Hi all,
I'm in the market for a new Canon or Canon fit and thought maybe you could help me decide and share some info about which lenses you think are good and not so good for AP.
Basically I have a budget of around $500AD but would most likely be spent in Euro or Sterling and if needs must I can add a little bit more to that but more than half. I'm also willing to get second hand if it would bring a lens down into that price bracket.
What I have in mind is a choice of two types of lens, a fisheye or a 200mm+ fixed/zoom but I have a few questions as well.
The fisheye seems to be the easiest to figure out as something like the Samyang 8mm is bang in the price range and is certainly something I want.
However....
- .....am I right in thinking that other brands like Vivitar, Bower, Polar, Falcon, Pro-Optic, Rokinon, Opteka, Walimex, etc are the exact same lens?
- Does the price differences between these have any effect on the optical quality or the build quality and is there any reason not to get one of the other brands?
- Also is there any other reson to consider a different fisheye lens that that?
The longer lens is where I have more difficulty narrowing it down, ideally I'd like a fixed length lens but that si starting to get pricey so I would consider a zoom if it was better than my current
EOS EF AF 75-300mm 4.0-5.6 III Lens, which to be honest can't be all that hard. Something with less lens artifacts like CA, bloated flared stars,edge distortion etc. It doesn't have to be the best but just better than bad.
So I don't know here really as there is a lot of choice so the questions are a bit broader...
- Does anyone have the Canon EF-S 55-250mm and is it any good for the price?
- What other lens would be a good choice?
- Is it worth getting an older make lens with an adaptor maybe? Which one and what adaptors do they use?
That's all I can think of for now apart from what would you prefer to get if you had neither, short and wide or a longer focal length?
Thanks for reading.
