[shagunsegan]

Hi,

I have been looking for a good landscape/travel/street lens for a while and have finally come down to Canon's -

15-85

10-22

17-55

24-105

So looking for a few pointers to pick one...!!! I would mainly do landscapes, beaches, villages and festivals.

Thanks

[albi]

Among the ones in your list I would definitely take the 15-85 or the 17-55.

The 10-22 and 24-105 have a very limiting range for your purposes.



The 15-85 is a very good all-rounder, the 17-55 is also quite nice but costs considerably more and has less range, altough it offers a constant and faster aperture. It depends on which parameter is more important to you, fast aperture or wider focal range.



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[Brightcolours]

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Hi,

I have been looking for a good landscape/travel/street lens for a while and have finally come down to Canon's -

15-85

10-22

17-55

24-105

So looking for a few pointers to pick one...!!! I would mainly do landscapes, beaches, villages and festivals.

Thanks

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You basically have no idea what you want yet then... and we do not have your taste, and you will not develop the same style as most of us. So, hard to tell you what to do.



10-22mm is an ultra wide zoom. Only certain landscapes will "like" that lens, and at times a village when you want to capture a square or a building and you can't get enough distance. Festivals, nah.



The 24-105mm will be great for festivals (people) and also villages (not too wide street photography), but at times you want wide for landscape shots.



The 15-85 and 17-55 are in the same group: standard zooms. They offer from wide to portrait focal lengths. The 17-55 gives you a wide aperture, especially nice in the longer focal range (35-55mm) for when you might want some subject isolation (small depth of field, so the background gets blurry and the in focus subject stands out).

The 15-85 gives you a bit wider field of view at the wide end (with more barrel distortion though), and more tele at the tele end. What it misses is that it does not open as wide, so subject separation will be less.



For you to make a choice there. We can't do that for you. The 17-55 is more expensive, heavier.



In your case, I would go for a standard zoom for APS-C, and not the 10-22mm or 24-105mm. Since you yourself have no idea yet. Personally, I would add the Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 EX DC OS HSM to the options list. It does everything the 17-55 does, and very well too, but is a bit less heavy and more affordable. And it comes with its lens hood standard... the Canons don't. Don't forget to get the appropriate lens hood in case of any of the Canon lenses (the 24-105mm has it standard), for protection and to shield for side light sources (better contrast).