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<p>Recently sold the 10-22 since I have access to a dual format kit (crop/FF). Replaced it with the 17-40L. I enjoyed using the 10-22 on my 60D for interior shots of capturing my toddler in his environment. Outdoors it preformed as expected. L quality optics. Max aperture of 3.5 or 4.5 on the long end did not hinder me though. But 2.8 sounds nice with Tokina, no experience with this one though. I highly recommend the 10-22.</p>

Very interesting indeed. I don't specialize in any type of Photography, I just shoot whatever, but mostly of my toddler,

and there's no lens in the world fast enough for this kid. I've used a borrowed a 24-70 before and enjoyed it, and had

many keepers. So far the 35L is still the most compelling lens the match my style, and the 135L is definitely unique as

well. I've only tested out a 135L in a store. It's interesting to observe how many would choose to keep an ultra wide

zoom and a long fast prime. I do enjoy shooting wide, but I don't do it often enough. Thus my reasoning for focusing

my kit to my usage. I'm also trying to lighten my kit as well. The 70-200 f/4 IS is probably the biggest I'd want to carry.

I also have access to a 70-300L as well.

I've considered adding the 28/1.8 to my line up and calling it good. But that means I won't be getting the 35L if I go

that route.

 

Thanks all for your responses....decisions decisions. Time to get out and shoot.

<p>@ Mike S,<br>

To agree or disagree, I'm still curious to know what lens combination others would choose. And hopefully, with the responses, I'd see other combos I didn't think about yet. <br>

I'd miss my 50/1.4, but I wouldn't mine having something wider like the 35L. The 24-105 has the most usage overall, and 24 is plenty wide for me. Thus the 17-40 is "almost" superfluous compared to the 24-105, but there are times when I need it. The 85 is the least used comparatively, but I love what it can produce on both format sensors.<br>

So my end goal is to consolidate the lenses I use less often into a lens that I would use and enjoy more. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy using the former lenses.</p>

<p>If you were to only have two lenses, one prime, and one zoom. Which would it be? Doesn't matter what your subject matter is, or what camera body (crop or FF). Just pick one of each for your own personal style of photography.<br>

I currently have the 50/1.4, 85/1.8, 17-40L, 24-105L. My most prized photos were taken with the primes, but I love the flexibility of the zooms for everything else. I shooting with the 60D, and have unlimited access to a 5D2.<br>

Lately, I've been browsing sample images of the 35L, and love the "look" on a full-frame. So I was thinking, of selling the 50, 85, and 17-40. And having only the 35L and 24-105 to cover my basis.<br>

Whadiyathink?</p>

Thanks for the confirmation Robin.

<p>Just out of curiosity. Does anyone know what is signified by the little white dot between the 24mm and 35mm labels on the zoom ring of the 24-105?<br>

My guess is that its the 28mm label?</p>

<p>thank again everyone for the insight,<br>

I have a much better idea now. Bill Haag, thanks for the wisdom, I anticipate chaos when we're visiting the port. Maybe, shooting for two excursions, but one if I'm lucky.<br>

I'm leaning towards NOT bringing a 70-200, as it may yield excellent shots, but probably won't indicate that we're on a cruise. I'll go wide on the 60D with the 10-22, and supplement with S95 for everything else.<br>

My dad will take the 5DII with 24-105, and that should suffice for his needs. We can swap gear as needed.</p>

<p>Thanks everyone for the insightful advice, <br>

Also forgot to mention that I also have a S95, so I can at least use that when I don't want to be anchored down by gear. I still want to enjoy myself, and not be too concerned about photography. Of the 14 people in our group, my dad and I are the only camera geeks.<br>

Anyhow, I do have access to borrow a 70-200 f/4 IS from a friend. It's just that it would put me at one more lens than I want to carry. For sure, the 24-105 will be mounted to the 5DII, and 10-22 on the 60D, I know the wide will come in handy for the scenery. As for primes, I was thinking of renting...or buying a 28 f/1.8 to use on the 5DII, since taking photos in the dining rooms and various dark venues would require fast glass, and being able to capture a party of 14 people in my group would be nice too. The 28mm on the 60D could be my lightweight set up. I don't anticipate using the 85mm 1.8 a whole lot, especially with the working distance. The 50mm on the 5D for night time is a maybe. But if I end up getting the 28 1.8, that'll cover for low light, and wide as well, so I can then forgo the 50mm.<br>

