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    Best primary lens for 20D

    What would you suggest is best all around lens for my 20D???

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    Re: Best primary lens for 20D

    A little more info would help. What type of photography are you into? Sports, nature, wildlife, weddings, portraits, indoor, outdoor, studio??? The more info you can give us, the better.
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    Re: Best primary lens for 20D

    My general walk around lens is a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8. I use a 30D which is pretty much the same as a 20D. Any Canon DSLR below the 5D has a 1.6 crop. All of a sudden, focal lengths that start in the teens have become very popular and are not just ultra wide angle lenses.

    Does this help?
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    Re: Best primary lens for 20D

    Quote Originally Posted by manacsa
    Any Canon DSLR below the 5D has a 1.6 crop.
    Really to make a decision on a lens to use as a "walk around" lens you would definately need to give us more information as to what genre of photography you intend or enjoy doing. I personally have my Sigma 50-500 Bigma on my camera(s) most of all lenses as I shoot trains mainly.

    As per the statement I quoted... there are four crop factors that you need to be aware of. The first being Nikons 1.5x crop. Canon uses three, full frame (5D), 1.3x crop (1-Series), and 1.6x crop (10, 20, 30, 60 series as well as Rebel series). The crop factor does NOT magnify a lens. It actually crops the outer edges from the image which gives the *effect* of a longer lens. But the lens does not change in focal length. A 50mm lens is STILL a 50mm lens.
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