a little lens advice

DiCe! · 22 Mar 2011 at 14:21

Firsty hello photo people!

Ive just got a second hand Canon 350D on the cheap from my boss and i know absolutely nothing about lenses, i have a bog standard that came with the camera and a sigma 75-300 that doesnt work with auto focus, apparently a well known problem with some of the older sigma lenses.
So im looking for a good/not massively prcied lens, so throw some ideas at me

Im also looking to get some experience (i know just go and shoot, will be thrown around a lot) but any specifics would be a great help.

Many thanks

D!/Alex

DiCe! · 22 Mar 2011 at 15:44

Budget is about £150 for a lens, so i will have a look at that one! may also try and get that one seen to at the local camera shop.

interested in cityscapes/sports mainly, also would like to try some nice pictures of my fish/tank.

I also have a Panasonic lumix dmc fz18 and i got some great photos of the supermoon with it (if i say so myself) and will post a few of those later

DiCe! · 22 Mar 2011 at 19:23

supermoon?

with my new DSLR

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and my favorite with my lumix

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DiCe! · 23 Mar 2011 at 10:39

Its my birthday in a few months aswell, ill get one and put the other on the wish list

Forgive me for the very newbie question i am about to ask.

"is it the lens that makes the photos look so sharp? or are they taken and touched up a bit?"

Im ok with photoshop brushing wise as i did a semester on it at uni, but have never played with the camera side of things, is it an essential?

Many thanks for the replies so far!

DiCe! · 23 Mar 2011 at 11:38

so if i had to pick between a lens to replace the bog standard one that came with my 350d (Canon 18-55mm) Lens and a 50mm 1.8...

as ive seen this which is a much better version of what i already have + it has IS

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-EF-S-...F3AW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300811558&sr=8-1

or i go for the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-EF-50...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1300880217&sr=1-1

one of them will be winging its way to me on pay day....

DiCe! · 23 Mar 2011 at 12:46

50mm it is then! see if i can get the 70-300 repaired and if not ill get it replaced for the birthday

sorted....now to shoot shoot shoooooot!

DiCe! · 23 Mar 2011 at 12:48

last thing i need is a flash......any options?

then i promise ill pipe down and go shooting!