The_Browns
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Whats the perfect Walk around Lens. Me and the wofe are going to London and France in July and I am trying to determine if my 18-55mm Will be enough?
Walk Around Lens?
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That totally depends on your shooting style and your likings. Some people think that something around an 18-55mm is a great walk around, some people think that a zoom around 55-250mm is a good walkaround, some people think a prime like a 50mm or 85mm is a good walkaround.
What camera are you using? I personally have a Canon XSi and love my tamron 17-50mm f/2.8.
Jesse
What camera are you using? I personally have a Canon XSi and love my tamron 17-50mm f/2.8.
Jesse
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I'm a big fan of the 24-105 IS if your shooting Canon. It's F4 so lets in decent light. It's IS so if the light is low, you can often get away with it, and the zoom at 105 is still more than the comparable and very good 24-70 that I'm sure TS will recommend 
)). I like the 24mm width too but I have a full sensor body.
)). I like the 24mm width too but I have a full sensor body.
TitusvileSurfer
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Yeah I'm a huge fan of the 24-70 f/2.8. I have 70-200 f/2.8 IS so 71-105mm doesn't mean anything to me and I'll take f/2.8 over f/4 with IS any day!! Nothing against the 24-105 f/4 IS though.
Jacob D
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Is your camera a Canon?
I preferred 35mm and 50mm primes on my 40D but on the 5D the 24-105 is my walk around. My Canon 24-105 is pretty sharp at the wide end and less sharp at 85mm and above, or somewhere thereabouts.
For a trip where you'll be photographing scenery, landscapes, and portraits the 24-105 is probably a better bet than the 24-105. In those situations the only advantage of the 24-70 is better bokeh at f2.8
One note about the 24-105 - reviews on it are hit and miss, there is probably more variation between production copies than there should be.
I preferred 35mm and 50mm primes on my 40D but on the 5D the 24-105 is my walk around. My Canon 24-105 is pretty sharp at the wide end and less sharp at 85mm and above, or somewhere thereabouts.
For a trip where you'll be photographing scenery, landscapes, and portraits the 24-105 is probably a better bet than the 24-105. In those situations the only advantage of the 24-70 is better bokeh at f2.8
One note about the 24-105 - reviews on it are hit and miss, there is probably more variation between production copies than there should be.
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The_Browns
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thejuggernaut
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You forgot to add the most important criteria, how much are you looking to spend. Also will it be mostly outdoors daylight type shooting or will you be doing alot of indoor and nite time shooting. Your shooting habits are important because if you shoot mostly in good light then you can sacrafice F-stop range for a little more zoom range. However if a low F-stop is important then maybe getting a smaller zoom in a F2.8. If you don't mind switching lenses alot of people will use primes. They are almost always sharper with a lower F-Stop for the price! I guess what im trying to say is that all lenses have strengths and weaknesses and you just need to decide what are the most important features for you and go from there.
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