Lens advice for canon 1100D please?

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Hey all,i have currently invested in a Canon 1100D body with 18-55 lens.....

i was just wondering what lens would i need for each of the following?......

1: portraits -

2: landscape -

3: automotive(mainly cars,some panning will be involved)

Also would i need prime or zoom lenses? Sorry i don't quite fully understand it all yet but iam learning,

What scenarios would you use the 18-55mm lens for?

Any help much appreciated thank you so much :D
 
The 18-55 is a good general purpose lens, useful for landscapes and portraits.

I suggest you try using that lens and when you find out its limitations, then buy other lenses to overcome those limitations. Better to have a few lenses that are regularly used than lots of lenses that aren't used.

Don't get too hung up about zoom vs fixed focal length, just buy lenses that fit your needs
 
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1 - 50mm F1.8 or 85mm F1.8

2 - 10-20mm zoom

3 - 70-200 F2.8 + 1.4x teleconvertor
 
I have the Canon 1100 and Canon 18-55mm f3.5-f5.6 Lens I have since brought:

Tamron 70-300mm f4-5.6
Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro
Canon 50mm f1.8

It really does depend on what you aren't getting from your 18-55mm.
 
Hi Roy

Do you have an idea of your budget you are looking at spending either in total or for each lens ?
 
Andy.. cheaper the better if iam totally honest,i'm not going to be going professional anytime soon,but would like the correct lenses for different photographs!
 
Stick to the kit lens for wide/moderate use (its a good lens, have a look at the review at www.photozone.de) and consider a decent long zoom as the next step.

Have a look at the Canon 55-250 IS.
 
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Quite soon after I got my 1100d I bought a canon 50mm 1.8 and for a few months I didn't use anything else.

I think it's a great way to learn how the camera works, you take focal length out of the equation and just concentrate on how aperture and shutter speed effects your shots.

At 1.8 wide open it really illustrates depth of field, it's great for portraits and low light conditions and best of all it's cheap ;)
 
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Andy.. cheaper the better if iam totally honest,i'm not going to be going professional anytime soon,but would like the correct lenses for different photographs!
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Hi

The 50mm 1.8 is worth a look, built to a budget, but a cracking little lens.

The canon 55-250IS is a great lens to look at, my daughter uses and gets great results. Again, built to a budget, but a worthwhile purchase.

Enjoy
 
I would avoid the cheap version of the Tamron 70-300mm (non VR) as its pants. I had one as part of a camera bundle with my 1000d. The 55-250IS is a much better lens.
TBH though I would use the 18-55mm as much as you can until you find out what it cant do that you want it to.
A 50mm f1.8 if fantastic for low light at under £100, I use mine for covert-ops photos at parties where a flash just ruins the atmosphere, and lets everyone know they are being caught.
 
I've got a 1000d with a kit lens, but decided to trade in for a sigma 2.8 with the ~same focal length (18-50). Don't regret it one bit :)
 
Having seen you have bought the basic Canon 1100 DSLR and just starting out i am guessing your on a tight budget. To do the things you wanna do with the kit lens 18-55mm should be ok for doing landscape photograpy, Also you can cost efectivley add a Canon EF 50mm f1.8 for portraits and low light stuff and if you buy a Canon EF-S 55-250mm that should cover the rest like motor sports.
 
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Hey all,i have currently invested in a Canon 1100D body with 18-55 lens.....

i was just wondering what lens would i need for each of the following?......

1: portraits -

2: landscape -

3: automotive(mainly cars,some panning will be involved)

Also would i need prime or zoom lenses? Sorry i don't quite fully understand it all yet but iam learning,

What scenarios would you use the 18-55mm lens for?

Any help much appreciated thank you so much :D
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Seeing as your on a budget ill aim it towards that fact rather than expensise stuff

1) 50mm 1.8
2) Best would be a 10-20 or something similar but you will get good photos with your 18-55

3) 55-250 for panning and motorsport, for car shows the 18-55 is perfect or you could use the 50mm for details shots like badge example. I used my 18-55 2 weeks ago and was rather chuffed with the resuats i got

Hope this helps

Dex
 
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Andy.. cheaper the better if iam totally honest,i'm not going to be going professional anytime soon,but would like the correct lenses for different photographs!
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There is no correct lens, just the lens that's right for you and the shot you want to take. Focussing on the "right gear" is a very expensive way of not improving your photography.
 
some good advice here regarding trying the camera out and finding its limitations before buying multiple lenses.

I'm just about to dive into SLR phoography and i think i'll play around with the kit lens until i realise what exactly it is i want to improve upon before buying another lens.
 
wasn't going to get a longish zoom but bought a 55-250mm and now its on 70% of the time.
 
I have got the same camera and got the same lens along with the Tamron 70-300mm lens.
The only other lens I have bought is an old screw type, with a bigger aperture range, it's manual, but, I also have macro extension rings for it, for the lens, adaptor and macro extension rings, it was £60.
The only lens I really want now is a good wide angle, but, they are very expensive.
 
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