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Newbie Question – What Lens with my camera? Can EOS 400D
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I’ve been in a similar situation. I replaced my Fuji Finepix compact with a 400D about 4 months ago and lens choices plagued me for a while.
I’d heard amazing reports about the 50 f1.8 and was tempted to buy the body only and get the 50 f1.8 and begin my lens artillary from there. With a single prime to focus my compositional energies. A 50mm lens has the same persepective as your eye sees and it is a great place to begin to learn to see as your eye sees. However, the 400D has a 1.6x crop factor because it has a smaller sensor than standard 35mm film. So the 50mm lens, on the 400D has an effective focal length of 80mm. That is on the long side of useable as an ‘everything’ lens. Looking through your flickr (some lovely shots by the way), I think you would miss having the wider angles covered.
The cost of buying the camera with the kit lens over body only was ?20 (or something equally nominal when factored into a ?500 purchase) so I took it anyway. Soon after, I bought the 50 f1.8, as my compulsive tendancies took over. The image quality, colour, focus speed, and ability to shoot in low light (due to f1.8) are far superior to the kit lens.
However, I’ve found more recently (as I read more, learn more and take more pictures) that getting sharp shots has much more to do with reading the light, making the right adjustments in camera, and taking more control of the focus. Learning what shutter speeds you can consistently take shake free pictures at in low light, and what aperure is required to have everything you need in focus, will improve your keep rate, but the faster lens will help.
I guess what I’m trying to put across is that I couldn’t live without my 50 f1.8, because it is fantastic. But if I could only have one lens, then I’d choose the kit lens because it is far more versatile. For the money it is a great lens, but it doesn’t do full justice to the body.
You’ll find the DSLR to be 10x more than you ever thought a camera could be. Good luck!
Sorry if I’ve given you information overload….. :roll:
Not at all, that’s all brilliant information thanks. Having seen some of the shots on that thread I’m sold, but I agree it is still nice to have the 18-55 for versitility. I think coupled with those two and maybe one more larger zoom I’ll be well prepared for almost anything!
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