The three lenses I’d recommend for a beginner: - 18-135mm is stm - 50mm f/1.8 stm - 55-250mm is stm The reason I wouldn’t add a 10-18mm is there’s really not much range there and i think it would be better to get a fixed lens.
I love my 10-18mm, specially useful inside small homes specially when you just want a 15+ people family picture and a small distortion is acceptable Vs. no picture
Get rid of the 50mm 1.8 on a crop! 80mm equivalent isn't great for daily shooting or street photography - it's nowhere near wide enough. The optical design on the 50mm 1.8 is decades old now and it shows. Soft wide open and so much chromatic aberrations. Get a 24mm 2.8 STM. Smaller, wider, sharper.
@@billy9506 I just added a 0.7X wide angle converter to the 50mm 1.8 STM and I can get a 22mm at brighter than f1.8 with a real 50mm FOV on an APSC. 50mm 1.8 STM was released May 11, 2015 - not decades ago. No CA and softness with STM version unlike the older micro-motor (II) version (I got rid of my 24mm 2.8 STM because it is an inferior design as it tended to fog up with water vapor internally when temperature changes. Took me 2 months to get rid of the water vapor by putting it unusable in a silica gel box.)
My top 3 lenses: 1. Canon 50mm prime len 2. the 18-135mm STM 3. the 55-250mm STM the reason I choose 18-135mm bcus it’s a do-it-all lense when the 50mm is good for portraits and faster focus and if you want a further zoom lense then the 55-250mm STM is the best choice for you with the best price.
I think if you wanted to go for more of that "holy trinity" feel, then it should be the 10-18, 18-55, and the 55-250. That way there's no overlap, but I do agree with your choices.
Oh cool, have all 3. The 10-18 gets least used tbh but it's nice to have. Main regret is the small and variable maximum aperture on them I guess. Really only fun to shoot in excellent light, night work is possible but not if you need to be spontaneous. The 55-250 is astonishingly sharp and produces rich, nuanced colors. Its my street photography favorite because I don't need to get in people's faces.
so let's say i like to takr group pictures and take pictures of nice scenery i would use the 10-18 lens right. and the 55-250 is a great lens well i want to buy these lenses cause they are cheap on amazon
Totally agree with you, it is not fast and silent as canon STM lenses but its razor sharp, got a f/2.8 constant aperture and for it's half of the price of canon's efs 17-55
"Best value" not only means cheapest, but providing far greater value for the price. I need to mention two lenses for APS-C crop bodies that can take on the best L-lens regarding their sharpness and give quality rivalling a FF, yet costing much less: Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 DC HSM Art (@$799) and Sigma 50-100mm DC HSM Art (@$1099)
Totally agree about the 18-35 but I’ve never shot the 50-100, I do shoot full frame as well but nothing handles filters like the 18-35. And, because it’s a cropped sensor you use the 85mm filters so eventually it will pay for itself.
Only problem with these lenses is the lack of Image Stabilization, otherwise these are outstanding lenses and sharper than the Canon lenses described above.
I have the 16-300 from Tamron on my 70D, and it is awesome. I recently finished a 2-week tour through Northern Italy and the photo's are awesome, and all hand held. I cannot imagine a better all-around lens, for me
10-18mm biggest and decisive flaw is it's aperture, sooner than latter is going to be too dark to use it, however if the thing is motion less, it's IS comes into hand allowing you to get the shoot and for video it shines quite well, I have done some hand held video with it and the motion was fairly nice also I start using it on a steadycam and works quite well, IS is a nice life saver as if you didn't balance so right, motions still are a bit under control. 55-250 is truly wonderful, once again thanks to IS and its close focusing, make that lens so versatile, as when light goes down you still can shoot even at a long focal and even works as a pseudo macro, thanks to its zoom range and IS. They are on the low-end range, but seriously well done.
Well I'll be damned... I was ready to disagree with your choices but you nailed it right down the line. Slap on a Kenko teleplus hd dgx 1.4x teleconverter and you can use all three on a full frame Canon ....
Thanks for confirming my confirmation bias! ;-) I recently bought the 18-135 STM, and love it. For images not quite sharp enough for me, the Topaz labs sharpening app ups the ante. Thanks for sharing.
My 760D (T6S) has in camera corrections for all Canon lenses for 1. peripheral illumination 2. Chromatic aberrations 3. Distortion Newer pro Canon cameras have in camera corrections for diffraction of Canon lenses. So Sigma and Tamron wide angle lenses ARE inferior. They can't even be used with the built-in flash of the Canon APSC cameras as their wider diameters would even block the function of the Camera's built-in flash. (Canon do not put built-in flash in FF cameras since FF lenses have wider diameters).
Thanks for your video. I am on the Canon USA Forum support site, and we get a LOT of questions about lenses (but yes, second to bodies). I am not familiar with the first EF-S lens 10-18 STM, but have read and heard good things about it. I very much concur with the 18-135 STM or USM (FoV 29-216mm), and 55-250 (FoV 88-400mm) lenses. I would also add a classic, that has been called the secret L lens for APS-C: the EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM (giving a FoV of 24-136mm) - if one can pick up a good used one, they are brilliant: I have a couple of them and the are great lenses, especially since they give a reach into the wider end in one lens. If one wants a fast constant lens then the EF-S 17-55 f/2.5 IS USM (FoV 274-88mm), is arguably the best in an EF-S mount.
thanks trevor i really appreciate your input i done made up my mind i'm going to go with the canon 17-55 and the canon 55-250 and the 10-18 and do you think i should go with the 18-135 please help me out i don't want to buy lens if i don't need it
trevor i just want sharp pictures when i take them and i'm going to get a flash so i can take better pictures at night. i just need help in getting the right camera lens for me and i should be good
I would like for you to look at the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM lens. Even though it is in desperate need of an upgrade, it is still, in my opinion, an amazing aps-c lens. What do you think?
