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Help with Lenses
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I have a canon 550D with kit lens 18-55mm, I use it a lot for landscape and seascape. What I want to know is there a better lens I could get? + I want to start doing head portrait make up and hair shots, what lens would be good for that or even both?
That’s an impossible question to answer because there’s many lenses out there. If you don’t want to spend too much maybe a nifity fifty (canon 50mm f1.8) would suit your requirements. A great lens for portraits and at a reasonable price.
Dave.
your lens is good when you starting with photography and will work for both landscapes and portraits but if you want to go any further with photography then best choice will be separate lens for landscapes wide angle lens on dx bodies v good is sigma 10-20 and portraits 50mm 1.8 (1.4) 85mm 1.8 (1.4) or 70-200 2.8 (4)
Thanks think I will go with the 2 lens sigma 10-20 and portraits 50mm 1.8
Brenner wrote:
I have a canon 550D with kit lens 18-55mm, I use it a lot for landscape and seascape. What I want to know is there a better lens I could get? + I want to start doing head portrait make up and hair shots, what lens would be good for that or even both?
There’s almost always a better lens, but the 18-55 is a nice range to start with, until you know your own needs better so as to avoid dropping money indiscriminately on unneeded lenses. Sometimes lenses, or lack of, can prevent us from getting the shot. This most often comes down to focal length (is it wide or long enough), or aperture (is lack of a wide aperture an issue). You probably already know whether your 18-55 is restricting you with the land and seascapes you shoot. Re: hair and make-up shooting, I do neither, but I am a portrait shooter, and imagine something around the 135mm mark (35mm equivalent), and possibly a macro lens, will do best for your needs, as well as giving a more flattering perspective than by getting up close with a 50mm lens.
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