Looking to buy a new lens, and I need your advice!

5 years 10 months ago #587205 by Rayan-Almuslem
I have a Canon T6i and I am looking to buy a new lens, I am mostly interested in product photography, sharpness and image quality is super important to me. I am currently using a kit lens which is Canon EFS 18-135mm and I am thinking about buying Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM Art and it's very expensive so I need to get some advice from an expert before buying it. Is it worth it or not? Am I ganna see a big difference in the quality? What is your advice to me?


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5 years 10 months ago #588039 by garyrhook
If you're not ready to assess the value of a lens, it seems to me that you're not ready to buy one.

If you want to do product photography, you need two things: a reasonably long lens, and a tripod. The Sigma might be okay above 85mm, but I'd suggest a macro lens at 90mm or more. You want longer to mitigate any geometric anomalies you'd get with a shorter focal length.

If you're still not sure, rent one if you can. Not knowing where you're located (fill out your profile?) I can only suggest.


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5 years 10 months ago #588106 by fmw
If your goal is to replace your existing zoom lens with one you view as a better one with a more modest zoom range I would say it makes sense.  If you want to add a zoom lens the range of which is already covered by your current zoom I would think it makes little sense.

What does make sense is what gary said above about investing in a macro lens.  I happen to do product photography every day.  I use a 60mm macro lens on a APS-C sensor camera and get excellent results.  Not only do macro lenses have the ability to focus closer but they also have a flatter field for better depth of field and edge performance.


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