Hello all,
I'm looking at getting my first DSLR. I've settled on a Canon 600d, and I need help deciding what lens is right for me. My budget isn't strong (and won't be anytime soon) so I'd like / need this to be a keeper for a good while, so I don't want to just grab the lens kit knowing I'll have to (or desire to) ditch it later. I've done a lot of research and looked at samples and can't decide. I don't have a big budget and was hoping to keep my spending below £300, but can stretch to £350. I can get this camera with the 18-55 lens kit, but I get mixed reviews and shots on flickr are mixed. I'm wondering now if I should just skip the lens kit, buy the body, then buy a lens seperately. The EF 50 mm f/1.8 II Lens seems to have caught my eye the most. I've seen sample images of this on flickr and it looks impressive to me. Though, I don't know how much post-processing has been done and whatnot so I don't know how believable the photos are to my eyes.
The kind of shots I like are landscape, bokeh, low light / night time, street. General stuff outside. Long exposure shots. No portraiture. I like little close up stuff too (like Danbo shots), not necessarily macro-close (though I've read this is achievable relatively cheaply by macro tubes, which I'd definitely like to get into at one point). The only thing that worries me with this lens is, given the cam's cropped sensor, it works out at 80mm, which is considerably more than the 18-55 (about 28.8-88). I'm not sure how much of a problem this could be? But as I say, I've seen some really nice shots up close on the flickr group for the 50mm lens. The fixed focal length doesn't really worry me - I'm happy to move around, where possible, to get my shot (so used to it from a camera phone ). At some point I'll pick up the EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II Lens for when I want to get into longer shots anyway. I know there's no one lens suits all answer, but I just really want to keep the lenses (costs) small; I can't be buying USM lenses here and there. I guess I'm a little worried if skipping the lens kit would be wise for what I've mentioned previously.
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.
I'm looking at getting my first DSLR. I've settled on a Canon 600d, and I need help deciding what lens is right for me. My budget isn't strong (and won't be anytime soon) so I'd like / need this to be a keeper for a good while, so I don't want to just grab the lens kit knowing I'll have to (or desire to) ditch it later. I've done a lot of research and looked at samples and can't decide. I don't have a big budget and was hoping to keep my spending below £300, but can stretch to £350. I can get this camera with the 18-55 lens kit, but I get mixed reviews and shots on flickr are mixed. I'm wondering now if I should just skip the lens kit, buy the body, then buy a lens seperately. The EF 50 mm f/1.8 II Lens seems to have caught my eye the most. I've seen sample images of this on flickr and it looks impressive to me. Though, I don't know how much post-processing has been done and whatnot so I don't know how believable the photos are to my eyes.
The kind of shots I like are landscape, bokeh, low light / night time, street. General stuff outside. Long exposure shots. No portraiture. I like little close up stuff too (like Danbo shots), not necessarily macro-close (though I've read this is achievable relatively cheaply by macro tubes, which I'd definitely like to get into at one point). The only thing that worries me with this lens is, given the cam's cropped sensor, it works out at 80mm, which is considerably more than the 18-55 (about 28.8-88). I'm not sure how much of a problem this could be? But as I say, I've seen some really nice shots up close on the flickr group for the 50mm lens. The fixed focal length doesn't really worry me - I'm happy to move around, where possible, to get my shot (so used to it from a camera phone ). At some point I'll pick up the EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II Lens for when I want to get into longer shots anyway. I know there's no one lens suits all answer, but I just really want to keep the lenses (costs) small; I can't be buying USM lenses here and there. I guess I'm a little worried if skipping the lens kit would be wise for what I've mentioned previously.
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.
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