So that leaves me with the 24-105, 10-22, and a prime (either 28 1.8, or 50 1.4), and the optional 70-200 that I can borrow. I just don't want to borrow it and not use it a whole lot, or enough to justify bringing it along. But I know when there's that one shot that only the 70-200 can get, it would be worth it. If I bring all of the lenses I mentioned, it would break it down to 2 lenses per shooter, which is nothing at all. And the 70-200 is pretty manageable.<br>

So....do I bring a flash? I have a 580EXII and 430EXII. At dinner times, I'm sure there's no place to bounce, let alone bouncing it anywhere else while out on deck. It might be too crowded to worry about going off camera.<br>

Tripod? I have a carbon fiber one, and a gorilla pod zoom.<br>

I'm already getting tired, thinking about all this stuff I could potentially carry. Perhaps I'll be happy with the 10-22 on the 60D, and S95. While my dad can shoot with 5DII with 24-105. And for low light, we'll just bump up the ISO. That equates to less gear, no lens changes, and everyone has a good time....<br>

Thanks again all!</p>

<p>Rob,<br>

Not too sure right now, just booked it the other night, haven't gave it much though. But i was hoping to do a time lapse, and I guess touristy stuff when we dock.</p>

<p>It's been a while since I've scoured the forums....but here's my question.<br>

Going on a 7 night Mexican Cruise in August. Never been on a cruise before.<br>

Between my dad and I we'll have a 5DII, and 60D.<br>

For lenses, we have two 24-105, 50 1.8, 50 1.4, 85 1.8, EF-S 10-22.<br>

We'll be headed for Cabo and Puerto Vallarta.<br>

Should I rent a lens?<br>

**My wife and 1 1/2 Year old son is also part of my gear list.</p>

<p>It's just a natural progression of product development and business. Customers who don't already own a dslr are the ones who benefit with all these choices. <br>

It's analogous to the automotive industry. Why buy a 2011 Honda Civic, when the 2010 one have pretty much the same features? I drive an older 1999 Honda Accord, but the late model civics out feature my 12 year old Accord, even though they're considered "entry" level cars. But I digress.<br>

I shoot with a 5D2, and 60D. I think the T3i, would be a great starter camera, and a capable one at that, that can also grow with the user, or even as a backup.</p>

<p>To continue Mark's list. I own the canon 50/1.4 and 85/1.8, and they are superb. My only gripe is that the 50/1.4 is not USM, and build quality is not on par with the 85. Other than that, they're both wonderful to use. I'm in the process of adding another prime too, but I also have two zooms, and I have both a crop and full frame sensors.<br>

I've used the sigma 30/1.4, though it's a nice lens, it focuses much slower than I'm used to. Focus ring is also a bit stiffer. </p>

<p>+1 for the sigma version, zoom creep.</p>

<p>I have the 24-105 mounted on my 60D, and look forward to using it on my 5DII which will be arriving next week. On the 60D, it preforms well, 24 is wide, but not wide enough, as I also have a 10-22 to cover the truly wides. the 10-22 + 24-105 combo works well on crop bodies. Since the 60D and 7D share similar sensors, I'd say that you'd be pleased with the quality that the 24-105 can provide.</p>

<p>Puppy, I like your take on using Live view for MLU. I have a 60D, and Rebel T1i, so far I have MLU programmed as the 1st or 2nd item in the My Menu settings. So at most, it's three/four button pushes. I like the Live view route you mentioned.<br>

As for the Command Dial lock, I welcome it, I don't love it or hate it. But since owning the 60D, I've gotten used to it, and it's 2nd nature now. But I came from using a Rebel, so now my left hand has the role of switching modes, whereas for the Rebel, it had nothing to do beside cradling the lens.</p>

<p>It depends, what type of shooting will you be doing? I believe the safest would be total darkness, and by that you need a lens cap, any lens sporting 77mm, and the rear cap for that lens. Now your filter will not see the light of day, and remain somewhat safe.</p>

<p>I have the B+W Slim CPL, and it doesn't vignette on the 10-22. I also have the B+W slim UV. When I'm lazy and stack the CPL on the UV, it will vignette very slightly at 10mm, but beyond that around 12mm you're in the clear.</p>

<p>I just got the S95 to compliment my T1i. I'm very happy with it so far. It's really for my wife who isn't a photog, but she'd rather use that to take pics of our son than to use my DSLR. The s95 has manual controls in a compact body, and that was important to me. What also sold me was the 720p video which we've been using often. I'd sure rather carry the s95 than my DSLR rig/pack in many situations.<br>

