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flag biname
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Posted: Apr 15, 2011 at 19:29 Quote
Hey Pinkbike!

I have purchased a Canon Rebel T2i 3 months ago and have been filming a lot of skiing with it. Like summer and biking in coming along fast i need to get prepared camera wise.

I have the 18-55 lens right now but i want something that has a wider range, that will be good to shoot with in the woods and something that is good to shoot video with.

I was thinking of a compact telephoto lens like a 55-250 or a 50-200.

What you think?
flag Tyler138
Posted: Apr 16, 2011 at 14:45 Quote
biname wrote:
Hey Pinkbike!

I have purchased a Canon Rebel T2i 3 months ago and have been filming a lot of skiing with it. Like summer and biking in coming along fast i need to get prepared camera wise.

I have the 18-55 lens right now but i want something that has a wider range, that will be good to shoot with in the woods and something that is good to shoot video with.

I was thinking of a compact telephoto lens like a 55-250 or a 50-200.

What you think?

Not what you mention, compact telephoto, but its worth checking out the Canon 50mm f/1.8, its a great little lens and cheap as chips, and the low f stop helps a lot in low light and for filming. Give it a search on vimeo.
flag biname
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Posted: Apr 16, 2011 at 14:50 Quote
Tyler138 wrote:
biname wrote:
Hey Pinkbike!

I have purchased a Canon Rebel T2i 3 months ago and have been filming a lot of skiing with it. Like summer and biking in coming along fast i need to get prepared camera wise.

I have the 18-55 lens right now but i want something that has a wider range, that will be good to shoot with in the woods and something that is good to shoot video with.

I was thinking of a compact telephoto lens like a 55-250 or a 50-200.

What you think?

Not what you mention, compact telephoto, but its worth checking out the Canon 50mm f/1.8, its a great little lens and cheap as chips, and the low f stop helps a lot in low light and for filming. Give it a search on vimeo.

Well i already have a 18-55 but not f/1.8. I would like to have something with a longer range.
Thanks for your impute tho!
flag skuls101
Posted: May 8, 2011 at 3:34 Quote
its been awhile and i don't know if you bought a lens but i was in the same shoes as you and i bought the 55-250mm efs lens online i got for €150 and its a great lens for the money the autofocus is a little slow but in vernal the zoom is very nice especialy if your moving up for the kit lens. but if your filming it might be a bit shaky.
flag ilikeicecream
Posted: Sep 5, 2011 at 14:15 Quote
take a look at tamrons wide range tele's. they have 18-200,18-250,18-270, i am using a sigma 18-200
flag KevSong
Posted: Sep 16, 2011 at 22:56 Quote
ilikeicecream wrote:
take a look at tamrons wide range tele's. they have 18-200,18-250,18-270, i am using a sigma 18-200

wide range tele's are good for scouting but they will stuff the quality of your photo due to the large difference between high and low. 55-250 for sure the crop factor as you do not have an full frame sensor will bring it to a 100mm-450mm? something like that.....
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