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Hi all, im new here and new to what ide call "photography".
Basically, ive allways had a photography interest, but without really realising.

Its come from the fact that, im a full time web designer & software developer. Im 24 and ever since the age of 15 started developing games, so learning graphics was a subject i taught myself. Then as i moved into webdesign, graphics and "taking photos" became a big part for me.

Anyways, i could rant for AGES about me and the last 10 years but i wont. lol. But i do ALOT of "photo worthy" events:

I do track racing at many circuits in UK, we do 2 - 3 trips to nurburgring a year, 4x4 offroad, flying as a hobby, flying RC heli's, paragliding, climbing and alot of walking + more...

and i allways find myself without realising carrying my old point and shoot cam and taking houndreds of photos and accept the way they turn out!.

So... this is how i got here!

Im now wanting to get more into it. Not as a business or anything like that, but more just a hobby with more of a "point and shoot" interest!

Now because of the way the finacial climate is at the moment, i cant afford alot, and ive got myself a new (but to low priced to not buy it) fuji s5600. I know its not great, but it has got some good reviews as a entry level camera. The other reason i got it (apart from the price) was because it can have addon lens and filters ETC. I know its a fixed lens, but it has a good zoom which will come in handy for what ill be taking and also i can go further with a tele lens.

Which brings me to my question (and i said i wasnt going to rant). Ive done a search and read about sopme tele lens, and learned alot! But still not quite sure which one to get.

What ive learned it not to buy a cheap one from hong kong.

What is a good for money lens i could use for this. (55mm fitment)

Ive purchased a uv and pl filter for it. But any advise will be much appriciated. In the mean time, ill carry on searching and reading.

Thanks
Andy
 
Welcome to the forum, burn your credit cards straight away :D

i'd just stick with what you have for the time being, these tele lens extensions are never very good, save your money
 
the camera has a 38-380mm lens, I doubt you'd need much longer than 380mm, you could go wider than 38mm with an adapter but the results may not be great if you buy a cheap one, one worth having in either telephoto or wide angle would probably cost a similar amount to the camera, Raynox do some good ones
 
Hi all, and thanks wack. I think i am jumping the gun a bit. Ive not even got my camera yet. It should be arriving tomorrow hopefully, so ive not even taken a look at the stock 380mm zoom yet! lol. I just see what other people use on their cameras and think ill need one! lol. Ill wait until ive had a good play and then decide if/what i need.

Ive checked out the raynox ones and yes they seem very very good.

Cheers
Andy
 
Welcome from a fellow newbie!

I've been reading these forums for 6 months, great source of quality info and advice , and promised myself I'm going start posting some contribution !

cheers
Matt

gibbon said:
Hi all, im new here and new to what ide call "photography".
Basically, ive allways had a photography interest, but without really realising.

Its come from the fact that, im a full time web designer & software developer. Im 24 and ever since the age of 15 started developing games, so learning graphics was a subject i taught myself. Then as i moved into webdesign, graphics and "taking photos" became a big part for me.

Anyways, i could rant for AGES about me and the last 10 years but i wont. lol. But i do ALOT of "photo worthy" events:

I do track racing at many circuits in UK, we do 2 - 3 trips to nurburgring a year, 4x4 offroad, flying as a hobby, flying RC heli's, paragliding, climbing and alot of walking + more...

and i allways find myself without realising carrying my old point and shoot cam and taking houndreds of photos and accept the way they turn out!.

So... this is how i got here!

Im now wanting to get more into it. Not as a business or anything like that, but more just a hobby with more of a "point and shoot" interest!

Now because of the way the finacial climate is at the moment, i cant afford alot, and ive got myself a new (but to low priced to not buy it) fuji s5600. I know its not great, but it has got some good reviews as a entry level camera. The other reason i got it (apart from the price) was because it can have addon lens and filters ETC. I know its a fixed lens, but it has a good zoom which will come in handy for what ill be taking and also i can go further with a tele lens.

Which brings me to my question (and i said i wasnt going to rant). Ive done a search and read about sopme tele lens, and learned alot! But still not quite sure which one to get.

What ive learned it not to buy a cheap one from hong kong.

What is a good for money lens i could use for this. (55mm fitment)

Ive purchased a uv and pl filter for it. But any advise will be much appriciated. In the mean time, ill carry on searching and reading.

Thanks
Andy
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gibbon said:
Hi all, and thanks wack. I think i am jumping the gun a bit. Ive not even got my camera yet.
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My advice would be try it out but before spending any more money, consider where you want to go with your photography, if you decide in 12 months you want a Digital SLR you could probably sell the fuji for 70-80% of the purchase price, spend £100s on accessories for it and you may find it difficult to get 40-50% of the total cost back as people generally don't want the extras so you're stuck with selling them separately :)
 
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