Crop sensor lenses

[DibblyDobbler]

As some of you may already know I recently 'downgraded' from full frame back to crop (Canon 6d to Canon 100D (to Canon 760D shortly )).

So I sold nearly all my L lenses and now have a Tokina 11-16 f2.8, Sigma 17-50 f2.8, Canon 100mm and 400mm (and about £2k in the bank!). Nearly all the bases covered but...

The two zooms are great but lacking a bit of reach (I am missing a 24-105 equivalent which I loved on FF) so:

- I'm going to trade the Toki 11-16 up to a Toki 11-20 which I believe is also excellent - anybody got one?
- The Sigma 17-50 is good but I sometimes need a bit more than 50mm... anybody got any decent suggestions?

Thanks in advance for any replies

ps - if you want to take the p1ss on account of me buying and selling every lens/camera under the sun feel free I deserve it
pps - or do I go down the Sony A7 route? Not sure about the lenses there either...

[silobass]

Should have kept a couple of the L lenses!

Canon do a 15-85 IS that's nice, good range between what you want.

[ExPat2B]

You will be wanting a AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80MM F/2.8-4E ED VR then. Or perhaps the Nikkor 24-120 f4 ?

• Whistles cheerfully.

Whatever you do don't look at the Pentax range of DX lenses. You will become green with envy.

[DibblyDobbler]

silobass said:

Should have kept a couple of the L lenses!

Canon do a 15-85 IS that's nice, good range between what you want.

Hello and welcome!

Yes the 15-85 is nice...but is it nice enough?!

[DibblyDobbler]

ExPat2B said:

You will be wanting a AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80MM F/2.8-4E ED VR then. Or perhaps the Nikkor 24-120 f4 ?

• Whistles cheerfully.

Whatever you do don't look at the Pentax range of DX lenses. You will become green with envy.

Hmm - that could be the only range I haven't yet look at!

ps that Nikkor thing doesn't look that amazing

[silobass]

DibblyDobbler said:

Hello and welcome!

Yes the 15-85 is nice...but is it nice enough?!

Cheers

Well, you've just sold all the really decent lenses You could get a 70-200 L, not sure if that's one you sold already or not?

It's quite good. I bought it last year for a trip to the US as I needed something easy for general travel shots, for me it's decent. I also have a Sigma 24-70mm 2.8 which is a good alternative, just not quite wide enough at times but you have that covered with the Sigma 17-50.

[DibblyDobbler]

silobass said:

Cheers

Well, you've just sold all the really decent lenses You could get a 70-200 L, not sure if that's one you sold already or not?

It's quite good. I bought it last year for a trip to the US as I needed something easy for general travel shots, for me it's decent. I also have a Sigma 24-70mm 2.8 which is a good alternative, just not quite wide enough at times but you have that covered with the Sigma 17-50.

Thanks again. The embarrassing thing is I have actually 2 of these already Can't for the life of me remember why I sold them either...

Just slightly worried that the IQ might not quite be good enough when I want to do 'proper' photography (ie longer focal length landscapes) - although it'd be fine for walkabout stuff...

ps - what are you shooting on?

[silobass]

I have a 7D

[creampuff]

DibblyDobbler said:

ps - if you want to take the p1ss on account of me buying and selling every lens/camera under the sun feel free I deserve it

Just curious... why did you go from FF to crop sensor?

[DibblyDobbler]

creampuff said:

DibblyDobbler said:

ps - if you want to take the p1ss on account of me buying and selling every lens/camera under the sun feel free I deserve it

Just curious... why did you go from FF to crop sensor?

Hmm. Well short version - I'm an arse. Longer version - my Mrs bought me a 100D which I started using when just pottering about and not doing 'proper photography' and I liked it! So much lighter and *shudder* even with a mega zoom (Tamron 16-300) it took really good pictures! So my poor old 6D started to gather dust. I like macro work - it can do that. I like landscapes - it can do that (ok lacking a bit of dynamic range but I use filters so shouldn't need too much pp in theory). I sometimes shoot wildlife - hello 'free' zoom via the crop factor. I also shoot astro stuff occasionally and the jury is still out on that to be fair. Reality is even a boggo modern DSLR is a good bit of kit these days and with decent glass you can produce nice images - I'm not pro (and have no desire to be!) so for me the crop body is good enough... and I have about £2k back in my bank account...

ps - I am upgrading to a 760D (newer crop sensor!)
pps - one of them there Sony A7 things looks interesting...