Bay area photographers..I need advice
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Bay area photographers..I need advice
So i'm pretty much a noob to photography and i'm slowly learning everything. I purchased the canon rebel XTi kit a few months ago and so far so good. I heard that the ef-s 18-55 lens that it came with is not that good, I think its ok. what would be a good lens to look into?
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it all depends on what you want to do, close-up, regular distance, long distance, low light, decent light, in doors, studio, etc.
What direction do you want to go with your photography?
it all depends on what you want to do, close-up, regular distance, long distance, low light, decent light, in doors, studio, etc.
What direction do you want to go with your photography?
see, that's the great thing about SLRs...
swap for the need.
close ups, you need a good primary lens...
distance... 100-200 should do.
best bet is browse sites like PBASE and look at some of the photos there.
then you can read the EXIF info and see what kind of lens they used.
I'm also a photog noob. I decided that I wouldn't buy anymore lenses until I could make some amazing pictures with my 14-54mm (Olympus). Sadly, there is no prime for the Olympus 4/3 system.
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I'd try and find a nice f/4 or f/4-5.6 lens if you're going to be doing outdoors
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I'd try and find a nice f/4 or f/4-5.6 lens if you're going to be doing outdoors
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17-85mm is what came with my 20D..its tied me over for some pretty decent shots...i've shot it at a tons of car shows, in japan, mt.hammy events, but you'll find the limitations of the f4-5.6...its a good starter lens...your 18-55mm isnt that bad either..
....if you had extra cash i'd say spend for either 16-35mm f2.8/L or the 24-70mm f2.8/L...the glass in the L series lenses really produce an awesome picture, but you will pay a pretty change for them
....if you had extra cash i'd say spend for either 16-35mm f2.8/L or the 24-70mm f2.8/L...the glass in the L series lenses really produce an awesome picture, but you will pay a pretty change for them
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just cuz its cheap and f1-f1.8 range for like $250
he has 10mp, just crop a 35mm shot to zoom haha
he has 10mp, just crop a 35mm shot to zoom haha
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but what do you need f1 for...that's my point here. I'm getting f/2.8L because I'm gonna be doing some night shots, during the day, f4-f/3.5 should be fine for the average photographer.