Oops, right choice ?

Flukester · 10 Mar 2013 at 12:20

Hi all

As some background misses has been learning photography with a 650D for a year with the slightly dodgy kit lens and a nifty 50

I thought for Mother's Day I'd treat her to a upgrade and just dropped £820 on a EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM with UV filter and hood

I hope I have made a good choice, seems a good do everything lens which on reading about without resorting to L money seems to cover everything in one nice bright lens, especially for a crop frame camera

Being a photo noob myself spending more on a lens than body is a weird thing...but I hope the results will be worth it

She mainly does portraits and people photos out and about....family etc

Bad choice ?

Cheers

pryere · 10 Mar 2013 at 12:35

Not at all, she will love it.

King Damager · 10 Mar 2013 at 12:46

Sounds like a good choice for her uses.

kd

Amp34 · 10 Mar 2013 at 12:48

Excellent lens, just a shame you wasted a bit of money on the UV filter...

But overall she should be very pleased with it!

eyetrip · 10 Mar 2013 at 13:28

Amp34 said:
Excellent lens, just a shame you wasted a bit of money on the UV filter...

But overall she should be very pleased with it!

UV filters good for protecting lens without ruining image quality no?

Is only reason I got them.

Amp34 · 10 Mar 2013 at 13:37

If you regularly shoot in sandstorms or rally driving yes, but general day to day shooting all they really do is increase flare.

On the other hand my GF uses one instead of a lens cap and I usually have a CPL on when shooting and use that instead of a lens cap. Saves time and you don't have to worry about where you put the lens cap!

Flukester · 10 Mar 2013 at 14:04

Thanks for feedback.... All cool then. Yeah got uv filter just as anti scratch device if kids get frisky lol

King Damager · 10 Mar 2013 at 14:10

I always get uv filters. Scratch a uv filter. No issue, scratch a lens....

kd

Amp34 · 10 Mar 2013 at 16:03

King Damager said:
I always get uv filters. Scratch a uv filter. No issue, scratch a lens....

kd

send it in and get it serviced, or just leave it as its probably not going to make any difference to photos... The service costing not much more than a decent UV filter, or more per wisely several decent UV filters (one for each lens you have).