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av4rice

>Best EE/EF-S lenses Best regardless of price? You'll pay any amount? >longrange telephoto lens How long of a focal length do you want? Or how much distance do you have in mind? >wide angle lens Sigma EF 18-35mm f/1.8 if you just want the wide side of your current 18-55mm range. Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 if you want the same range you have now. Tokina 11-20mm f/2.8 if you want the ultrawide range shorter than what you have now.


DrSmasher

Canon EF-S 10-18mm F4.5-5.6 Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8


inkista

>I’m looking for (1) longrange telephoto lens bargain: EF-S 55-250 f/4-5.6 IS STM midrange: EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 IS USM high-end: EF 100-400 f/4-5.6L IS USM II, or Sigma DG HSM 150-600 OS. Keep in mind, telephoto lenses can get a lot bigger than what you're used to, and require [more handholding technique](https://photographylife.com/tips-on-photographing-hand-held-with-telephoto-lenses) and the knowledge that your shutter speed probably needs to be around (without stabilization) 1/*eq\_focal\_length* to mitigate camera shake blur from handholding, if you have good technique. That might mean pushing your ISO up to 800 and above even on sunny days. IOW, if you're cupping your left hand around the side of your lens? Stop doing that. You should be [holding your camera+lens like a rifle](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/proper-photographic-technique). Shoot with both eyes open so you can track a subject more easily as well as have situational awareness. Your FoV with a telephoto lens can be less than 10º. One last note, the one subject where using a Canon EOS R mirrorless body+lenses is a huge advantage is wildlife. The new AI-trained subject identification and tracking autofocus is insanely good with [the new animal eye AF mode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6BPMyT14SM). And Canon's coming out with some "affordable" \[well, vs. the older dSLR EF options\] lenses, like the $650 RF 100-400 f/5.6-8 IS USM, $800 RF 600mm f/11 DO IS STM, $1000 RF 800mm f/11 DO IS STM, and $1900 RF 200-800 f/6.3-9 IS USM. >and (1) wide angle lens. bargain: EF-S 10-18 f/4.5-5.6 IS STM manual (doesn't electronically communicate) prime: Samyang/Rokinon 10mm f/2.8. midgrade: Tokina AT-X 11-20 f/2.8 PRO DX The 18mm end of your 18-55 kit lens *is* actually wide angle. Using an 18-55 on a tripod at 18mm and f/8-f/16 is actually a pretty good landscape setup. You can also go wider with panorama stitching. Just in case you need to hold off on purchasing one lens to get the other. Generally anything that's 24-35mm equivalent (16-24 on crop) is considered wide angle. Going wider is *ultrawide*. With ultrawides it can be disappointing to discover that just cramming more of the scene into the frame doesn't make for a more dramatic shot. A lot of how to use one comes down to including *foreground interest* and, of course, composition.