Cheaper to buy body and lens separate?

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So been looking at the 600d with a normal lens that it comes with but wanted to know for a newbie would it be cheaper to buy the body and get a cheapy lens to go with it?
 
usually if you are looking at a typical kit lens then buying as a kit is the way to go.

If you wouldn't use the kit lens but something else then buy body only (or you could buy the kit & sell on the kit lens).
 
It depends how much you wish to spend. The kit lenses are reasonable and the 55-250 in particular is good for that magnification.
There are better wide angle lenses or a good quality carry around lens you could buy instead. There is nothing really cheaper than the kit lenses though.
 
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You're unlikely to find a cheaper lens than the kit 18-55 that is useful on a day to day basis. Just get that lens to start. As and when you find that lens limiting, then consider buying other lenses.
 
s0mojo said:
So been looking at the 600d with a normal lens that it comes with but wanted to know for a newbie would it be cheaper to buy the body and get a cheapy lens to go with it?
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I'd opt for the body and kit lens (18-55IS) and you'll be fine - I doubt you'd find it cheaper seperately.

The 55-250IS lens is a good one to look at - this is where I would make sure of the price difference - as it can be cheaper to buy seperately rather than a 2 lens kit...

Good luck ...
 
I don't know the specific camera/lens combination yuo're looking at, but I bought the D90/18-105mm kit and really regretted it. I totally wish I'd saved a few quid by not getting the kit lens, and spent more on a decent zoom. The only saving grace of the whole transaction was that someone persuaded me to get the 50mm/f1.8 as a "treat" to myself, and it hasn't been off my camera since.

IMveryHO, kit lens is a completely false economy.
 
Depends on what you intend to shoot I suppose. If the kit lens won't allow you to capture the photographs you wish to it'd be better value to buy a body & a lens of your own choosing. I did this when upgrading in October 2010 & I'm pleased I never went with a kit! It's down to individual needs I guess.
 
If I'd have thought it through, I'd have bought a kit last time out rather than body only - even as a not-noob - simply because I could transplant the kit lens on to the old body that I was selling and sell that to a noob as a kit... considering the difference in price was something like £20, that would have been the sensible thing to do. Even if I didn't have a body to sell, the kit lens would be a handy "disposable" lens that I didn't mind trashing at £20.

Oh well, there's always next time....
 
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