Best lense/settings for shooting cars/nature?

[ZiggyJeep]

Hey yall, im new here and to photography in general. i recently got a Cannon Eos rebel t6 with EF-S 18-55m f/ 3.5-5.6 IS ll lense as well as EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 lll lense. and im trying to figure out what all would be best for shooting cars mainly and nature as well (during hikes etc). I do plan on getting the "for dummies" book for camera as well as some online classes possibly but trying to get as much info as i can overall.

im assuming that the 18-55mm is for closer subjects while other is for longer distances? and would i need to buy any other accessories/lenses that i could get to optimize my shots? thanks

[ebiggs1]

My next most used lens is my Sigma 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM which is also a constant f2.8 aperture.

KISS ya know!  

[khanh970]

I am starting to see that Sigma really is putting a lot of effort into their lenses. Years ago I wouldn’t consider it. I purchased the 50mm Art and would consider others from them in the future.

[RobertTheFat]

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@khanh970 wrote:
I am starting to see that Sigma really is putting a lot of effort into their lenses. Years ago I wouldn’t consider it. I purchased the 50mm Art and would consider others from them in the future.

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An inevitable risk of using a 3rd-party lens is that Canon has little incentive to keep their cameras backwards compatible with 3rd-party lenses. So you can sometimes find yourself playing catch-up.

[khanh970]

Robert - I have read that on a few forums with some lenses. They would get errors.

I always keep that in mind when purchasing anything.

[ebiggs1]

"So you can sometimes find yourself playing catch-up."

... and ...

"They would get errors."

I doubt you will encounter any issues with current cameras and current Sigma and Tamron lenses.  Most of the new stuff is user upgradable and some of the not too older stuff is factory upgradable.  The problems can and does occur with the more older stuff.  I would avoid them.  Even if they work they aren't that good so why bother?

I will still recommend you stick with my two 'rules'.  Look third party if Canon doesn't make what you want or need.  I.E. a 150-600mm zoom.   Or, number two, if the Canon is unaffordable.

Real Canon is always going to be the best course.

[Waddizzle]

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@khanh970 wrote:
I am starting to see that Sigma really is putting a lot of effort into their lenses. Years ago I wouldn’t consider it. I purchased the 50mm Art and would consider others from them in the future.

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One thing to take into consideration when choosing a lens is your post processing software.  The free Canon DPP software does not perform lens correction on third party lenses.  You will need a third party application to fully process images taken with third party lenses, and many of them do need correction.

[khanh970]

@waddizzle

I use Lightroom 2018, Perfectly clear, Adobe Bridge 2018 and Adobe Photoshop.

Anything else I should look into?

The lens correction hasn’t been too damaging in Lightroom.

[ebiggs1]

"I use Lightroom 2018, Perfectly clear, Adobe Bridge 2018 and Adobe Photoshop."

These are all you need.  They are the best there is. Let nobody try to tell you different.

When you import into LR from the camera, you can set up "LR Presets".  You can have lens correction done automatically without input from you on each photo.

[RobertTheFat]

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Robert - are you upgrading from the 5D MK3? ... 

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Sort of. What I'm really doing is adding the 5D4 to my kit and juggling the roles of the rest of my cameras. Last fall I put my second 7D on permanent loan to my daughter, which provided the excuse to add the 5D4. The 5D3 will serve as the second camera in my two-camera setup, replacing my remaining 7D, which will be the backup for my cameras and for my wife's 7D2. Now if Trump's trade war makes Japanese cameras prohibitively expensive, I at least have what I need for the foreseeable future.

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Good planning. 🙂 At least the 7D went to a good home. It's great that your wife and daughter are into photography as well.

My wife may be better than I am. She even has a picture in this summer's Juried Exhibition at the Griffin Museum. In this geographical area, that's about as competitive as it gets.

Have you read up much on the new 70-200 F/2.8 IS III USM? at $2099.00 now. 

No, only what's been referred to here in the forum. I might be interested if I didn't already have the Mk II version, which is plenty good enough for my needs.

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Congratulations to your wife for her picture being exhibited. I would love to see the picture if you don't mind. 

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Thanks! I'd have to wait until after the exhibit, but I think she'll be fine with me posting it. It may not even be necessary, though. Last year's pictures are posted (although not particularly easy to find) on the Griffin's Web site, and I don't doubt that this year's will be as well. But if they don't get them up promptly, I'll post it here.

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Actually, they have them up now: https://griffinmuseum.org/show/24th-annual-juried-members-exhibition/

Assuming that the censors don't remove that link, her picture is the 14th in the first group.