Photography Newbie

Antibac

Hi I just recieved a canon 400d with the standard lens and a zoom lens and a battery pack. I am gradually getting into photography.
I am looking for advice on what other lens I should get? And a storage back. Heard lowepro was very good bags but there seems a lot of them! Main areas I would be into is family photo bit of nature and old buildings.
Sorry for being longwinded and thanks for any replies!

dirtyghettokid

Antibac wrote: »

Hi I just recieved a canon 400d with the standard lens and a zoom lens and a battery pack. I am gradually getting into photography.
I am looking for advice on what other lens I should get? And a storage back. Heard lowepro was very good bags but there seems a lot of them! Main areas I would be into is family photo bit of nature and old buildings.
Sorry for being longwinded and thanks for any replies!

you shouldn't buy lenses for the sake of buying them. learn to shoot with what you have and when you feel that you need something more, then look for other lenses.

as for lowepro being good and there's alot of them... well the answer was in your post! i have quite a few bags, but my fav is a lowepro backpack.
do a search on google for camera bag reviews. there's all different types of bags for different situations so you will need to learn about the types of bags and what type would suit you best for your needs.

all IMO of course

happy shooting!

pixbyjohn

Don't buy any more lenses yet, wait til you get used to the camera and the lens you have. From your post it would seem you have an 18-55 and a zoom 55-250 is it ?
They will do for now to be honest.
Good luck with the hobby and please post a few photos on the random thread.

alphanumeric

Antibac wrote: »

Hi I just recieved a canon 400d with the standard lens and a zoom lens and a battery pack. I am gradually getting into photography.
I am looking for advice on what other lens I should get? And a storage back. Heard lowepro was very good bags but there seems a lot of them! Main areas I would be into is family photo bit of nature and old buildings.
Sorry for being longwinded and thanks for any replies!

Hi there. This might be of interest to you. I've 2/3 camera bags but none are big enough so I picked one of these up yesterday. Haven't seen it yet but it's a great price IMO.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0036AYTWG/ref=nosim/?tag=hukdie-21

Antibac

Cheers for the replies guys. That bag looks a good option. Think I'll need to invest in a good book to learn the basics. Brought it to the zoo with my daughter today. Got some average to poor shots, but it was her first time in the zoo so they grand. Very hard to get wide shots.

AnCatDubh

dirtyghettokid wrote: »

you shouldn't buy lenses for the sake of buying them. learn to shoot with what you have and when you feel that you need something more, then look for other lenses.

pixbyjohn wrote: »

Don't buy any more lenses yet, wait til you get used to the camera and the lens you have.

The two guys are entirely correct. Don't do it. D'ONT DO IT.

Now that said -Go buy a 50mm f1.8 or f1.4 depending on your budget. You can't go far wrong with these lenses. Best value for your buck and 9/10 photographers love em irrespective of what brand of camera Do it. DO IT NOW!!!!

Antibac

Might be a silly question but what does it do?

magicbastarder

do canon have an affordable 30mm or 35mm fast prime?

Gumbo

Antibac wrote: »

Might be a silly question but what does it do?

interested in the answer to this too, as while out and about pricing up my first DSLR, Camera Exchange on Georges Street had a Canon 50mm f1.8 IIRC for 99e. Would that be right? The guy said in store that it was on offer and is a class lens, with stunning detail.

AnCatDubh

Antibac wrote: »

Might be a silly question but what does it do?

kceire wrote: »

interested in the answer to this too, as while out and about pricing up my first DSLR, Camera Exchange on Georges Street had a Canon 50mm f1.8 IIRC for 99e. Would that be right? The guy said in store that it was on offer and is a class lens, with stunning detail.

The Canon ones aren't particularly expensive so yeah, you should find one reasonable enough.

In terms of what do they do - best to see for yourself. Search/Explore flickr - for 50mm and see what you come up with - try groups as well as individual searches.

You'll find the likes of this or try some by boardsies like here

Broadly speaking they'll beat hands down any kit lens incarnation in terms of resulting image quality, and at f1.8 or better they will perform better in low light situations and allow you go onto the darkside of being a bokeh fan. It also has a limitation of no zoom so you improvise with your feet.

It's all good.

gstar

I actually took delivery of this camera bag this morning from a disgruntled postman. its an all weather bag, very sturdy and has enough room for what i need to carry at the moment. a big step up from my cheap argos bag

Lowepro Nova 160 AW All Weather Shoulder Bag

Also got this book Canon 550d Field Guide

I only went onto amazon to but a bigger memory card and couldnt leave the others behind at that price

Also almost bought a nifty fifty which i think was around £70 sterling! So yea the 99 euro offer mentioned above would be about right for it

just-joe

Sorry to bump this thread, but it is somewhat related. I am looking at buying my first dslr, probably either the canon 60d or 600d. There are a couple of deals (i am looking at amazon.co.jp) where you can get an 18-55 lens or a "double zoom kit" which I guess is the same as the OP.

Would you reccommend going for the double zoom kit, or would it be better to save the money, and then go and buy a 50mm 1.8 afterwards? I mean, I'm not sure whether I would need a zoom lens as I am just starting out. Thanks!!