Can you recommend a prime lens?
by AdministratorBrianP on Dpreview posted this:
If you need the speed, I would go for:
35 f/1.4 (if it is wide enough for you)
24 f/1.4 (if the 35 wasn’t wide enough)
If either speed doesn’t matter as much or you are on a tripod shooting landscape:
TS-E 24 f/3.5L (this is somewhat softer than the 35 above, but The Tilt and Shift features could be great)
TS-E 45 f/2.8 (this is a great lens, it might not be wide enough for you, but you have shift to help with this!)
Regarding the 50 f/1.8, it is a very nice lens, but it is built as
cheap as any lens could be. It is still a nice little lens though. You
could also pick up a 50 f/1.4 which is built much better, 2/3 stop
faster and offers FTM.
If you want to get into some crazy money for a fairly simple prime
(good though), you can look at lenses like the CZ 21. On top of being
rather crazy expensive for what it is, the lens is totally manual on a
EOS camera.
Regarding the 14 f/2.8 that EOS20 recommended, I wouldn’t personally go
for this one. It is expensive and known to be soft wide open. If it is
ok to be stopped down more, you already have the 10-22. If you want it
for the 5D, you can look at Sigma’s 12-24.
