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Expert: John and Chris
Date: 8/26/2008
Subject: LENSES
Question
I OWN A CANON REBEL EOS CAMERA NOW AND WILL BE PURCHASING A CANON 40D, WHAT LENSES SHOULD I HAVE TO PURSUE PORTRAIT TAKING AND WEDDINGS
Answer
Rick,
For a dedicated portrait lens, most people would want a standard or medium telephoto prime lens. Like the 50mm f1.8 or f1.4. Or the 85mm f1.8 or f1.4. For weddings you would want a medium and telephoto zoom. Ideally you would want the brightest you could afford. The best in my opinion are the 17-55 f2.8 and 70-200 f2.8.IS. If these are too expensive you could go for the 17-85 f4.-5.6 IS and the 70-300 f4-5.6 IS. You will also need a flash. For weddings you will want the most powerful one. The Canon 580EX II.
All of these things are more important than the Camera body. I would put my money into the lenses and flash before I purchased a new body.
John
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