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[nafe]

I recently bought a Canon 40D. I also bought the 17-85mm lens with it.

I was just wondering if there was a better or more appropriate lens that I could be using?

I'm kind of new to photography - on and off learning it at Uni.

Thanks in advance.

[Alex]

take a look at this http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02 ... hy-skills/

cheers

Alex

[Simon]

I recently bought a Canon 40D. I also bought the 17-85mm lens with it.

I was just wondering if there was a better or more appropriate lens that I could be using?

That lens is a great lens to have. I wouldn't go for any specialty lenses until I got the hang of photography. Just my thoughts on that.

[pallavinagrj]

Optical aberrations occur when points of the image do not translate back onto single points after passing through the lens, causing image blurring, reduced contrast or misalignment of colors (chromatic aberration). Lenses may also suffer from uneven, radially decreasing image brightness (vignetting) or distortion. Try moving your mouse over each of the options below to see how these can impact image quality for extreme cases.

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[kspencerj]

My most used lens is the 50mm fixed lens from canon, its fantastic for portraits and is a 1.4f. Also a good "walk-around" lens is the 28-135mm. once you get good, start buying the L lenses. let me know if you need any other ideas for lenses

[MelissaHie]

I'm a beginner, and I got the 50mm f/1.8 lens. very cheap (got it for $86 i believe) and really great lens if you are still learning like me! highly recommended.

[captainkimo]

The 17-85mm lens is a great lens already. You will find that the 50mm on a crop body like the 40D will limit you. A good way to see if the 50mm will work for you is to set it around 70mm because that's the range it will end up being on your crop body. I have a 50mm 1.8, I love it but I only use it for certain occasions, and that's on my 5D full frame camera!

If you want to go further with your photography, you should identify first the field you want to focus on before buying a lens. Doing this will save you more time and money in the future. For landscape or architectural photography, I would recommend the Canon EF-S 10-22mm but this lens would be useless if you decide to move up to a full frame camera. For portraiture work the Canon 50mm 1.8 is actually the perfect lens but you are limited to one range since it is a prime lens. For a telephoto lens to shoot wildlife or sports photography I recommend Canon's 100-400 IS lens.

Also consider buying a good flash first if you are shooting portraiture.

Cheers!

Captain Kimo

[harikzena88]

Each lens has a focusing ring. This is a section of the lens that rotates to allow the photographer to focus the image. On automatic cameras, this ring is moved by a small motor within the lens whenever the photographer presses the shutter release button halfway down. These rings are usually marked with guide numbers showing how far away a subject is when focused.
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