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Best lens for the rebel sl3? - Landscapes, pets, and astrophotography

Jdinvt
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I have been searching for a kinda all in one lens.  One of my friends mentioned either the Tamron 28/300 f2.8 or the Sigma 28/300 f2.8? I would like to take pics of some nature, landscapes sunsets and pics of my dogs, either close up or just running in the backyard? I would also like to get into astrophotography and he mentioned for doing that, to go with the Rokinon 10mm f2.8, which I did do research on and found it to be the best lens for this camera and what I want  to do. I'm TORN between the other 2 and looking for some help. I did find on the Tamron, that if you get one with the gold color band around the focus ring, to plan on sending it back until one works because of major problems. The red ring on the other hand is the one to find but cannot find one. PLEASE help me decide on a lens for what I'm looking for. I'm LITERALLY just getting into photography so please be nice as I DO NOT understand some of the lingo used for settings ect. Thank you.

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March411
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@stevet1 wrote:

joint,

I have the 18-135 lens that Ernie mentioned, and it stays on my camera probably 90% of the time.

That's $600 new on Canon USA. Works in your budget.


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Tronhard
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As you learn more about photography you will want to expand you compliment of gear, but for starting out it is hard to beat the EF-S 18-135 IS USM lens as suggested by my colleagues.   It is a great general-purpose lens that will likely stay on your camera a lot of the time and is eminently suitable for domestic photography - kids and dogs included! 😊  All of the images below were taken with that lens.

While you will have to get up pretty close to an animal (NOT advisable with wild animals of size) it can do well with ones, such as local birds.   If you want to practice wildlife photography, go to the zoo and you will learn about the challenges of getting good animal images, and likely that will point you in the direction of what lens you would want for wildlife.
EOS 80D, 135mm, f/5.6, 1/250sec, ISO-125EOS 80D, 135mm, f/5.6, 1/250sec, ISO-125 Canon EOS 80D, EF 18-135 IS USM@72mm, f/8Canon EOS 80D, EF 18-135 IS USM@72mm, f/8 400D, 18-135 USM@100mm, f/6.3, 1/150sec, ISO-320400D, 18-135 USM@100mm, f/6.3, 1/150sec, ISO-320 Canon EOS 80D, EF-S 18-135@135mm, f/11, 1/1600sec, ISO-320Canon EOS 80D, EF-S 18-135@135mm, f/11, 1/1600sec, ISO-320 EOS 80D, EF-S 18-135USM@135mm, f/5.6, 1/200sec, ISO-2000EOS 80D, EF-S 18-135USM@135mm, f/5.6, 1/200sec, ISO-2000  Canon 80D, EF-S 18-135mm@135mm, f/8, 1/2000sec, ISO-200, hand-heldCanon 80D, EF-S 18-135mm@135mm, f/8, 1/2000sec, ISO-200, hand-held EOS 60D, EF -S 18-135 USM@85mm, f/10, 12/100sec, ISO-200EOS 60D, EF -S 18-135 USM@85mm, f/10, 12/100sec, ISO-200
Canon EOS 80D, EF-S 18-135mm@ 50mm, f/8, 1/15sec, ISO-200Canon EOS 80D, EF-S 18-135mm@ 50mm, f/8, 1/15sec, ISO-200 Canon EOS 80D, EF-S 18-135@135mm, f/11, 1/1600sec, ISO-320Canon EOS 80D, EF-S 18-135@135mm, f/11, 1/1600sec, ISO-320


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