EOS R10: Lens choice for night shots

[ChrisCz]

Greetings! I recently purchased an R10 with the 18-150mm lens. I'll be visiting Disneyworld soon and am looking for suggestions for an alternative lens that might work better particularly for night shots. This is my first real camera in decades and am looking to get back into the hobby! 

[deebatman316]

First of all what is your budget. For APS-C/ RF-S lenses Canon doesn't have any fast constant aperture lenses. For Full Frame RF lenses they have many lenses available. Sigma a 3rd Party manufacturer has a fast aperture lens available. Do you need a specific focal length that you need.

[ChrisCz]

I'm new to the hobby so open to all suggestions. Is a prime lens a better choice for night shots? How "fast" is fast enough? Again, asking as a newbie but wanting to take quality images.

[deebatman316]

A prime lens is great if you want a wide aperture such as F/2.8, F/2, F/1.8, F/1.4, F/1.2 but the downside is it that it can't zoom optically and the high price. Instead you must "zoom with your feet". I usually shoot with F/2.8 zoom lenses on Full Frame or Prime lenses with a wide aperture of F/1.8 in low light. But I also use an external flash (speedlite). This may not be permitted depending on the shooting situations. The slower the lens aperture the harder it is for the camera to lock focus. Which will result in the camera refusing to take a picture unless its in focus. Then camera shake becomes a problem because of the long shutter speed and narrow lens aperture.

[zakslm]

ChrisCZ,

your camera has a Night Scene Mode Intelligent Program mode.  Check out page 120 of the manual. 

Good luck!

LZ

[March411]

Hey ChrisCz as deebatman316 suggested giving some guidance on your budget for a lens would be helpful.

As he also mentioned you can use a full frame RF lens and there are several available @ f2.8. A couple things to keep in mind, using a full-frame lens on an APS-C camera can result in a narrower field of view and an increased depth of field. Many use full frame (myself included) on APS-C as an  option especially if they also own a full frame body. Just keep in mind if you are going to go this route you're basically using the center portion of the lens which can be a benefit as it is often the sharpest area of the lens.

This link is to the Canon site with the lenses @ 2.8 listed. Lenses with an aperture @ f2.8 

I looked to see what was available on the Refurbished page but right now it is pretty lean.

[deebatman316]

@March411 I too use Full Frame lenses on APS-C. In fact I donated all of my APS-C lenses off to other people. I regularly use my EF 16-35mm F/2.8L III USM on my old EOS 40D. I also use my EF 70-200mm F/2.8L IS III USM lens on it too. I use the EF 16-35mm F/2.8L III USM lens as a standard zoom lens on that camera. But in reality it’s not a standard zoom lens but a wide angle lens. 

[March411]

Just from reading your threads for such a long time and if I was a betting man I would put money down that you use full frame on APS-C deebatman316. It just works and the choices are limited for fast glass in APS-C.

Its funny you still have the 40D (all 10 MP), it's always hard letting go of the gear that always produced and most likely still does today. I held onto my 60D.....18 MP powerhouse ;o)  that it is and still use it frequently. Well mostly when I can snag it back from my daughter. Both were and to some degree still are good cameras. The 60D was a tank, got beat up pretty bad and never failed me, I'm sure the 40D did the same for you.

[deebatman316]

The EOS 40D was originally my uncle’s 2nd digital camera. His first digital camera was the EOS 10D way back in 2003. At the time the EOS 40D had to serve 2 camera spots. That was the midrange APS-C camera lineup and the professional grade EOS 7D series. The original EOS 7D would be released 2 years later in 2009. But obviously you can’t buy something that doesn’t exist. So that’s how my uncle ended up with that camera. I wouldn’t acquire the camera until 2016. In the 2000s Canon released a new camera every year. Now it’s every 4-5 years a camera gets replaced.

 

[ebiggs1]

" Is a prime lens a better choice for night shots?"

Unless you have a specific requirement then don't buy a prime lens. They are considerably less useful to live with then a zoom.