The Napping King by mbz2662
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I was so excited to see the Lions. This fellow was napping right out on the rock in the sunshine, for everyone to see. He opened his eyes and looked right at me. Great Cat! A wonderful habitat for the animals. Lots of room and no bars or cages. I stood and watched this guy for quite a while, snapping photos and waiting for "that" shot. I was lucky and got a lot of really good photos of The King.
Advice needed:
I am thinking of purchasing a new lens for my Canon Rebel xsi. I want to use this lens for portraits, perhaps landscapes and low light situations.
I think I want a wide angle, fixed. I am looking at two different lenses at the moment and would appreciate information or advice on choosing. Maybe you have one, used one or know about lenses in general. Or maybe you have another to suggest.
The first lens is the EF 35mm f/1.4L USM and the second is the EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM.
As far as I can tell, neither one has Image Stabilization, which I am used to in my other lenses. I don't know if this is important or not. This will not be a "replacement" lens, but a lens to add to my bag. I only have three other lenses, two of which came with the camera and the third (my first lens investment) is a f/2.8, 100mm usm is, macro lens.
I am also looking at a third lens. It is not wide angle, but costs much less than the first two. EF 50mm f/1.4 USM.
My inexperience makes it hard for me to compare, and decide what is worth spending $$$ on, and what will get more use. Thanks for your input!
Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
~Melinda~
Comments (9)
pauldeleu
Great image!
kgb224
Try and see if you can get more informataion regarding these three lenses here. http://www.dpreview.com/ Supernb capture Melinda. God bless.
FredNunes
Excellent photo. I have a 50MM F1.4 as well as a wide angle Sigma 10MM-20MM. Image stabilization probably is not needed on a fixed lens. It comes much more into play as you zoom. A MUST on telephoto. My guess is the 24MM is most expensive? Buy what you can afford. Its a sound investment either way. I love my 50MM but it does not give the widest of views. But its excellent with low light and produces amazing bokeh. Best of luck.
goodoleboy
Fine capture in this pic of the pampered King of the Jungle, snoozing away as his mate does all of the heavy lifting, such as bearing cubs, stalking, hunting and killing. I have limited experience in the area of DSLR lenses, so no use confusing you here, Melinda. I would love to find an inexpensive point and shoot camera with a large aperture for bokeh.
mtdana
Beautiful capture!!! I’m not familiar with Cannon lenses but I do recommend you Google Kenrockwell and the lens for a down to earth review of the products. For landscapes I use a 12-24mm DX Lens. Good luck!
Juliette.Gribnau
fantastic capure and presentation
Adobe_One_Kenobi
The 35 and the 24 will be ok for landscapes Melinda, but realize you will not get the full potential of the wide angle lenses on a 1.6 crop factor sensor. For portraits I would look at the 85mm area, or even better something like 70-200mm zoom, you will get great separation of the subject, but keep in mind in low light you are limited to f/4 on such a lens, unless you get the 2.8 version which is ludicrously expensive compared to the f/4 version, then there is IS or non IS versions. It might be worth your while hiring a range and then making a decision from there? Alternatively, the cheap and cheerful 50mm 1.8II is a good all around lens, the rule book says never use a 50mm for portraiture, but I love the tear up the rule book, even when I do not shoot many portraits. :) Beautiful shot here BTW
Adobe_One_Kenobi
BTW another good all around/walk about lens is the 24-105 f/4 L USM, but my experience of this lens was horrid chromatic aberration, I now have the non IS EF 70-200 f/4L a far better lens IMHO.
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Oh! I should have mentioned in the main comment that you should never use 24 or 35mm for portraiture, you will get awful distortion like large noses etc. One of the rule book items I do take notice of.
auntietk
Wonderful photograph! He looks so ... indolent! :) Okay ... camera gear. While you can get better low light results with an f1.4 than you can with an f5.6 (or so) lens, your low-light capability is NOT in the lens ... it's in your camera. I know you love your camera body, and I know it's a little workhorse, but you're limited by its ISO range. If you've got the money to buy a really fine lens, use that money for a new camera! The newer Canons (including the Rebels) have ISO ranges up to 12,800 (that means they kick booty in low light!), and the images you get at higher ISOs are practically grain free, compared to what you can get with your six-year-old Xsi. I know you're focused on lenses right now (pardon the pun) but with the lenses you already have, and a camera body that is designed for low-light situations, you're going to get much better pictures than you would with your Xsi and a new, expensive lens. Image stabilization is very nice, but as Fred says, you don't really need it for a fixed lens. However!!! I use a 50mm 1.4 Zeiss with my 70D, and invariably I have to bump up the ISO in order to get the shutter speed fast enough to get around the fact that it DOESN'T have image stabilization. You can always use a tripod, but you didn't mention that, so I'm sort of ignoring that option. Of course that's just my opinion, so don't take my word for it ... do a little research, and see what you come up with. If you want to talk about it though, drop me a note. I'm always happy to talk cameras! :)
danapommet
An excellent capture and I can't believe that the 'king' is napping on a hard rock!