Would this be stupid?

KrooKedUK

KrooKedUK

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Instead of buying a 450D with the included 18-55mm lens and then a 50mm 1.8, I am considering buying a 40D body only and have no clue what lens to buy and dont want to spend much more than 800 quid (including memory card and bag) if I go down the 40D route. Would it hold me back a lot just buying the 50mm 1.8 to use with the 40D until i get some more money together?

(I'm so indecisive, you may remember a few posts I made a while back) :p
 
You can pick up the 40d with kit lens (which imo very good for kit lens) for £754 del, currently canon are running £60 cashback as well. Buy your 40d, kit lens, bag and memory card for around £800, get your £60 cb after about a month and pick up a nifty fifty, sorted :D

These were taken today with a kit lens and the nifty to give you an idea:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13170953&postcount=1609
 
OK, didn't feel the need to make a new thread :p

Anyway, I just want to know what good UV filters there are which allow you to still use the lens cap. Hoya and B + W are the best I hear, so they would be preferable, 58mm and not too expensive ;)

Cheers :)
 
Personally I wouldn't bother with a UV filter. Just use the lens hoods for protection and put the money towards some other kit. Lots of people will recommend Hoya or similar but I've seen them cause real IQ loss myself, and so have others. Not worth it unless you're totally paranoid about damaging your lenses.
 
King4aDay said:
Personally I wouldn't bother with a UV filter. Just use the lens hoods for protection and put the money towards some other kit. Lots of people will recommend Hoya or similar but I've seen them cause real IQ loss myself, and so have others. Not worth it unless you're totally paranoid about damaging your lenses.
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I would disagree with this post. The top of the line Hoya and B&W aren't going to loose quality in my opinion. If they are put on top of the line lenses like L glass then they will shine and really show off the fact that no quality is lost.

I have personal experience with rubbish cheap UV filters, I had a cheap ******* (high street) one on my 70-200 L and it really does effect the quality. I then replaced it with a Hoya one and it doesn't have an IQ problems. Buy a good expensive, branded UV filter and people wont have this problem.

As regards being paranoid about damaging lenses, that's also laughable. I would rather break and damage a £50-£70 filter and not have to send the lens off to Canon to replace/fix the front element. Most pros that I know or have spoken too, all have filters. So if its good enough for pros then amateurs like ourselves shouldn't have a problem.

Blackvault
 
Indeed - I have a top-end Hoya UV filter on my 70-200 with no effect on IQ.

Small price to pay for protecting that front element.
 
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Be interested to know if you guys have actually tested to see if the UVs are effecting your IQ, or just haven't spotted it. I used to use them then noticed that my Hoya Pro1 was significantly softening the images from my 70-300VR.

Interesting discussion in this thread - http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=98022

Obviously crappy filters will be crappy, but supposedly top of the line UVs can also cause problems in some situations.
 
40D before Crimbo (body only) cheapest I found was from the shop that is a "Girls name who jumps about" :D

Think I ate into all the savings I made there by not researching lenses in time and bought the wrong one from the same place and paid over the odds for it.. Oh well.
 
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