Archive for June, 2008
Landscape Photos
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
What type of lens would be good for portrait, group photos, sports, wildlife, and some landscape?
I currently have an advanced point and shoot fujifilm s700. And am thinking of upgrading to a canon rebel xt but don’t know how well the range of the kit lens it brings will be or perform for my needs. Can someone shed some light on a lens or lenses for my needs?
Well, here’s the deal- no single lens is going to great at everything you listed, all together.
Think about it this way: the focal length of the lens you’ll need for good sports and wildlife photos is at least about 300mm, that is, a telephoto lens. The focal length that’ll produce good landscapes is of a very wide angle, maybe 15mm (especially on a Rebel). For portraits and group photos, you’re looking at something in the middle, say 50mm. It’s really hard to find a lens of good quality that covers that kind of range, not to mention it’d be very expensive and quite unwieldy.
That’s just taking the focal length into consideration, and it’s only one of many things that’ll affect a lens’s ability to take good shots of a particular subject.
That said, if you’re just getting into using an SLR, the kit lens will do just fine. First thing is first, learn how to get the most out of your camera, and the lens it comes with, and once you’ve gotten a little experience, you’ll know what your next lens should be. In the mean time, the kit lens, or any medium range (say 20 – 70 mm) zoom lens will do
If you’re interested, I’d recommend checking out the following forum: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/. It’s a community of Canon users of all types and abilities, it’s a great resource, and there’s lots of folks there that’ll be happy to help you out.
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