What are your favorite lenses- Canon EOS users...

[nhut-nguyen]

EF 400mm f/5.6L USM, tack sharp wide open, focusing is supper fast, pair with 40D = 640mm. I shoot wide open all the time with this lens and never dissappointed with the result. Of course it doesn't have IS so you need to crank up the ISO a bit, on sunny day I use ISO 200 to 250 to keep my shutter speed around 1200-1600. If you shoot birds and can't afford other fast super telephoto + the Tripod + the Gimbal Head, you should not overlook this lens, oh and it's light enough to handheld all day, as the matter of fact it's lighter than my EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM.

[fred_labounty]

i sold my 500 4IS and bought the 600. Regretted it immediately. 500 was as sharp as my Leica Summicron 35 with beautirful contrast and lightning focus. I just wish film wasn't dead. The 500, and all my lenses, worked best with my EOS 1V.

[terry_smith2]

Canon 85/1.2L, Sigma 180/2.8 APO Macro, Tamron 28-105/2.8 SP, Canon 50-200/3.5-4.5 L, Canon 70-200/2.8L, Sigma 24/1.8, Sigma 15-30/3.5-4.5, Canon Life Size Adapter (Makes anything into a macro of sorts), Canon 28-70/2.8 L and it's little brother, the 28-70/3.5-4.5 II, Canon 35-135/3.5-4.5 on a crop body only.

 

Now for the unbelieveable...Canon 28-90/4-5.6 III! ! ! Only used on crop body to shoot small items for the internet, mostly ebay. The 38 CM minimum focusing distance is great for what I do and stopping it down to 11 or 13 together with flash makes it perfect for this application.

[hiro]

The F4 zooms...

17-40 - 24-105 - 70-200IS

 

24-70 for the brief time I had it.

 

The 58mm threaded primes...

28 1.8, 50 1.4, 85 1.8, 100 F2 and macro.

 

And last and best...

135L

[flora_lloyd]

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM so versitile and get great image quality. Perfect for panorama shots.

[f1_young]

As a learning amateur, I like my 24-85mm, and having the 50mm f/1.8 appears to be a good choice, too. Great images when I do what I need to do as a photographer, light and fun.

[dalayo]

The one I use the most (parties & groups): 16-35mm f2.8L USM II...

 

The one I like the most (portraits): 70-200mm f2.8L IS USM.

 

By the way, I have an EOS 30D.

[photo_dark]

Definitely my 24-70L f2.8. with the 17-40L F4 coming in close second.

[berenos]

24-105L 4.0 on my 5D. I have used it on 99% of my pictures, the rest 50mm f/1.8. Before digital I used 20-35 f/3.5-4.5, 28-

105 f/3.5-4.5 almost equally often, and 50 f/1.8 for people. But the first two lenses are now unacceptably soft on digital. My

100mm macro sees very little action at the moment unfortunately.

[greg neils]

28-135 is my favorite walk around. I love the range, but on my 20D it isn't wide enough and I spend most of my time in the 100+ range

 

I better pull out that 50 prime. Other reviews have inspired me to use it again.

 

10-22 makes me see the world differently, which I need from time to time.

 

70-300 for zoos.

[fischerphotos]

My 600mm is a must for wildlife!

[andy_gulati3]

100/2 is my most reliable and most pleasing.

[buffdr_rasouliyan]

5D and my trusty 70-200 2.8 IS along with my primes 24 1.4 135 2.0 50 1.4 and on my crop body 100-400 IS used mostly on aircraft shots. When my 40D is not being used for it's 6.5 fPS, I use it as my back-up with a 24-70 and 10-22. v/r Raz

[dave_holland]

70-200 2.8, +/- IS, on a 5D or 20D.

[manuel barrera houston,]

all round; sigma 100-300 f/4 and then the 24-105 L, Portraits; canon 24-70 L , Canon 135L, 70-200 f2.8, 85 f1.8, macro; sigma 150, wide Tokina 17 f3.5

[lukedavis]

On a Canon 20D: Sigma 30/1.4, no doubt. Fast focusing and sharp enough wide-open to make a Leica-phile bristle. For

something wider - but not nearly as sharp wide-open or otherwise - the Sigma 20/1.8 is a commendable chunk of glass as

well.

[tom_spalding]

-70-200 f/4 (sometimes with 1.4x teleconverter, often with a monopod) - great combo for day time kid sports, short

end is fine for portraits, very sharp, great IQ (do wish I'd bought the IS version, though);

-17-55 IS - nice walk-around lens, good for indoors, moderately low light, love the IS;

-10-22 - excellent lens for architecture, interior shots, cityscapes, very sharp from 11mm on up;

-300 f/4 IS (usually with teleconverter) - good, sharp entry-level wildlife set-up (and not too heavy);

-50 f/1.8 - nothing really wrong with this lens, but I prefer the flexibility of the 17-55.

[savagesax]

For weddings, the 15mm fish eye is a blast and a half! But of course you can over due it with that lens. It still remains a favorite lens.

[tbelleza]

I use a 1.6crop body. 28-70mm/2.8L is my walkaround lens which I have used to make great family portraits: 100-400/4.5-5.6LIS and 300/2.8LIS w/ or w/o TC (1.4 or 2.0x) for wildlife; 17-40/4L for landscapes; 70-200/2.8LIS and 300/2.8LIS for sports; 135/2.0L if I want great bokeh. These preferences may change when I acquire a 5D MKII.

[winn]

On my 400D

 

The 85 f1.8 is my favorite although my 24-70L is my workhorse. The 50 f1.8 is definitely my "Best Buy" and I've probably gotten my most interesting shots with my 70-300mm IS. And as someone above said, I want the 70-200 f2.8 IS....

[Andy Collins]

My favorite lens is my 70-200 f/2.8L IS, hands down. It's amazingly sharp and fast, both in terms of aperture and

AF speed. On my 30D it's a killer combo, and on my 1vHS it's even more of a killer combo. I also use the 17-40

f/4L a lot as well as my trusty old 28-135IS, a lens that I think is fantastic but gets a bad rap from people who

haven't learned all of its idiosyncrasies. The focal range along with the full-time AF and IS are priceless, and

mine is apparently a very sharp copy.

[fxcrew]

85L wide open. Actually it's a love/hate relationship!

[a._j._jacobs]

Michael, I don't have a lot of lenses, I have 2 kit 18-55 lenses (one is IS), a 75-300 1:4-5.6, and a 60mm macro. I'm going

to go with the macro as my favorite. I wanted to ask this question to see what other users liked to get ideas on new stuff

for myself, so thank you all for your responses, they were greater than I expected. ;)

[steve santikarn]

100-400 L IS by far the most practical wildlife lens out there.

[photohns]

70-200 f4 L. It focuses very fast and built solid. Also 17-40 L for landscapes. I use an aps sensor camera.