 Ewurama Hayford |
beginning, lens hello. I plan on taking photography classes in feb, and I will be purchasing the digital rebel xt sometime this week. I know the kit lens arent the best. is it a good idea to buy and affordable zoom lens to start shooting with? I am an amateur. I know practice, not expensive equipment will make me a good photographer, but, I do want the proper tools, while I havea little money to help myself. I know I cant afford anything mor ethat 300 bucks.
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Denyse Clark |
Which class are you taking? I have the rebel xt, and have taken 3 classes here at BP thru the years... some of them gave recommendations as to what kind of lens you should have for the class (wide angle or telephoto). I used the kit lens for at least a year tho, and it was fine for learning. You need to learn the basics of your camera before you worry toooo much about other lenses. Just my opinion, see what everyone else here thinks....
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BetterPhoto Member |
Ya'll are lucky today. I started with a Praktica MTL-3 that my father left me when he died. Screw mount lenses. I got a 50mm 1.8 lense, a 135 telephoto, a 28mm wide angle and a 400mm telephoto. My suggestion: a 50mm prime, A 28-70mm zoom, and a 70-200mm zoom. That should cover most of your needs.
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Denyse Clark |
My fav lens is my Canon 28-105. It's such a good "all purpose" lens. It's a permenant fixture on my camera, and only rarely do I switch it out to the telephoto or wide angle. The 50mm prime is one I hope to get soon too, but as a newbie, I wouldn't get that one next. It won't be as versatile.
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Ewurama Hayford |
thank you for the responses. I guess I will try the kit lenses and learn the camera first. it just seeemd awfully difficult to fill the frame properly or compose weith it. then again, I was using the tetehred display camera in the dark store. do the shots come out better outside, cos they didnt look so good in store? hopefully denyse can answer - u have a rebel xt right?
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Travis Fouche |
Personally I think the 18-55 lens is a good basic starter lens. For general purpose snapshots etc this lens spends quite a bit of time on my 20D. Unless you already know that you have a need for focal lengths that this lens does not provide I would recomend waiting on the lens until you see what it is you find lacking in this lens and then buy the lens to fill in that hole first. If you are doing a lot of indoor work you may find yourself better served by an add on flash like the 430ex instead of an additional lens.
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Denyse Clark |
Ewurama- I really do think the kit lenses are good for starting. (yes I do have the rebel xt, and the 35mm rebel g) You can still learn all you need to know about your controls & composition with it. It will improve some when you get a better lens, but Travis is right- wait to spend your money until you learn more, you'll know more what you want to buy. The camera takes beautiful pictures indoors or out. (if you check out my gallery, the wedding pics were all indoors) Indoors, it makes a big difference on your settings to get them properly exposed though. But you'll learn that! What class are you taking?? The flash is great, I have the 420ex (now replaced by the 430ex) but I still really recommend learning first. THEN decide if you want to buy the flash or a different lens.
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Ewurama Hayford |
thank you so much, travis and denyse. I will start slow and go from there. I did make a note of answers you'd given to other rebel owners , denyse, regarding the flasha nd lens you us. but ill give myself a year of study first. im actually taking classses at the local community collge. then ill do some better photo classes in the summer. I live in ct. ill be checking out both of your galleries!
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Denyse Clark |
You'll know when you're ready for another piece of equipment. It might be 1 month into your class, or you might wait a year or so. But once you start learning more, you'll know what you want. Have fun!!!
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