Upgrading Lens Help please

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I am new to photography and I have the canon 450D with the 18-55 lens and 70-300 telephoto lens.

I have seen the Quality of some photo's on the talk photography site,now I know this all balls down to the quality of the lens and the budget.
I normally do photo's in Clubs and pubs and Hotels for wedding functions as a Dj. Could you tell me please what the best lens would be to upgrade to next.

And also what would the difference make on the above lenses I already have.

Budget £500
 
Hmmm well although I am still a beginner amateur I feel I can contribute an answer to your question. You say you are new to photography and I guess you have the standard kit canon lens and a 70-300 telephoto.

What are you finding are the limitations of the lenses you have? The two together do cover a fairly useable range? I guess I am only trying to help you save the £500 :)

The way I approached buying lenses was dicated when I knew/realised I reached the limitations of what I can do with the lens I had, which was incidently the 18-55mm lens.

I am not putting you off your purchase but trying to understand why you are finding your own lenses a limitating factor

Cheers,

Andrew
 
awhyu said:
Hmmm well although I am still a beginner amateur I feel I can contribute an answer to your question. You say you are new to photography and I guess you have the standard kit canon lens and a 70-300 telephoto.

What are you finding are the limitations of the lenses you have? The two together do cover a fairly useable range? I guess I am only trying to help you save the £500 :)

The way I approached buying lenses was dicated when I knew/realised I reached the limitations of what I can do with the lens I had, which was incidently the 18-55mm lens.

I am not putting you off your purchase but trying to understand why you are finding your own lenses a limitating factor

Cheers,

Andrew
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I,m not too sure what I want really. It's just I want quality crisp pics like the ones here. http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=85328

Now thats what I call crisp.
 
That's a £600 lens plus a flashgun. Have a look at, as POAH suggests in that thread, the Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8, which will set you back about £250, plus decent Canon flashgun (someone else will need to fill in the model/price here) which should come in at around your £500 budget nicely.

Then study the exif data from POAH's shots and have a go replicating them
 
I have a speedlight 430exII so that's ok for flash. Would I get a better Pic with the Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 instaed of my 18-55mm.
Sorry to sound thick but I'm still learning.
 
bustersdelight said:
I have a speedlight 430exII so that's ok for flash. Would I get a better Pic with the Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 instaed of my 18-55mm.
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On the whole, yes. There's no need to spend the £600 or so on the Canon lens if you are just learning. If you feel a great desire to buy new kit then perhaps sell the kit lens plus your 70-300 and add that into your fund and ook at getting something like a Canon 70-200 f/4 to replace the 70-300
 
On the whole if you are looking at pics in low light then you need flash, fast (ie wide aperture = small f/number) lenses and cameras with low noise at high iso.
 
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