advice on these please

elaverty

1 X SUPER WIDE HIGH RESOLUTION MARCO 0.42X AF IN A HARD COVER CASE,

1 X TITANIUM I.R SERIES SUPER WIDE MARCO LENS NS 0.42X AF , IN A HARD COVER CASE ,

1 X 40.5

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46 STEP UP SPACER IN PROTECTIVE COVER

1 X S7/52mm SPACER IN PROTECTIVE COVER

LASER-LR-DAY & NIGHT - VIDEO -AF- DIGITAL 46 mm FILTER. INPROTECTIVE COVER

ITEMS NEVER USED KEPT IN CAMARA / VIDEO CASE .

SELL AS ONE LOT BUYER TO PAY POSTAGE IF REQUIRED.
http://c0.dmlimg.com/1fc1c1c2db5852e08ffc380475e26336e34f50ffdf3ed14f65fa195b37a95666.jpg

elaverty

Folks i know very little (nothing)about cameras really....is there any hope that these lenses would fit my canon 1000d eos camera or my lense even,,,my lense is a 58mm,the one that came with it,,,,or if not can i get a adopter or somethinh maybe,,,

thanks in advance

pixbyjohn

I would not advise you to purchase any of the above really.They are a "mickey mouse" set and do not work very well. They will darken any photo you take by a severe amount. Can you tell me what type of photos you want to take, is it macro shots?

elaverty

Thanks for the reply,,,I wouldnt be taking any type of photo in particular,,,its just i was using a friends camera the other day and it was the same as mine,but he had a wide angle lens on it and the difference was unreal... It was just of a group photo and the extra width was massive,,,,

pixbyjohn

The sigma 10-20 mm lens is a nice wide angle lens and can be bought second hand for around 300 euro upwards, have a look here at photos taken at 10mm with this lens >>> http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056832606

elaverty

Ah yea thats the job allright,,,So as i know nothing,a Sigma lense will fit my canon yea,,,

pixbyjohn

Yes the Sigma 10-20mm canon fit lens will suit your camera but check that it will autofocus on your Canon 1000D. Check it out on Google. Before you know it you will learn so much about your camera in a very short while.

5uspect

Yeah, don't waste money on crap like that.
As said the Sigma 10-20 is a great wide angle lens. It will distort at the edges tho.

You really need to read a bit more about photography if you're going to get the most out of your SLR. I would suggest you start here:
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm

zerohamster

On a side note to what Pixbyjohn was saying.
Sigma make their lenses for multiple platforms so make sure you get a Canon mount version for your 1000D as the others won't fit of course.
When buying the box will have the mount mentioned on it in an obvious fashion alongside the lens name but if buying second hand ask the seller what mount it is if not mentioned.

The sigma 10-20mm will AF on the 1000d so no worries there.

elaverty

Thanks lads,,can you tell me what does the likes of (f4-5.6EF mean) EX DC HSM,,Please

Corkbah

f-stop is the maximum/minimum aperture (size of the diaphragm of the hole which the lens will open up to allow light in to capture an image)

f4-5.6 means that it is a zoom lens which at its widest the maximum aperture you can achieve is f4 and at the longest length of the lens your maximum aperture is f5.6.

you should really learn about photography before using the DSLR ... basic jargon like aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, f-stop, buffer, exif data, ISO, ASA, RAW, jpeg, jpg, TIFF, white balance, etc etc.

Leftyflip

Corkbah wrote: »

you should really learn about photography before using the DSLR ... basic jargon like aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, f-stop, buffer, exif data, ISO, ASA, RAW, jpeg, jpg, TIFF, white balance, etc etc.

To be fair - if the OP already has a DSLR, the best thing to do is to learn by using.

The most important things for a beginner to look out for is the understanding of aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Without understanding these, you'll never get a good image!
Practice is key!

Corkbah

Leftyflip wrote: »

To be fair - if the OP already has a DSLR, the best thing to do is to learn by using.

The most important things for a beginner to look out for is the understanding of aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Without understanding these, you'll never get a good image!
Practice is key!

to be fair to whom ??

the OP has a DSLR but doesn't understand basic jargon they cannot understand if someone gives them advice, learn some of the words that others will mention and you might understand the advice.

"learn by using" ... great advice !! ...if the person knows what the basics of photography are - if you give someone a DSLR and say learn by using they wont understand the relationship between ISO/Noise or the relationship between ISO/Shutter speeds/Aperture..... learn the basics first then... get out there and apply them in a practical manner (ie. learn by using)

you and I are essentially giving the same advice - learn the basics first then use that knowledge to try to understand it by seeing the results when you change things and take the same pic....I'm saying you need to learn the basics first (ie the words and what they mean) and your post says get out there and take pics first ...but you also say ... basic knowledge is essential !! (I disagree with your method/advice on the basis of order - you simply cannot without any basic knowledge go out take pics and understand what went wrong)

Leftyflip

What I meant was, learn about aperture, shutter speed, etc, by using the camera and playing with the settings. If the OP was to google the terms, I'm sure he/she would gain a good understanding of them very easily and quickly and be able to have a small bit of understanding as to how they work and then apply it to the camera.

You can read and watch tutorials and the likes all day long, and not learn a thing. Some people are like that. I'm like that - I learned by doing. I had my first DSLR a month before I bothered learning about aperture and ISO. I threw it into manual and when things went wrong - I asked myself why they went wrong and tried to find a solution.

Not everybody can learn by reading and watching. In experimenting and playing with your settings you can learn a lot more than you can in a tutorial - in my experience anyway.