Rationalising Canon lenses

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smoker said:
Don't have lightroom...:cry: I am going to have a shufty about to see if you can get something like this as a PS plug-in.
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if you're like me and don't like pirated stuff LR is only a tidy £99, it'll do most things you need. If you're not bothered about pirated I know a few on here have a cracked version..
 
smoker said:
Anyone else feel they've got about ten squillion average lenses for 3 or 4 different applications.

To fulfill my interests I 'need':

A decent quality, general purpose/walkabout lens (about 18-80 range)
A 150mm+ apo lens for long exposure astrophotography and wildlife
A wide fast lens for star trails, aurora and landscapes

I am currently covering this with:

Samyang 8mm fisheye
Samyang 14mm rectilinear
Zenitar 16mm/f2.8
Tokina 11-16mm/f2.8
Leica Summicron-R 50mm/f2.0
Leica Telyt-R 180mm/f3.4mm apo
Sigma 18-200mm/f3.5-6.3
MTO 11CA mirror lens 1000mm/f10

(Cameras are EOS30D for daytime use and modified 20D for astronomy).

I would much rather have a small number of quality lenses and not have to take such a heavy camera bag on my hols. Any suggestions how I might go about it? :confused:

My initial thoughts were:

Canon EF-S 17-55
Sigma 150-500
Tokina 11-16

Although the Tok mangles stars so I would have to hold onto one of the Samyangs for that alone...:confused:
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Well, I opted for the Sigma 17-50/2.8 as I read a few reviews that said it was optically superior to the Canon. Pity the fucker won't focus - hunts all over the place and eventually takes an out of focus image under sufferance. Same deal with my 30D and 20D so definitely not the camera. The zoom mechanism was sticky as well, not at all what you would expect from a 500 quid lens.

Back it goes for a refund.
 
Bloody lenses - Just got a Canon EF 100mm 2.8 macro, will be using it for water droplets soon. £280 from talkphotography forum. Had to sell my siggy 10-20 to pay for it tho.
 
MaDMaCKeM said:
Bloody lenses - Just got a Canon EF 100mm 2.8 macro, will be using it for water droplets soon. £280 from talkphotography forum. Had to sell my siggy 10-20 to pay for it tho.
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Canny. Nearly double that new.

I sold a nice Summicron 50mm/f2 to pay for this piece of shite!
 
MaDMaCKeM said:
Bloody lenses - Just got a Canon EF 100mm 2.8 macro, will be using it for water droplets soon. £280 from talkphotography forum. Had to sell my siggy 10-20 to pay for it tho.
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wow, nice deal. :eek:
 
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Most of my stuff comes from the classifieds forums on there. Good prices and most have been well looked after, hardly any dodgy deals. Need to be a member for a month or so and make over 30 posts for access, stops people diving in selling shit and buggering off.
 
MaDMaCKeM said:
Most of my stuff comes from the classifieds forums on there. Good prices and most have been well looked after, hardly any dodgy deals. Need to be a member for a month or so and make over 30 posts for access, stops people diving in selling shit and buggering off.
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Just as well. Some on here hit 30 posts an hour :lol:
 
MaDMaCKeM said:
Most of my stuff comes from the classifieds forums on there. Good prices and most have been well looked after, hardly any dodgy deals. Need to be a member for a month or so and make over 30 posts for access, stops people diving in selling shit and buggering off.
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Have to say, I've had a lot less grief buying second hand than new. Obviously the risk is higher as there is no warranty, but at least the fuckers have been tested on a camera and any duds filtered out under warranty.
 
smoker said:
Have to say, I've had a lot less grief buying second hand than new. Obviously the risk is higher as there is no warranty, but at least the fuckers have been tested on a camera and any duds filtered out under warranty.
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Where did you get your new Sigma from smoker? sounds like a nightmare..:evil:
 
ayesane said:
Where did you get your new Sigma from smoker? sounds like a nightmare..:evil:
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Amazon fortunately, so shouldn't have too much fuss getting my money back. I would have preferred an exchange but there was only 1 left in stock and the lower the stock the more chance of getting a dud in my experience.

Think I might just buy a used 17-55 off ebay or MPB. IN an ideal world I'd buy in a camera shop and try it on the 30D before buying, but I aint made of money.
 
smoker said:
Amazon fortunately, so shouldn't have too much fuss getting my money back. I would have preferred an exchange but there was only 1 left in stock and the lower the stock the more chance of getting a dud in my experience.

Think I might just buy a used 17-55 off ebay or MPB. IN an ideal world I'd buy in a camera shop and try it on the 30D before buying, but I aint made of money.
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Amazon returns are a thing of beauty.

Do you expect issues with the 30D with modern lens like smoker?

BTW, if you don't mind grey www.procamerashop.co.uk are class. They have refunded about £1200 in drunken mistakes and not even mentioned it, utterly class service. Bought my body and 5 lens from them all spot on.
 
ayesane said:
Amazon returns are a thing of beauty.

Do you expect issues with the 30D with modern lens like smoker?

BTW, if you don't mind grey www.procamerashop.co.uk are class. They have refunded about £1200 in drunken mistakes and not even mentioned it, utterly class service. Bought my body and 5 lens from them all spot on.
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I'm expecting a delivery from them tomorrow :)
 
ayesane said:
your 7d! :cool:

fancy a catch up this week marra?
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Yes to both. Steeeeed's birthday treat (from himself). Hoping it arrives before about 10 tomorrow otherwise I'll miss it and probs need to go to the post office to collect on Thursday or Friday :-(
 
Steeeeed said:
Yes to both. Steeeeed's birthday treat (from himself). Hoping it arrives before about 10 tomorrow otherwise I'll miss it and probs need to go to the post office to collect on Thursday or Friday :-(
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happy birthday Marra. :cool:

Did you get a lens with it?
 
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