Canon EOS40D lens
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pakman
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For land use? or do you plan on housing it 
Gudge
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None of the above. What I used to use with my 20D and will continue to use with my 40D are:
Canon 100 macro
Canon 60 macro
Sigma 17-70 macro
Tokina 12-24
Tokina 10-17 fisheye
Canon 100 macro
Canon 60 macro
Sigma 17-70 macro
Tokina 12-24
Tokina 10-17 fisheye
Jason - the 17-40mmL is a full frame EF lens - not EF-S. There are no L lenses for cropped sensors.
I picked the EF-S 17-55m f2.8 IS. It's a nice fast lens that's supposed to be very sharp as well. With the combination of the f2.8 and 3 stops IS you should be able to handhold this lens in pretty poor light and still get the shot.
My walkabout is the Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4.5 DC Macro, which is an excellent lens for it's price. I did need to let Sigma calibrate it though as it was backfocusing a bit out of the box. Now it's razor sharp.......
I picked the EF-S 17-55m f2.8 IS. It's a nice fast lens that's supposed to be very sharp as well. With the combination of the f2.8 and 3 stops IS you should be able to handhold this lens in pretty poor light and still get the shot.
My walkabout is the Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4.5 DC Macro, which is an excellent lens for it's price. I did need to let Sigma calibrate it though as it was backfocusing a bit out of the box. Now it's razor sharp.......
pakman
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I guess it will depend on your budget and what you expect to be shooting topside and u/w...
u/w
Canon 60mm macro
Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye
If you're really like macro then the 100 macro
topside
28-105 f/4 L IS
17-40 f/4 L or 10-22 EFS if you really like landscape shooting
on a budget, try the Sigma 17-70 macro or even their 18-50 f/2.8 macro
And for housings, you'll want to wait for Aquatica to release their 40D housing soon since you'll need that 90m depth rating for all those tech rebreather dives you've been doing lately :mooner:
u/w
Canon 60mm macro
Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye
If you're really like macro then the 100 macro
topside
28-105 f/4 L IS
17-40 f/4 L or 10-22 EFS if you really like landscape shooting
on a budget, try the Sigma 17-70 macro or even their 18-50 f/2.8 macro
And for housings, you'll want to wait for Aquatica to release their 40D housing soon since you'll need that 90m depth rating for all those tech rebreather dives you've been doing lately :mooner:
Yup, agree, not many of the above:
UW:
Canon 60mm macro - the 50 is OK as is Sigma's version, but the 60's nicer
Canon 100mm macro
Sigma 17-70 - I wouldn't futz with the Tamron, I'm sure it's nice but the Sigma is the way to go
Canon 10-22 for wide
Topside:
Sigma 17-70
then whatever lens you want for what you will shoot.
I have the 17-55 2.8. It's a nice piece of glass. I would not buy it if I wasn't working with my camera - it's just too expensive and the Sigma 17-70 is a better value and a great piece of glass, too. The Sigma gets far more use when I'm not shooting portraits.
UW:
Canon 60mm macro - the 50 is OK as is Sigma's version, but the 60's nicer
Canon 100mm macro
Sigma 17-70 - I wouldn't futz with the Tamron, I'm sure it's nice but the Sigma is the way to go
Canon 10-22 for wide
Topside:
Sigma 17-70
then whatever lens you want for what you will shoot.
I have the 17-55 2.8. It's a nice piece of glass. I would not buy it if I wasn't working with my camera - it's just too expensive and the Sigma 17-70 is a better value and a great piece of glass, too. The Sigma gets far more use when I'm not shooting portraits.
jeraldjcook
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Just bought a 40D myself, but I opted for slightly different choice of lenses.
Canon 10-22
Canon 24-105L
Canon 70-300 IS
Just topside photos for now. I didn't really see the benefit of buying an EF-S lens in the 17-XX range since I was planning on buying the 10-22 as well. 24mm isn't super-wide on the the 40D (38mm), but it suits 95% of the subjects I want to shoot.
Canon 10-22
Canon 24-105L
Canon 70-300 IS
Just topside photos for now. I didn't really see the benefit of buying an EF-S lens in the 17-XX range since I was planning on buying the 10-22 as well. 24mm isn't super-wide on the the 40D (38mm), but it suits 95% of the subjects I want to shoot.
pakman
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Forgot 1 more lens for topside... get the 50mm f/1.4!! fabulous lens!
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