24-105 L - good choice ????

[Xenedis]

Hey Mike.

For my liking, an ultra-wide lens is essential for landscapes, but it's worth remembering that even telephoto lenses are used in landscape images.

I like a wide vista, and the ability to get close to a foreground subject of interest and make it larger than life due to the inherent perspective distortion an ultra-wide focal length provides.

Certainly explore your landscape photography with your 17-50, and if you're finding that the framing isn't wide enough to suit your style or preference, then it's time to look into an ultra-wide lens.

It can be all too easy to load up on gear to preemptively solve problems before they're actually problems, so give your photography a go with what you have, and with a bit of experience under your belt you'll be in a better position to determine if an ultra-wide lens is what you want and/or need.

[mikew09]

Hey Mike.

For my liking, an ultra-wide lens is essential for landscapes, but it's worth remembering that even telephoto lenses are used in landscape images.

I like a wide vista, and the ability to get close to a foreground subject of interest and make it larger than life due to the inherent perspective distortion an ultra-wide focal length provides.

Certainly explore your landscape photography with your 17-50, and if you're finding that the framing isn't wide enough to suit your style or preference, then it's time to look into an ultra-wide lens.

It can be all too easy to load up on gear to preemptively solve problems before they're actually problems, so give your photography a go with what you have, and with a bit of experience under your belt you'll be in a better position to determine if an ultra-wide lens is what you want and/or need.

Sound advise - I think I will run with your suggestion. Mybe I got a little emotional when I had that 24-105 in my hands :-).

Thanks,

Mike

[mikew09]

Just been looking at your flickr site and the Collection by Gear is very interesting, some really fantastic and inspiring shots too.

[Xenedis]

Just been looking at your flickr site and the Collection by Gear is very interesting, some really fantastic and inspiring shots too.

Thanks Mike!

Yes, I do have a lens or two. :-)

[in2fx]

I love using the EF-S 10-22mm USM because of it's wide landscapes but often find it quite difficult to use around 10-12mm with distortion and capturing my own shadow, but really like that lens.
This lens is really sharp and if you used this along side the 24-105 you would be able to cover all bases with good glass

[dulvariprestige]

If I'm going somewhere and only want to take one camera and lens, it'll be the 24-105, on the 7d is not wide, but if I need to get a landscape shot I'll just flip it into portrait and take a pano, where if I take it out on the 5d it's usually wide enough to take a single landscape shot, and if I want more in the frame, I'll also flip it and take a pano.

[Ploddy]

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[N00bie]

It's quite a nice lens. Very sharp and very good quality. I use FF though.

I previously used the Sigma 10-20mm 4.5 on the 40d and found it to be very sharp. If your looking at doing a lot of landscape etc, this range is for you. Bang for buck it gives the Canon 10-22 a good run for its money. The Sigma has a HSM EX version for crop bodies now too @ 3.5!

[Captured frame]

An excellent lens although I only use it for a walk around lens or if I am on a trip and don`t want to carry too many lenses nice and sharp and the image stabilizer function is very handy at times but I do use it on a FF.

[Draco13]

I've used my sister's 24-105 and find it to be an excellent lens (talked her into buying it so we could share). Find it extremely useful in large group portraits and good at work functions.

[electricmic]

Great thread.

I was looking at this lens as a purchase before I move on to a new body (currently 1000D).

I was going to use this as a travel/ general lens with a tele lens (after using this for a while to see what/ if any zoom I would like) in the future and then I would look at some wide angle lens after a new body.

So I guess I'm thinking of this as my first foray into a $$ lens. It would actually be worth more than my camera lol.