What Lens for Beginner?

[hidden3]

dont know which lens to invest on, thinking of getting one during mid december leh.

 

[xunjas]

24-85mm or 17-85mm would be affordable and versatile as a zooms. unless u are looking @ primes. find out wad u want to shoot first before tinking of buying lens. :bsmilie:

 

[flipfreak]

it's sad that you were deregistered. but i still hope that u still lookout about this thread, anyways fyi i'm a portrait shooter too. actually i intially wanted to buy the 85L but then got the 50L instead. because 50L is not really wide angle,but it's still considered quite, and moreover it's good for portraits too. Am loving every minute of it.

every since i've used that prime lens, i dont really anymore other lens, its become my walk about lens.

for now, im planning to get 35L, 85L ,135L and lastly 200L f2. aiya all these must save!:cry:



of course can! never regret on buying L lens.:sweatsm:

how much did u paid for the 50L? getting all the primes is madness right? btw, shhhhh ....

 

[calebk]

how much did u paid for the 50L? getting all the primes is madness right? btw, shhhhh ....

boredphuck is derigistered and is not able to answer your query.

 

[FilterFunk]

boredphuck is derigistered and is not able to answer your query.

actually if you had read correctly, it is supposed to mean that sexalicious had bought the 50L rather than boredphuck

 

[calebk]

actually if you had read correctly, it is supposed to mean that sexalicious had bought the 50L rather than boredphuck

Whoops, my bad.

 

[xunjas]

OT, wad is this deregistered status? :embrass:

 

[flipfreak]

moving on .... so what would lens shld a beginner have ....?

 

[calebk]

OT, wad is this deregistered status? :embrass:

No longer a member of Clusnap. The worst thing that could possibly happen to you in Clusnap IMHO. :what:

moving on .... so what would lens shld a beginner have ....?

There is really no one correct answer, really depending on what the beginner shoots. Some beginners prefer landscapes, and for them the 18-55 or 17-85 kit lens is more than enough to begin on simple landscape stuff.

Others prefer the reach, and wouldn't mind sacrificing on the wide end. Hence, the 24-85 is a good choice as it's rather cheap (at least 300 cheaper than the 17-85 IS USM), and 24mm is more usable as a wide end compared to 28mm, on a 1.6x crop camera.

 

[flipfreak]

actually with the majority of beginners using 1.6 cropped cameras, anything other than 17 or 18 on the wide doesn't seem very wise.

 

[hidden3]

getting all the prime is one good thing, up to how you see it la!

getting something that can cover a better range, will save around up to 800-1k for my next.

 

[xunjas]

No longer a member of Clusnap. The worst thing that could possibly happen to you in Clusnap IMHO. :what:



There is really no one correct answer, really depending on what the beginner shoots. Some beginners prefer landscapes, and for them the 18-55 or 17-85 kit lens is more than enough to begin on simple landscape stuff.

Others prefer the reach, and wouldn't mind sacrificing on the wide end. Hence, the 24-85 is a good choice as it's rather cheap (at least 300 cheaper than the 17-85 IS USM), and 24mm is more usable as a wide end compared to 28mm, on a 1.6x crop camera.

24-85mm - find a sharp copy is value for money and a gd lens for cropped body as well as ff body. I seen portraits taken with 5D and 24-85mm, i am impressed with the quality of photos.

 

[calebk]

24-85mm - find a sharp copy is value for money and a gd lens for cropped body as well as ff body. I seen portraits taken with 5D and 24-85mm, i am impressed with the quality of photos.

On a 5D, the performance is a little feeble, because honestly, this lens has soft corners wide open. At most focal lengths, the soft corners only go away at f/8, which is why when this lens is used on an APS-C format camera, its performance becomes so good; you crop away at the soft corners.