm 1.8

Thanks all for who contributed to this thread. I took your advice VERY seriously (as you can see by how much research I did and final purchases I made).

So, I can't wait to get these lenses and will post some pics when I get 'em. I plan to do some nature shooting on Saturday. Lets hope it arrives by then!

Rick
 
rlm7189 said:
Okay. its official. I just made my order:

Canon 70-200mm 4.0L
Canon 1.4x extender
Canon 50mm 1.8

Thanks all for who contributed to this thread. I took your advice VERY seriously (as you can see by how much research I did and final purchases I made).

So, I can't wait to get these lenses and will post some pics when I get 'em. I plan to do some nature shooting on Saturday. Lets hope it arrives by then!

Rick
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I think you'll be happy with your choices even with the slow lens
 
Thanks CharlieG.

I was worried about listing them for fear of a "awww, you shouldn't have gotten this or you shouldn't have gotten that etc"....

My thinking is that if I absolutely do not like it, I will change it up. Aside from that, all of the internet reviews of that lens have been stellar. Plus if you see the pics taken from DPREVIEW for the XTi, many of the photos were taken with the 70-200mm 4.0L.

So, that made me feel better. When I get them, I'll share some pics in the Rebel XT section!

Thanks again everybody for your input. It truly made the difference.
 
I think I heard somewhere that Tamron makes a lot of glass for a lot of manafacturers, I have a Tamron 19-35mm, and am really happy with it optically, the only thing that I don't like so much is the close focus distance, which is pretty far out there for my taste, like 2 feet or so it seems. Anyhow, they definitely make good glass. And the close focus shouldn't be an issue with the telephoto anyways.

Regarding the crop issue, I was always under the impression that the 1.6 factor did not actually pertain to the focal length of the lens, but rather to the field of view of the lens. So while a 200mm might seem like a 320mm, it doesn't have any more magnification power, it just has the field of view of 320mm lens.
 
yes, i believe you are right. another reason i plunked a couple hundred on a 1.4 extender. i hope its a good combo.
 
I need to replace the stock lens on my XTi. I primarily do field work, for example contruction sites and buildings, but I also do studio work and portraits from time to time. Low light situations do factor into the purchase.

I was looking at this Sigma for studio work:
Sigma 70-200 as suggested earlier

What about a lens for field work?
 
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