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Originally Posted by matt
Hey folks.
Thanks for the replies and suggestions. Please keep 'em coming.
At this stage, I'm just looking for a good all-purpose (if there is such a thing) workhorse lens which pretty much "lives" on the camera body and produces a great picture...
I'll worry about more specialist lenses later.
Ian - I'm willing to save up and pay for a good lens. I'm in no rush. That's why I've just bought the body at this stage. 
Having said that....I'm not sure I'm willing to spend many thousands on a single lens (By that I mean upwards of 3 or 4k). But then again...I've been known to do sillier things! |
I'd recommend the one I am lusting over at present the EF 70-200mm F/2.8 L IS USM then and maybe a 1.4x or 2x Type II EF L extender .... I'm waiting for the exchange to improve somewhat before bighting that bullet.
I bought my 4OD in a kit with the EF-S 17-85mm f4-5.6 IS USM and like it for happy snaps and general shots, not used it or the camera for astroimaging yet.
I like IS option as I want to use the big lens for more than just astroimaging , same with the extra wide stop. Same with the zoom capacity and possibly slightly less sharp images.
Not in a position to buy 3 or 4 fixed focal lenght L telephotos and L widefields (could easy blow $10-$12k on a fast L 50mm or 80mm , a fast L 135mm , a fast L 200mm and fast L 300mm ).
If I did decide to go for fixed & fastish FL widefields and telephotos I'd be compelled to go for Sigmas instead as Canon are way to expensive. Dpesn't stop me from lusting over them though and they are definitely on MY long term plan of stuff to get ONE DAY ....
That's the biggest trouble with changing camera btands - unless you can get adapters - you can't use the old lenses you accumulated over 20 or 30 years on the new camera !!!! BUMMER !!! And I've got some very nice MINOLTA XD Bayonetted fast widefields , zooms and telephotos - so I am looking for a suitable adapter which will possibly save me buckets of $s .