topic Re: Best lens for T4i for shooting at night with bright lights? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Best lens for T4i for shooting at night with bright lights?

sambo613 — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 16:05:53 GMT

I am looking for a lens for my Canon Rebel T4i. I am a news photographer and I shoot fire, police, and ambulance scenes at night where there are flashing lights like this: https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3857/15157183675_9500a2f415_b.jpg. My current lens is coming out blurry at times and overall quality is not good. I'm willing to spend a few hundred dollars on it, but nothing really expensive.

Re: Best lens for T4i for shooting at night with bright lights?

Tim — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:02:49 GMT

Hello sambo613,

The lens that you would want would be one with a larger aperture that will allow more light into the camera. One of the more budget friendly lenses that you might want to look into would be the EF 85mm f/1.8 USM or the EF 50mm f/1.4 USM. Either of these will feature a larger aperture value than what comes with the stock kit lens.

EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

Re: Best lens for T4i for shooting at night with bright lights?

ebiggs1 — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:01:39 GMT

Also besides buying a faster lens, you need to use a higher ISO number. That photo you refferenced is shot at a high ISO. Even though the EXIF was deleted, you can see some prominent grainyness.

BTW, go with the EF 50mm f1.4