Picture quality is decent for a P&S camera. No comparison to my T1i of course. But I'll live with it. It's a camera that we always have on us, and is always ready to shoot. Battery life is below average, so I bought a few extra 3rd party ones from ebay for very low $.<br>

Hope that helps.</p>

<p>I know this is an EOS forum and this is more of a P&S question.<br>

What would you be using instead of your DLSR rig when portability, stealth, and compactness is appropriate? I have a Rebel body with an assortment of lenses. Sometimes I don't want to lug all that with me, even with just a body and one lens.<br>

Over the last few week I was reading rave reviews of the Canon Powershot S90, and was planning on getting it. Just this week, I learned about the S95, and would get that over the 90 when it's available. What are the other alternatives? G-series? I'd like to have manual controls.<br>

Looking at Canon's other options of P&S, they all seem capable on paper, but seem to lack manual controls, and the sensors are smaller than the S90/95 or G's<br>

So what are you using when you're not using a DSLR?</p>

<p>In the Seattle area, of the 2 stores that I've been to, my usual experience is that, when I walk in the store, I'm usually the only person in there. I have never seen any other customer. Is it just me?</p>

<p>I have the t1i, and i agree with keeping it, and investing in lenses initially. It'll make a great back up when and if I go full-frame. I'm no pro, so I'm just waiting patiently for the full-frame cameras to lower in price (wishful) to something more reasonable, the 5d2 is a nice camera, but not $2500 nice, maybe to others, but that's just me.<br>

I've done a casual wedding with both T1i and Xsi, and the T1i had a grip with 24-70 mounted + 430 EXII flash, and that combo looks substantial to most guests. The xsi, had a 70-200 f/4 IS for the outdoor shots.<br>

Take a look at these pics, I don't know the photog, but his pics are amazing, albeit they're landscape/nature/wildlife and not wedding/portraiture. Most of his shots were taken with a 350D or 20D. Also note what lenses he used as well.<br>

http://www.juzaphoto.com/eng/juza_portfolio.htm#002561</p>

 

<p>+1 for Stephen comment. I've purchased a timer remote from them for my T1i, and it works superbly. I used it to do a time lapse of the Persied meteor shower last night for the duration of 3 hours. You can set a shutter speed from seconds to hours, and intervals as well.</p>

<p>I have the 10-22 on a crop body, it's plenty wide for everything I use it for. I have a newborn, and I take pictures of him in his environment (home). Since he already has a big head (compared to the rest of his body) it's kinda fun. @ 22, the distortion goes away (at least to my eyes). For landscapes, It works fine. I don't find that the variable aperture is limiting when shooting outdoors. But for large indoor expanses with low light, it could be limiting. General consensus says that the Tokina is pretty good, but I am very happy with my 10-22, it does deliver close to L quality images. For reference, @10mm, I can stand in on the sidewalk, and take a picture of my house, and include half of my neighbors houses on both sides, and my drive way is one car length. I haven't taken my lens into the city to take pics of building and skyscrapers...yet.</p>

<p>OK....I see a trend here. Looks like I'll be going rectangular. thanks all for your opinions. much appreciate. I just needed that push in the right direction.</p>

<p>Been thinking about getting a graduated ND, and a 2 stop ND for some landscape type work. I don't do a whole lot of landscape stuff, but there are many times walking about I see scenes with high contrast, that I wish I had a grad with me to preserve detail in the highlights.<br>

So i'm on the fence regarding the rectangular or round types. I shoot with a crop body, EF-S 10-22, EF 24-105, both 77mm. I also have the 50 1.4 and 85 1.8, both 58mm. I already have a set of B+W, thin UV and CPL for my 77mm, and 58 to 77mm adapter ring.<br>

From a standpoint of cost, and convenience, which method? With the rectangulars, I'd have to get a holder plus the ND, and ND Grad. whereas if I get the round (77mm set), I just need the ND and the grad, and forgo holder, and I still can use it with my 58mm size lenses. I know the limitations of having a round grad with less control of where the grad line lies in the frame. I'm leaning towards getting a soft edge rather than a hard edge grad.<br>

Do any of you use the 50 or 85 with these filters? Should I have the desire to have the filters adapt for these lenses?<br>

Please advise. Thanks.</p>