Good Canon lens for theater photography?

[aemeeich]

Originally Posted by mstaylor

Now that's funny. Actually I should have explained myself better. There is certainly nothing wrong with Cannon quality. The difference to me is compatability of lenses as you upgrade. With Nikon you can actually can take old 35 MM lenses and use them on a digital. This is not true with Cannon.

Any EF mount Canon lens going back to 1987 can be used on any current DSLR with full functionality. Canon introduced the EF mount in 1987 as an upgrade to their previous FD mount which was fully mechanical and had no provisions for auto focus. The EF lenses have the auto focus motor mounted in the lens and the only connections between the body and the lens are electrical.

Nikon actually went through similar upgrades in their past. Lenses older than 1977 can't be used on current bodies without modification. Even after the modification, there won't be any auto exposure.

[cw4u]

Any program I am the LD for, I always shoot the entire production and let my assistant take over on the least booked day.

I use a 50D with a 70-200mm 2.8 lens from canon. They do a pretty good job. I usually set it to 400-1600 iso and shutter speed of about 1/125 to 1/250.

I'll post some pictures of a performance I did two months ago. The lighting wasn't the best, but I was called in three days before it opened. LD backed out last minute for some reason.