Performance Issue: Canon Lenses or Camera Body Causing Softer Focus
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From: SneakyP on 14 Jul 2010 03:56 Looking for recomendations on stepping up from that horrid 18-55mm zoom kit lens in a Canon to a decent zoom lens for a sharper picture. Problem is, what is the better option? Get the Lens that has a quality of acceptable sharpness in that particular camera body, or get the camera with better sensor capabilities? My strategy was to always go with investing in lenses first, before even having a looksee at what else is there to buy in a camera body. I use the Canon Rebel XS, so my range may be limited, but I still want to have upwards mobility for the lenses. IOW - is that sharpness the best I can expect from this camera body, or does it get ridiculously steeper in price as a better zoom lens is found? -- SneakyP To email me, you know what to do.
From: David J Taylor on 14 Jul 2010 05:05 "SneakyP" <48umofa02(a)WHITELISTONLYsneakemail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9DB51DD82567448umofa02sneakemailc(a)127.0.0.1... > Looking for recomendations on stepping up from that horrid 18-55mm zoom > kit > lens in a Canon to a decent zoom lens for a sharper picture. Problem > is, > what is the better option? Get the Lens that has a quality of > acceptable > sharpness in that particular camera body, or get the camera with better > sensor capabilities? > > My strategy was to always go with investing in lenses first, before even > having a looksee at what else is there to buy in a camera body. > > I use the Canon Rebel XS, so my range may be limited, but I still want > to > have upwards mobility for the lenses. IOW - is that sharpness the best > I > can expect from this camera body, or does it get ridiculously steeper in > price as a better zoom lens is found? > > > > -- > SneakyP > To email me, you know what to do. Some people feel that Nikon offers better value in medium priced lenses than Canon - Nikon don't have a two-tier quality system as Canon does with its "L" lenses. Having said that, I had thought that Canon's current "kit" lens was supposed to be much improved on its earlier version. David
From: DanP on 14 Jul 2010 05:21 On Jul 14, 8:56 am, SneakyP <48umof...(a)WHITELISTONLYsneakemail.com> wrote: > Looking for recomendations on stepping up from that horrid 18-55mm zoom kit > lens in a Canon to a decent zoom lens for a sharper picture. Problem is, > what is the better option? Get the Lens that has a quality of acceptable > sharpness in that particular camera body, or get the camera with better > sensor capabilities? > > My strategy was to always go with investing in lenses first, before even > having a looksee at what else is there to buy in a camera body. > > I use the Canon Rebel XS, so my range may be limited, but I still want to > have upwards mobility for the lenses. IOW - is that sharpness the best I > can expect from this camera body, or does it get ridiculously steeper in > price as a better zoom lens is found? > > -- > SneakyP > To email me, you know what to do. Go to a local shop with your camera and ask them to let you try the lenses you fancy. Shoot in the shop with their lenses and yours and compare the results in the house. You can find test shots here http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?FLI=0&API=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=0&LensComp=0&CameraComp=0&Lens=404 They did not use the Rebel XS for the tests. DanP
From: Bruce on 14 Jul 2010 06:30 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:05:49 +0100, "David J Taylor" <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > >Some people feel that Nikon offers better value in medium priced lenses >than Canon - Nikon don't have a two-tier quality system as Canon does with >its "L" lenses. Nothing could be further from the truth. Nikon has a range of consumer-grade lenses and a range of professional lenses, just like Canon. The pro lenses are perhaps not as clearly designated as Canon's "L" series. However, anyone who can afford to buy them knows *exactly* which ones they are.
From: eatmorepies on 14 Jul 2010 08:21
> > My strategy was to always go with investing in lenses first, before even > having a looksee at what else is there to buy in a camera body. > > I use the Canon Rebel XS, so my range may be limited, but I still want to > have upwards mobility for the lenses. IOW - is that sharpness the best I > can expect from this camera body, or does it get ridiculously steeper in > price as a better zoom lens is found? > I used a Canon 350D for some time - the kit lens was awful. Then I bought L lenses. Sharp as a very sharp pin. It's not the sensor it's the lens (or the operator. It could be the autofocus in the body is out but you can test this by borrowing an L lens for 2 minutes and taking some test snaps. Best value is the 70-200 f4 L - if the focal length suits. The IS version is incredibly sharp (but dearer), I use my f4 IS at f4 a lot of the time, even on a full frame 5D2 the lens is sharp. The 24-105 f4 L IS is the L lens of choioce to replace your kit lens. The lenses will be with you for ever, save up and buy L. John |