Comments on: What is the best zoom lens for canon EOS 50D? http://www.canoneos40ddigitalslr.com/canon-eos/what-is-the-best-zoom-lens-for-canon-eos-50d Canon EOS 40D | Reviews | Technical Info. | Comments | Videos Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:58:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Petra_au http://www.canoneos40ddigitalslr.com/canon-eos/what-is-the-best-zoom-lens-for-canon-eos-50d/comment-page-1#comment-3854 Petra_au Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:24:59 +0000 http://www.canoneos40ddigitalslr.com/canon-eos/what-is-the-best-zoom-lens-for-canon-eos-50d#comment-3854 For the 50D you will need a 'good' lens if you want excellent image quality. A cheap telephoto lens is not a good idea for a camera like this, so don't even think about getting a budget one that only costs a couple of hundred dollars or so, because it won't deliver on image quality and will not be good enough for lower lighting. One with a wider (faster) aperture of f/2.8 is an excellent choice. From the Canon lens/camera review site below (of the 50D)... "Because the quality of the lens makes a big difference in the image quality delivered by a DSLR - especially one with the resolution of the 50D, I recommend buying (now or later), one of the better Canon general purpose lenses available. At this review date, the Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM Lens is my most-recommended 1.6x lens with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens and the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM Lens being excellent alternatives." Another excellent lens with a longer starting focal length is the EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L, with or without IS or the f/4 version with or without IS. Check out the links below for reviews of all the lenses above (and the 50D) and other lenses...<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/Canon-General-Purpose-Lens.aspx http://www.the-digital-picture.com/ http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EOS-50D-Digital-SLR-Camera-Review.aspx For the 50D you will need a ‘good’ lens if you want excellent image quality. A cheap telephoto lens is not a good idea for a camera like this, so don’t even think about getting a budget one that only costs a couple of hundred dollars or so, because it won’t deliver on image quality and will not be good enough for lower lighting. One with a wider (faster) aperture of f/2.8 is an excellent choice.

From the Canon lens/camera review site below (of the 50D)…
"Because the quality of the lens makes a big difference in the image quality delivered by a DSLR – especially one with the resolution of the 50D, I recommend buying (now or later), one of the better Canon general purpose lenses available. At this review date, the Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM Lens is my most-recommended 1.6x lens with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens and the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM Lens being excellent alternatives."

Another excellent lens with a longer starting focal length is the EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L, with or without IS or the f/4 version with or without IS.

Check out the links below for reviews of all the lenses above (and the 50D) and other lenses…
References :
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/Canon-General-Purpose-Lens.aspx
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EOS-50D-Digital-SLR-Camera-Review.aspx

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