davyboy

I got a little bit carried away on ebay the other night, and I am now the proud owner of a Canon 300d.

However I need a lens - and I have to be honest here, I havent the foggiest what to get!

My dad has the same camera and will lend me a nice zoom lens, but I need one for normal use that has a little bit of zoom.

Can anyone reccomend anything?

Thanks

Dave

AndyC_772

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The normal zoom range is best covered by one of three lenses IMHO:

- 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 II USM, a good quality, basic zoom lens for about £200

- 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, similar sharpness (perhaps slightly less good, but not by far) but with a better zoom range and Canon's fantastic image stabiliser. £350.

- 24-70 f/2.8 L. Tack sharp, built like a tank, weighs about as much as the 300D itself and there's no better lens to cover the normal range. My weapon of choice. £940

TopBanana

I have a 300d and four or five lenses. If you do any portraits on any fixed range stuff at all, you should get a 50mm/1.8 - they great!

davyboy

Where are you guys buying lenses from?

AndyC_772

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www.parkcameras.com
www.warehouseexpress.com
www.ny-camera.de
https://secure.ffordes.com/index.htm
http://www.mifsuds.co.uk/
http://www.srbfilm.co.uk/
http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/

TopBanana

I went to NY and picked up a couple