Indoor Lens recommendations?

[AJ]

In your place, I think I would go with the Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 IS. Personally, I think it is the best general purpose zoom lens for a crop body. It also works very well combined with a fast telephoto prime, such as the 85/1.8, which makes a very nice portrait lens on a crop body.

You still need a fast enough shutter speed to get a nice and sharp photograph. My advice would be EF 85/1.8 USM, which is a fast focusing, sharp at 1.8, very affordable and overall decent lens for what you want it to do.

In your case, I think a flash would be more helpful. You can then use your current lenses and drag the shutter. The flash will help freeze the subject while the longer exposure time will allow the background to be exposed properly.

I agree with these 3 suggestions. If this were me, I would start with a 17-55 2.8 and then add a 85 1.8 if I needed more reach. Adding a good speedlite or two is always a good idea as well and can be used to expand your creative possibilities beyond what you can do with just fast lenses and natural light.

Thirded. I can tell you from experience that this combination works. This is my go-to wedding setup: 17-55, 85/1.8 and two 550EXs. If you need more reach then get a 70-200/2.8 IS to complement the 17-55.

If shake and trembling is an issue, consider using a monopod.

 

[Northstar]

- My lovely wife just yesterday gave me one of the 40mm 2.8 STM pancake lenses. She knew I was looking for something, and heard it had gotten good reviews. And she really likes the size and how it did not create an imposing camera like my la

rger lenses do. So I'm going to give that a try over the next month and see how it goes...

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You will like the 40mm....I would add that with the STM focus motor, it will serve you well for indoor video too...which is nice to have at family gatherings

 

[Loswr]

You will like the 40mm....I would add that with the STM focus motor, it will serve you well for indoor video too...

How will the STM focus motor help with video, given that the OP has a 60D?

 

[Northstar]

You will like the 40mm....I would add that with the STM focus motor, it will serve you well for indoor video too...

How will the STM focus motor help with video, given that the OP has a 60D?

by magic?....my mistake, i thought he wrote 6d

 

[Loswr]

You will like the 40mm....I would add that with the STM focus motor, it will serve you well for indoor video too...

How will the STM focus motor help with video, given that the OP has a 60D?

by magic?....my mistake, i thought he wrote 6d

Not even by magic lantern.

The 6D doesn't AF during video, either. Just the T4i/650D, T5i/700D, and the EOS M. The 70D will have it, too.

 

[alexanderferdinand]

+1 for the monopod.

 

[ecka]

You will like the 40mm....I would add that with the STM focus motor, it will serve you well for indoor video too...

How will the STM focus motor help with video, given that the OP has a 60D?

by magic?....my mistake, i thought he wrote 6d

Not even by magic lantern.

The 6D doesn't AF during video, either. Just the T4i/650D, T5i/700D, and the EOS M. The 70D will have it, too.

Well, 6D has no AF tracking mode for video, but it does AF just fine, using the same slow hunting LiveView CDAF. From what I've seen, only 70D actually does AF tracking during video. T4i/650D, T5i/700D, and the EOS M are just trying to .