Which are the best Canon lenses?

Ever wondered what the best lenses to get for your trusty Canon DSLR are?

Bob Atkins site “Lensplay” contains a database of Canon mount lenses with quality ratings assigned by himself and user feedback. You can find his site at www.lensplay.com.

For a quick consise summary of the top 20 lenses in various price categories go to this article on Bob’s original site Best Canon EOS Lenses.

Don’t worry if your lens doesn’t rank that high it’s not the end of the world, some of the best photographers in the world get incredible results from average equipment. Great photography comes from within the person, good equipment is just a bonus :smile:

As Bob himself points out, “there is no simple answer to this question”, but at least this information can help point you in the right direction :cool:

~ by Dave Catley on March 12, 2008.

Posted in Photographic Equipment, Tehcnical Information

19 Responses to “Which are the best Canon lenses?”

  1. I would like a nice new canon lens. Probably that 24-70mm.
    cheers

    dylanfox said this on March 12, 2008 at 7:17 pm | Reply

  2. Also check out Fred Miranda for a run down on canon lenses, tons of full time pros give there thoughts on every canon lens past and present.

    spoolphotography said this on March 13, 2008 at 8:08 am | Reply

  3. Good point Neal, FredMiranda.com has a very good site with lots of technical info and reviews on lenses and cameras.

    Dave Catley said this on March 13, 2008 at 8:19 am | Reply

  4. Any canon lens with a red ring around it works for me Dave. Got to love the 24-70mm f2.8

    mattlauder said this on March 13, 2008 at 2:48 pm | Reply

  5. The red ring is definately a good place to start Matt. I wouldn’t mind getting my hands on a 24-70 but my 17-40 does a pretty good job and my 70-200 is an excellent lens.

    The shopping list is very long and not getting any shorter :)

    Dave Catley said this on March 13, 2008 at 2:53 pm | Reply

  6. I had the 70-200mm and it was another fantastic lens. With the 1ds Mark II I am keen to get my hands on the 16-35mm first then the 70-200 and Id say my kit is complete.

    mattlauder said this on March 14, 2008 at 3:21 am | Reply

  7. I use my 70-200mm IS and use it for 90% of all my fashion stuff. Its the most versitile lens for my and now I’m using the 1ds MkIII with it I”m blown away.

    Second favourite is now my 50mm F1.2 lens.

    jamiepaterson1 said this on March 22, 2008 at 3:38 pm | Reply

  8. yes love them all, thanks for the links Dave. I,m loving my 50mm f1.2 right now, portraits are fantastic with this lens.

    christianfletcher said this on March 24, 2008 at 7:34 pm | Reply

  9. The 50mm f1.2 is the most beautiful lens for portraiture

    Hazel said this on March 25, 2008 at 2:00 pm | Reply

  10. The 50mm f1.2 is a most beautiful lens for portraiture.

    Hazel said this on March 25, 2008 at 2:02 pm | Reply

  11. But doesn’t potrait photography involving shooting people? ;-)

    jamiepaterson1 said this on March 25, 2008 at 4:08 pm | Reply

  12. Shooting people is what I want to do when I do portraits :evil:

    Dave Catley said this on March 25, 2008 at 4:13 pm | Reply

  13. Yeah I thought a certain person didn’t like photography people.

    jamiepaterson1 said this on March 25, 2008 at 4:32 pm | Reply

  14. I meant photographing people. lol.

    jamiepaterson1 said this on March 25, 2008 at 4:33 pm | Reply

  15. Hazel,

    I just found one of your messages in the spam filter, fixed it now and it should be visible.

    After what we talked about last night concerning the content of most meaasages identified as spam I’m getting a little worried about what subliminal messages you’re sending out :mrgreen:

    Dave Catley said this on March 26, 2008 at 6:43 am | Reply

  16. Its a great way to kill people you dont like…..offer to take their portrait for free….and shoot away!

    Subliminal hey. Just trying to affect your deeper mind Dave.

    I got a great shot last night….I think……for a portrait photographer anyway.

    Hazel said this on March 26, 2008 at 8:04 pm | Reply

  17. I think I’m in your filter again……let me out!

    Hazel said this on March 26, 2008 at 8:05 pm | Reply

  18. You’re free again Hazel, not sure why the spam filter hates you so much.

    Try putting a your web address in when you make a post, that will also let people click on your name to see your web site.

    Dave Catley said this on March 31, 2008 at 7:54 am | Reply

  19. spam filters hate me becasue i hate apam. i hated spam all through school.

    Hazel said this on April 4, 2008 at 12:52 pm | Reply

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