accesories like uv filter, lens hood, blah blah blah.. etc.. hahaha and how much for the lens and the accesories? (i don't want to be cheated when i buy them, i dont want to pay a large sum of money) To answer your first question, I'd recommend buying just Canon brand lenses. Canon is the only camera manufacturer that still has not licensed their electronics technology to any of the independent lens makers. All the other brands have to "reverse engineer" the electronics to make them compatible. Unfortunately, if Canon makes a change on future DSLRs the lenses may not be 100% compatible. It has already happened on some of the older independent brand lenses that some of the early lenses won't work on some of the newer cameras. If you plan on staying with the same body forever it might not make a difference but if you ever plan on upgrading (and who doesn't?) you might get stuck with a lens that won't work with your new camera.
As far as filters go, there has been quite a bit of discussion as to whether to use a UV filter on DSLRs. There are a lot of shooting situations where the flat surface of the filter can cause problems with the autofocus and image quality. This doesn't happen with film camera because the film isn't as reflective as the CCD sensors are.
Nikon even says in the D200 instruction manual:
quote...use of a filter is not recommended when the subject is framed against a bright light, or when a bright light source is in the frame. ... end quote
If you are going to use a filter make sure it is a high quality, multi-coated filter to cut down on problems.
Bob K
www.CameraRepairs.com You'll get better answers, but here are some resources that will help you filter out the answers that you DO receive.
Canon Lenses and Reviews
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon... (See "Recommendations" on this page)
http://www.photo.net/canon/#lense
http://www.wlcastleman.com/equip/reviews...
http://www.photozone.de/active/news/inde...
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/ind...
http://www.fredmiranda.com
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/forum....
One of our devoted Canon users recommended the EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM (28-135 equiv.) (April 2007-$515) as a good "walk around" lens at a good price.
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/contro...
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Revie...
Not quite as much of a wide angle, the Canon Zoom Wide Angle-Telephoto EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Autofocus Lens (2007-$1,060) is a pretty good all-around lens. This review says, "If I had only one lens, this would be the one."
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Revie...
Excellent general purpose lens: Canon Zoom Wide Angle-Telephoto EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Autofocus Lens (April 2007-$1,140)
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Revie...
I really like my Nikon 17-55 and Canon makes a comparable lens, the Canon Zoom Super Wide Angle EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM Autofocus Lens. It's not an "L" lens, but it seems popular.
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/rev... Haha large sum of money... would that be under $2000 :) thats little in the SLR world XP
Anyways, I would go for L's but if you dont ahve hte money then the 28-135mm should fit most of your needs. $400 or so for the lens, $30 for UV filter, $40 for a Polierizer filter, and you should be set. I dont know if the 28-135 has a lens hood or not but taht would be a good investment. Go look at what tamron has to offer in an eos lens.
suggesting you get L and IS lenses for a 400d is a bit
outrageous. Yes you can but the Tamron will probably
be more what you are looking for and will provide you
quality photos. Certainly you can buy the higher quality canon lenses but the tamron are used by many people quite successfully. Do try to get an f-stop under 3.5. :-). |
