lens recommendation for 1D Mark3

13 years 8 months ago #17 by Thomas
Hello everyone! Glad to be here and looking forward to lots of conversation! I just bought a new 1D MarkIII and was wondering what lens you would consider the best?


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13 years 3 months ago #17005 by Baydream
What are you going to shoot? Landscape, people, wildlife?

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13 years 2 months ago #26763 by turtle
70-200mm f/2.8 MkII

OR

100mm Macro


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13 years 2 months ago #26808 by bhowdy
A great all purpose lens on the 1D MarkIII is the Canon 24-70. The 70-200 f/2.8 and the 100mm macro are good choices too. It really depends on what you like to shoot the most. The 50mm 1.4 also does really well on the MarkIII.

I have each of these lenses as well as several others ... the ones mentioned work well on the MarkIII's that I have.

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13 years 2 months ago #26813 by turtle

bhowdy wrote: A great all purpose lens on the 1D MarkIII is the Canon 24-70. The 70-200 f/2.8 and the 100mm macro are good choices too. It really depends on what you like to shoot the most. The 50mm 1.4 also does really well on the MarkIII.

I have each of these lenses as well as several others ... the ones mentioned work well on the MarkIII's that I have.



I agree the 50mm 1.4 is a great lens as well. No experience with the 24-70 though.


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13 years 2 months ago - 13 years 2 months ago #26945 by Stealthy Ninja

turtle wrote: 70-200mm f/2.8 MkII

OR

100mm Macro


Yeh those are good. The 100 2.8L macro is better than the 100mm macro though (I use to own both). :p

135L is great too.

17 TS-E
24 TS-E

24L II
35L
50 1.4 (from Sigma, after it gets back from calibration at sigma ;) )
85L (or 85 1.4 from sigma)

...all the long L primes from 200mm and up. Not the 200 2.8L though... it's a fantastic lens (I use to own one) but the 70-200 2.8L IS II is just as good (I use to own one).

Nikon 14-24 with adapter :whistle:
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