Lens Chat.

[Mike Lane]

Okay, I did it. I purchased my Canon EOS 20D with the so-so 17-85mm f4-5.6 IS USM lens. I set up my smugmug pro site (still working on the cobranding - www.mikelanephotography.com) and I even got a potential paying shooting gig this weekend (sailboat regatta - nice!). What's more, I found an awesome camera shop that does rentals of just about anything and I secured myself a Canon 35-350mm f3.5-5.6L lens (which I read is mediocre but they were out of the 70-200mm f2.8L lenses, and in any case will be better than my lens) for $25 (!) for the whole weekend. So now the question is what kind of lenses do I need to consider for various photo shoots?

Here are the situations that I'm considering...

Landscapes (lots of mountains around here you know)
City scenes (to include fun neon shots, interesting people shots, and political state of life shots)
Weddings (because who knows?)
commissioned portraits
still life
and anything else that I haven't thought of

Remember, cost isn't an issue since I can rent just about any lens and I can also rent the lighting and any of the other gear that I may need for cheap cheap. So what do you think?

[Mongrel]

shortly, but I'll give you what comes to my mind for a Canon 20D-

Landscapes-

Primes (all Canon EF)-14mm f/2.8L, 24 f/1.4L, 35 f/1.4L, 50 f/1.4

Zooms (Canon EF\EF-S)-EF-S 10-22 f/3.5-4.5, 16-35 f/2.8L, 17-40 f/4.0L, 24-70 f/2.8L

City Scenes (Street)-

Primes-Canon 14 f/2.8L, Sigma 20 f/1.8, Canon 24 f/1.4L, Canon 35 f/1.4L, Canon 50mm f/1.4, Canon 85 f/1.8, Canon 135 f/2.0L

Zooms-Canon 10-22 f/3.5-4.5, Canon 16-35 f/2.8L, Canon 24-70 f/2.8L

Weddings-

Primes-Canon 14 f/2.8L, Canon 24 f/1.4L, Canon 35 f/1.4L, Canon 50 f/1.4, Canon 85 f/1.8, Canon 135 f/2.8 Soft Focus, Canon 135 f/2.0L, Canon 200 f/1.8L

Zooms-Canon 10-22 f/3.5-4.5, Canon 16-35 f/2.8L, Canon 24-70 f/2.8L, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS

Commisioned Portraits-

Primes (all Canon)-35 f/1.4L, 50 f/1.4, 85 f/1.8, 100 f/2.8 Macro, 135 f/2.8 Soft Focus, 135 f/2.0L

Zooms-Canon 24-70 f/2.8L, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS

Still Life-

ANYTHING listed above :D

Macro-Still Life-

Primes-Canon 50 f/2.5 Macro, Tamron 90 f/2.8 (?) Macro, Canon 100 f/2.8 Macro, Sigma 105 f/2.8 Macro, Sigma 150 f/2.8 Macro, Canon 180 f/3.5 Macro, Sigma 180 f/3.5 Macro, Tamron 180 f/3.5 Macro

"anything else that I haven't thought of"

Architecture-

Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L, TS-E 45mm f/2.8, TS-E 90mm f/2.8 TS

(these are 'tilt-shift' lenses that allow you to compensate for "trapezoidal effect" errors that are common to achitectural photography with 'normal' lenses).

[BridgeCity]

:bow :bow :bow :bow Wow... that is some good info

[leebase]

Here's my set...you'll see that I don't have infinite budget...so instead of Canon L's...I went with the best 3rd party alternatives.

Canon 50mm f1.8
Canon 85mm f1.8
Canon 18-55mm f3.5/f5.6 (came with the camera)
Tamron 17-35 f2.8-4 (instead of Canon 17-40 f4 L)
Tamron 28-75 f2.8 (instead of Canon 24-70 f2.8 L)
Sigma 70-200 f2.8 (instead of Canon 70-200 f2.8 L)
Sigma 2x pro converter

I've been very happy with my set of lenses.

Lee