My wife uses my old 30D and an 18-55.
Recently the lens has stopped working it's aperture so if it tries to shoot anything other than wide open the camera throws an error 99. I could pull the lens apart and try and fix it.. but it's old, and there's no IS.
So we're thinking a new lens is in order especially as she has a bit of hand shake, also she really wants a bit more zoom and doesn't want to change lenses in the field.
So an 18-135 looks like a good idea.
Now I appreciate that optically the STM and nano-USM versions of this lens are more or less identical, and I can get either lens for about the same price.. so is there any other aspect that differentiates the two?
Ideally I'd plump for the more reliable lens, which makes me inclined to go for the STM as the nano-USM system is new so bugs may not be fully ironed out.. however I'm guessing.
is there anything I'm missing?, which lens would others go for?
Also note: my wife primarily prints at 6"x4", so lens correction (or lack of in the 30D) isn't an issue, when she wants to print larger we can process in DPP.
Recently the lens has stopped working it's aperture so if it tries to shoot anything other than wide open the camera throws an error 99. I could pull the lens apart and try and fix it.. but it's old, and there's no IS.
So we're thinking a new lens is in order especially as she has a bit of hand shake, also she really wants a bit more zoom and doesn't want to change lenses in the field.
So an 18-135 looks like a good idea.
Now I appreciate that optically the STM and nano-USM versions of this lens are more or less identical, and I can get either lens for about the same price.. so is there any other aspect that differentiates the two?
Ideally I'd plump for the more reliable lens, which makes me inclined to go for the STM as the nano-USM system is new so bugs may not be fully ironed out.. however I'm guessing.
is there anything I'm missing?, which lens would others go for?
Also note: my wife primarily prints at 6"x4", so lens correction (or lack of in the 30D) isn't an issue, when she wants to print larger we can process in DPP.