What are some good lenses for canon dslrs

[AlanAlan]

What are some lense good for video and photography

[Dw136]

Need more information like price range, primes/zooms, what you're shooting, format (APS-C or Full Frame), ETC 

 

But the very simplest and probably worst answer would be look for the "Red Ring" lenses.

 

But there are some generally accepted "go to lenses" 

 

Normal: 

Canon 50mm 1.8 - Cheap and cheerful. Great cheap lens that's generally every bodies second lens after your kit lens

Canon 24-70 2.8 Mk2 - Great super sharp staple of the pro photographer's kit 

Tamron 24-70 2.8 VC - Great replacement for the Canon + has VC for video 

 

Portrait 

Cannon 85mm - Great portrait lens (Both 1.8 and 1.2 are great) 

 

Macro 

Canon 100mm - Great lens super sharp (Non-IS and IS versions are good) 

 

Sports / 

Canon 70-200 - The standard telephoto (Also a staple in a pro photographer's kit) 

OR

Tamron 70-200 VC - Cheaper option but still very good 

 

Landscape 

Tokina 11-20 2.8 - Only for APS-C sensors

Canon 17-40 F4 - Cheap and cheerful FF wide angle

Canon 11-24 F4 - New, Expensive, but absolutely wonderful lens  

[AlanAlan]

Can I get some links to the lenses?

[Bsmith]

Can I get some links to the lenses?

 

mind to give a bit more information?

 

since it would be possible to link usefull lenses which cost sub <$1000, >$1000

or we could link >$100k lenses which would be totally useless for you.

 

with just "photography and video" we won't be able to get far to recommand usefull things

[Scruffy90]

Depends on what you want to do. Just like everyone else asked, what is it that you want to do.

 

The 40mm pancake and the 50 1.8 are great value lenses. The 24-105 f4 is a good walk around lens.

[Williamchan87]

What are some lense good for video and photography

We need to first know what system you are shooting out of to know what to recommend

 

Need more information like price range, primes/zooms, what you're shooting, format (APS-C or Full Frame), ETC 

 

But the very simplest and probably worst answer would be look for the "Red Ring" lenses.

 

But there are some generally accepted "go to lenses" 

 

Normal: 

Canon 50mm 1.8 - Cheap and cheerful. Great cheap lens that's generally every bodies second lens after your kit lens

Canon 24-70 2.8 Mk2 - Great super sharp staple of the pro photographer's kit 

Tamron 24-70 2.8 VC - Great replacement for the Canon + has VC for video 

 

Portrait 

Cannon 85mm - Great portrait lens (Both 1.8 and 1.2 are great) 

 

Macro 

Canon 100mm - Great lens super sharp (Non-IS and IS versions are good) 

 

Sports / 

Canon 70-200 - The standard telephoto (Also a staple in a pro photographer's kit) 

OR

Tamron 70-200 VC - Cheaper option but still very good 

 

Landscape 

Tokina 11-20 2.8 - Only for APS-C sensors

Canon 17-40 F4 - Cheap and cheerful FF wide angle

Canon 11-24 F4 - New, Expensive, but absolutely wonderful lens  

First we need to make sure of what system he's shooting out of, but great recommendation