How well does a standard camera kit lens perform next to a pro camera lens? Is the pro camera lens worth the extra money and
is there a real difference in the quality between the two lenses?
In this video, we investigate these questions by putting both lenses through some tests to see exactly HOW much better the pro series lens is next to a standard kit lens.
We test these two Canon lenses in three areas: Sharpness, Chromatic Aberration, and Colour/ Contrast.
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Thanks for watching and I hope it’s helped. Remember, it’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you do with it! For the technical geeks out there, please watch this video before you comment https://youtu.be/cgqBUKiSJbc – This video is for the learning photographer, not people who read product manuals inside out! Enjoy 😊
I agree the pro lens is probably going to give you better shots and obviously have a better quality build and glass. That being said I didn't see anything that the kit lens did all that different that could not be fixed in post if shooting in raw. Some people prefer not to have to do much in post because it can get tedious. I would be content with the kit and save my money for spending the big bucks on a telephoto lens because that is where it's going to make the most difference. Cheap telephoto lenses can make shots unusable and unfixable
I can see difference in raw Jpeg but I prefer choose shoot in jpeg I won first place in photography completion for shooting jpeg it person preference using camera ill buy what I can afford I don’t have good paying job I can buy 500 and up to buy lens great video help people decide if price is not factor to them
Well, sometimes its not just about image quality of the photos, but the image quality of the photographer itself is important.
And a little justification to charge your client for more..
Not enought tests made with the lenses…
Excellent tutorial. Thank you
Using a lens hood on the kit lens like that on the expensive one, would it help to shrink the difference?
This was not an equal test.
Has anyone ever told you that you sound exactly like Ronnie O'Sullivan?
APS-C Lens on APS-C Sensor vs FullFrame Lens on APS-C Sensor.
Pretty useless comparison.
Why did you shoot in Medium JPEG in a comparison video? It's like comparing a $10 camera with a $1000 and rubbing vaseline all over the lens and then being suprised that there's no difference?
I’ve owned the 18-55 for quite a bit of time now and have always been surprised by the sharpness. It easily compares to all my Canon L-Series glass. Pretty crazy.
Low light performance? Sharpness at corners/edges? Vignetting? Lens flare? You get what you pay for….
why not shoot raw for this test?
Good video but you should definitely take more pictures testing for the same thing in different situations. Also, you lack tests like low light etc.
So that one is over 1,000 pounds. How much is that in kilograms?
it would be really cool to have a proper chromatic abberation test cause i know i get some mostly purple fringing on the kit lense which is imo flawlessly removed by lightrooms lens correction options anyway though. also what if you did your best to make the pictures look alike in post? would be interesting to see if you could set up an "L lens preset" to safe the 800 bucks entirely xD
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Thanks. That's really a great help. Fantastic video, you explain very clearly.
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I have a kit lens that I purchased with my first Digital Camera, the D70. That lens is the 18-70 3.5-4.5 af-s dx. On my D7200 I get great results for a walk around lens. I use mainly shutter and aperture priority modes. The camera body makes a lot of difference too when using a lens.
If you have a cat, you shouldn't leave your glass on the edge of the table.
if you are not shooting to the max capacity of a lens.. you could just use point and shoot and it makes no difference
Color test proves the pro lens is well worth it. The second test was faulty
Was the focus point same in last two shots??????????
shoot in manual joe so that we all see the real deference.
I think that the flower shot looked a half stop under exposed, in addition to this if the shots was in Raw you could make both shots identical. However I did find your experiment educational. Thank you.
18-135 usm canon is a better kit lens. Use the 24-70 2.8 L and the 70-200 2.8 version 2 if you really need to understand how different the L series lenses from canon perform versus the kit lens.In the end it depends upon your personal choice as to how much you would want to spend on it.
A full frame lens isn’t better than a aps c lens on a aps c camera
This is just a great video. Thank you for answering so many questions. I wondered if it would make any difference if you had used a fixed focal length lens as opposed to a zoom lens? Keep of the excellent videos and research. G. Robey
A kit lens works well enough but you are definitely fighting for light. The kit lens is softer wider open so it often comes down to a compromise of a less sharp image or a noisier image. In practice a fast zoom or prime lens will often produce a better photo, and if you get one suited to a crop sensor rather than full frame it will be significantly cheaper, lighter, and smaller.
Start with an entry level DSLR with the kits lens but move forward when it starts to constrain you.
Can you really teach someone to be an artist? Or, is that something one already has within? Tell us the difference between a 'snapshot' and an inspired photographic image. Then tell us which types of cameras qualify for which production. Thanks for your channel.
I'm not in the least bit surprised by those results, you spend 7 Times as much for about a 10-15% increase in Image quality, if most of you work is in a studio " controlled Atmosphere" then it's not going to make a huge difference.
Where fast expensive lenses come to the fore is under low light conditions, but for normal daylight shots not much in it.
And most who look at the end result don't pixel peep anyway, they are interested more in the subject matter itself as opposed to wether there is a tiny bit of purple fringing in some trees half a mile away from what they're looking at.
Photography has turned sterile now, so many have lost the artistic feeling and are more interested in the technical side.
Go out with what you have and try to get the best out of your equipment, then decide if you want to pay big bucks for a expensive lens.
I have the 24-105 L lens, it came as part of a kit when I bought the Canon 5d
Doesn't the 1.5 crop factor come in with the pro lens
I love my kit lens no matter what is said about them because using them shooting JPEG and tweaking them in software there is really little difference to me in what I capture! Don't get me wrong, one day when my money is flowing like the mighty Mississippi, I will indeed buy pro lenses for the apiture advantage but until then, just loving what I have now!!
Are you aware the lens are official tested and rated.
In today's digital world the difference are hardly noticeable.
The Crucial Difference is The Software used.
Is there version for SL2/200D (i commented this before watching the video)
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hi bro can you say which lens good for canon 1500d
For the price difference I can purchase Photoshop and use that on all my pictures. I did just buy a prime 35mm because the kit lens aperture would only open to F3.5 max and I am doing some night photography.
I got my 200D with kit because it was cheaper than body only)) tho I snapped on an L lens right away, and probably give away the kit to whoever needs it more.
I just got my 24-105 today… Compared it against kit lens and I thought I was bugging for not being able to see almost any difference. Hence why I had to watch your video 😂