Digital SLRs?

[zeen]

^^ totally but what I missed was buy a good general range lens of 2.8 or better, something around the 20-100 range for starters. Good general purpose lens. A 50mm is useless unless you do wedding photography or you have a full frame as a 50 will equal ~65 (with the presumption that both said cameras are 1.3x crop factor) and the whole point of a 50 is that it is the equivalent of the human eyes perception at a full frame length not a cropped sensor...

Also, in my opinion, buy the frame only, save the couple hundred dollars from the kit price and put it towards a better lens. The kit lens are always shit BUT only you know whether you truly want to get into it so if theres doubt then stay with the kit... If you know you'll like it then go with quality over quantity!

Thanks for the advice! I was under the impression that the 50mm F1.8 would be a great addition for indoor photography and low light condition. Plus it is very affordable. Any lens you would recommend for indoor/low light photography? Hopefully not too expensive.

How about the 18-200mm F3.5? Would it be better to go for a 24-70mm F2.8? But thats like totally out of my budget. 3rd party lens?

[laxlife1234]

I just read that, yeah I guess its the 24-70, 135 would be too much for a 1.6x crop. I am using a t3i BTW.

So I am going to keep my horizons open, but will keep reading up on the lens.thanks for the help! Will Rep later.

[ThinFinn]

owning a Nikon D5000 atm and want to upgrade my setup (since a long long time actually ^^)...

and since i`m all into makro and protraitshooting (well just starting to get into it !) i thought i should go with a 60mm 2.0...opinions?

[laxlife1234]

Upgrade the lens first, IMO that's most important. I'm not that big of a Nikon Guy, so I'm not good with lenses but if you wanna do portrait stick with something that has a larger aperture than 2.0, go with 1.8 and below. Once you get the nice lens then upgrade the body (if need be), or get the accessories first (ie. Tripod, flash, etc..).

edit: Looking at a few nikon lenses, the 85mm f/1.4 is a good choice, or the cheaper 50mm f.1.4. The large apertures are good for portrait photography since the DOF is quite nice. And the camera is full-frame so you don't worry about the crop factor (that I have to ). Now that I see this, I am starting to think I should have gone with Nikon, but too late now.

[joelz]

ThinFinn - either go with the 50mm 1.8 or the 35mm 1.8. If you want to go crazy you can get a 85mm 1.8 but I think the 35 will be your best bet.

[ThinFinn]

^thanks a lot sir...

would you guys recommend on getting the same brand for both (cam and lens) or what do you guys think?...

actually wanted to go with sigma or tamron on the lens this time!...

[joelz]

Make sure you read up on the off-brand lenses, sometimes they may be better (eg the Tokina 11-16) but sometimes off-brand lenses may not work with upgraded bodies.

[ThinFinn]

^haven`t thought about that yet (i own you some rep.!)...

only upgrade would be a D7000 for me i think so yeah...need to check back on this again!

[ThinFinn]

so after a few minutes of deciding i thought what about the Nikon 35mm 1.8G...what ya think joelz and others?

[joelz]

it's a good bet - i actually want one myself

[ThinFinn]

^damn, just lost an auction on ebay for it!

but i think ì`ll have to cop one the next time then ...any other lenses i "just need to have"...since we`re at it?

[laxlife1234]

get just a standard all around lens. I am thinking that I am going to get the 24-70mm f/2.8 now. It is pretty much the all around do it all lens. After I get that I will be getting the canon version of that lens TF!

[Ryan]

Yap using Nikon D5000...Think i'll have to check the market a bit then...

cool yeah thatll work then. that remote plus a gorilla pod are a good combo for taking pics on vacation

also the 35 1.8 is a great lens imo. better than the 50 1.8 on crop. i have both and i go to the 35 alot more often. the 50 is alot harder to work with indoors for me

[vitasoy]

just hopped back on the dslr wagon picked up a t2i and shooting zeiss/m42 lenses... m4/3 just isn't "good" enough yet in my opinion compared to dslr's

sigh, gonna end up picking up my old setup again lol

[jizzimmy]

any recommendations for a lens that'd be useful for shooting in taipei/singapore (more street-like shooting)?

i'm currently using a 600D and was looking at the 50mm 1.8, but it sounds like because of the crop factor i may want to go for something a bit wider?

[chantheman]

do you want something fixed? if so a 35mm isnt a bad lens if you want something wider than a 50mm but the wider the lens the more expensive the lens

ive had a 50, 35 and now a 28mm f1.8 on a crop as i also didnt think the 50mm was wide enough for me.

[koven]

i think ive said it before but the sigma 30mm 1.4 is the GOAT on a crop sensor when you factor in the price. That and my fish eye are my only lenses. Sold all my other to fund my x100.

x100 by MrEllis, on Flickr

I see the light by MrEllis, on Flickr

[ThinFinn]

just pulled the trigger

[laxlife1234]

^Me too, I can officially say I bought the 24-70 L lens. Also got a 5 year warranty and free filter for it, so I am pretty happy today.

[jizzimmy]

do you want something fixed? if so a 35mm isnt a bad lens if you want something wider than a 50mm but the wider the lens the more expensive the lens

ive had a 50, 35 and now a 28mm f1.8 on a crop as i also didnt think the 50mm was wide enough for me.

how do you like the 28mm f/1.8? any shots you'd be down to post up?

seriously thinking about copping... somehow went from deciding between a couple $200-300 lenses, to the 28. i'm beginning to understand the hurt that photography brings.

[laxlife1234]

Just saying, if you have a standard lens (kit lens) and it has the markings of the focal lengths on it (mine has 55, 35, etc..) tape it to what focal length you are looking into buying so you can't play with the zoom this way you can see if you want a certain length lens. That is waht someone told me and I wound up just getting the zoom lens instead of a prime.

[chantheman]

yea i was looking at what part of the zoom i tended to shoot with the most and decided that i liked wider shots especially in indoor low light.

[koven]

My d300s is for sale

less than a year old with receipt and warranty.

$1300 and id like to sell it in Toronto.

Im willing take a d80 on trade in.

[wayoutwest]

can't decide between the t3i and the d5100. anyone familiar with either camera?

[laxlife1234]

The other camera that is similar to the T3i is the D90. But I have the T3i, honestly it is all about the feel of the camera. Try to go out and use either. It is more so about the feel of it. P.S. canon is better for videos if that helps you, Nikon has slightly better image quality.

[mago_san_2d_god]

fuck guys. 60d or t3i?

going to use for both photog and filming. going to film more probably though. leaning towards the 600d.

EDIT: decided 60d

[vitasoy]

after doing so many diy on film cameras, i decided to pick up a "broken" 50mm 1.4 for a hundred bucks and attempt the diy on it to fix the auto-focus

it was extremely easy, lens and filter for a hundred? yesss

[wayoutwest]

anyone have trouble with magic lantern? my viewfinder is blurry now after a fudged instillation. I finally got it right, but the VF is blurry/out of focus. Still AFs well and the pictures seem ok. Not sure what the issue is.

[Ghettobob]

what are some good photography forums?

[pompadork]

http://thisismynext.com/2011/09/21/nikon-v1-j1-video-photos-camera-preview/