Yes, I have that lens and it's amazing. Now I'm looking for a telephoto in that price range, similar maximum aperture and build quality and obviously I can't find one. If I want f2.8 on a telephoto I need to spend a lot more...
alpao74 yeah pretty much the best aps-c lens on the telephoto side is the native EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM. It is a sharp lens and the value you get is worth it but it does lack the constant aperture. Canon should upgrade it to be at least a constant f/4 aperture and maintain sharpness or improve on it with its great IS & STM tech and it would have a killer telephoto zoom lens for sports and wildlife which people actually use crop bodies for already with that extra reach (1.6x crop factor)
Why recommande two telephoto lens? I would take out 55-250mm and change it for nifty fifty stm (50mm f1.8). So you would have a landscape lens, portait lens and telephoto lens. Holy trinity for budget lens.
Because the video title explains it. Top 3 Best Value Canon Zoom Lenses for Canon APS-C cameras. Key word, zoom. So the idea was to recommend 3 zoom lenses.
i must say i bought a canon 75 x 300 lens without stabilizer and for me even without stabilizer it was so easy to control even at 300 mm so why do so many people knock this lens.
Could u say this 55-250mm could u call it telephoto lens ? What I actually want to know is, will it be able to shoot the moon ? From far away and when u zoom it - u can see the craters of the moon ?
You can get the 18-135 nano usm from lens authority for like $200-$260 and the STM for like $160-$200. I had issues with the fedex delivery dude but the lend is like new and awesome and the lens authority people were super cool. Ps. Watch out with those amazon deals - they are mostly through random 3rd parties. Some are legit but I read that there are plenty of fakes around so check the actual reviews. It looked to me like some were obviously failed copy and paste reviews so I got scared - plus... no warranty
alex i don't think matt can answer you anymore,as he is no longer with us,thats why there no longer any informative videos from art of the image,very sad
Did you ever make a video on telephoto lens like Canon 70-300mm F4-5.6 full frame lens with a L series lens? I'm wonder if I need to get an L lens to get sharper images? Or would the difference be so minor that it could be hardly be noticeable?
Do you think the Canon 55-250 is worth the extra $$ for the STM Lens? $126 vs $299. Thanks!!! Just found a “renewed” STM for $159. Do you trust renewed lenses? I mainly want it for bird/nature photography.
if you're gonna be shooting at high shutter speeds anyway I think go for the 70-200, but note that without is your camera will be swinging around everywhere
Hi sir I just saw your video, a simple question what is the difference between having;yellow ,red ,silver ring on the lenses and some doesn’t have the ring thanks
shinywhitelotus yellow ring is mostly used by sigma lenses, red ring is used by canon's much expensive 'L series' lenses which are made to fit both full frame and aps-c sensors. Silver ring is mostly used by canon's less expensive aps-c lenses. For a exsample if you want to buy canon 18-135 there are 4 versions of it ( 18-135 IS , 18-135 IS ii , 18-135 IS STM , 18-135 IS USM) Try to buy STM or USM lens since they are fast at autoforcusing than the previous versions.
Red rings are reserved for full frame lenses and are regarded as the best lenses canon makes for their full-frame DSLR's such as the 1DX-MkII, 5D MkIV or the 6D MkII. Yellow rings on older canon lenses mean that they are equipped with a USM focus motor which is quieter than their previous versions. Silver rings around the lenses categorize them as consumer grade and have the best value for the price. Hope this helps :)
Ive read that canon apsc cameras should use the lenses canon made for them. Ive also read that several of the ef zooms do not resolve as well as the full frame cameras with those lenses do. So, I'm disappointed that canon does not make efs zoom lenses with fixed apertures. Therefore i am looking forward to exceededing the guaranteed shutter count on my 80d
Canon does make a fixed aperture zoom lens for us aps-c shooters :) Look for the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM lens either on their website or on other online retailers. I am wanting to purchase this as my next lens but the new price tag is kinda on the deep end for me right now. Maybe in the future i can afford it :)
alpao74 yes!! Awesome!! I bought it secondhand also for $300 USD and it’s my favorite go to lens now. It’s razor sharp and considered an “L” series lens with an EF-S Mount with the extra lens tech found in Canon’s top notch “L” series lenses. I’m happy you found one too! It has revived my photography game in a big way and not even looking to upgrade to FF at all for a long time. This lens is exactly what aps-c Canon bodies need for pro quality photography.
Just sold my copy of the lens. I had an 18-135mm and thought I needed for reach so I sold it and bought the 55-250mm. Instant regret! It hunts & it's softer than the 18-135mm. Going to buy the 18-135mm. So much sharper and much more useful range.
The title of the video references BEST VALUE. Not everyone can afford a Canon 5d with 1.2 to 2.8 L glass. The largest selling DSLR camera in the USA today is the T7 with an 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS kit lens. The three lenses Matt mentioned are suitable for those learning to use their cameras and compose shots. If you stick with photography, there is always time after you develop to swap out your lenses for L lenses, and then swap out your camera body. (I have seen some excellent photos taken with entry-level DSLRs and kit lenses.)
