I NEED HELP CHOOSING LENSES for mostly video and some photo

[purry]

(mostly video and some photo)
I want a prime and a telephoto zoom lens
Im thinking 60D with:
40 MM 2.8 or 50 1.8
and for the telephoto a 70-200 F4 IS or a 70-200 f4 non IS or are there other options for telephotos?
or options for anything else?

 

[dshipley]

(mostly video and some photo)
I want a prime and a telephoto zoom lens
Im thinking 60D with:
40 MM 2.8 or 50 1.8
and for the telephoto a 70-200 F4 IS or a 70-200 f4 non IS or are there other options for telephotos?
or options for anything else?

What body do you have? From a video perspective, if you don't have one that takes advantage of the STM I'd consider some other options that are more friendly to manually focus. While both the 50 1.8 and 40 2.8 are good little lenses they aren't the greatest to manually focus.

 

[dgatwood]

I love my 40mm lens now that I have a full-frame body, but I basically never used it on my crop body. It was just too tight, so I kept finding myself having to walk back to ridiculous distances to get decent framing. I would suggest something wider on a crop body like the 60D—say 20mm or 24mm. Just my 2¢.

Of course, if you don't have a camera yet, I'd probably suggest saving up for a 6D. The prime lens lineup seems to be the right lengths for full-frame (and their cinema primes doubly so). That said, if you go with a crop body, I'd seriously consider a 10-22 zoom.