Paiige
Arachnobaron
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- Oct 2, 2016
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Alright, so I'm finally going to be acquiring my first DSLR - a Canon EOS Rebel SL1 for my little hands (Canon is offering wonderful refurbish specials right now if anyone is interested)!
So with that comes the issue of lenses. I know very little about photography but thanks to the internet I now have a pretty basic grasp on the concepts I should be aware of. The lens coming with the camera is a 18-55mm f3.5-5.6, which (based on said basic grasp of concepts) is not going to give me a very broad aperture range, which obviously affects the lighting and picture quality. The goal of getting this camera is to eventually work my way towards taking nice detailed pictures of my Ts for painting references, as I am a painter at heart.
That being said, the macro lens I've been looking at is upwards of $600 (refurbished) and my fiance and I are in the process of building a home and money is a little tight.
So, those of you with a more concrete grasp on photography...is the lens that comes 'stock' with this camera going to at least give me better quality zoom photos than my mediocre phone camera (Galaxy s5)?
And secondly, I've seen macro lenses for next to nothing that are NOT made by Canon. Provided the dimensions are correct and they fit, is there such thing as a lens that is complete garbage and not worth purchasing (i.e. if it costs $40 new on ebay, is it too good to be true, much like with car parts?)
So with that comes the issue of lenses. I know very little about photography but thanks to the internet I now have a pretty basic grasp on the concepts I should be aware of. The lens coming with the camera is a 18-55mm f3.5-5.6, which (based on said basic grasp of concepts) is not going to give me a very broad aperture range, which obviously affects the lighting and picture quality. The goal of getting this camera is to eventually work my way towards taking nice detailed pictures of my Ts for painting references, as I am a painter at heart.
That being said, the macro lens I've been looking at is upwards of $600 (refurbished) and my fiance and I are in the process of building a home and money is a little tight.
So, those of you with a more concrete grasp on photography...is the lens that comes 'stock' with this camera going to at least give me better quality zoom photos than my mediocre phone camera (Galaxy s5)?
And secondly, I've seen macro lenses for next to nothing that are NOT made by Canon. Provided the dimensions are correct and they fit, is there such thing as a lens that is complete garbage and not worth purchasing (i.e. if it costs $40 new on ebay, is it too good to be true, much like with car parts?)