I have recently bough a Canon 400D and would like to start buying more things for it, for example camera lenses, flashes and etc.
But I am a bit confused as to what I will need. I would love to know more on what is the different effects that I am going to get from different type of flashes and lenses.
I am about to study Photographic Art at university soon and have not worked with digital photography very much, mainly darkroom so I would like to get better before then.
At the moment I’m after a flash that will be okay for gig photography, and non studio portraiture, lense wise I dont want anything too specific like a macro or fish eye…any suggestions would be good as I’m a bit over whelmed by the choice!
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For a flash I would look at the 430EX and the 580EX both Canon flashes.
For portrait lenses I would suggest the Canon 50mm F1.8 ($100) or the 50mm F1.4 ($400). The usual lenses for portraits are between 85mm and 105mm on 35mm camera. Due to the crop factor for your camera the 50mm is very close to that range. It is also a very sharp lens.
If you are looking for a more all around lens look at the Canon 28-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS USM lens.
It is much better to stick with Canon lenses and other equipment if you can afford to. Some 3rd party equipment isn’t bad but the original equipment is almost always better.
If I was putting together a wish list, it would include a 24-mm wide angle lens, the typical 50-mm lens, an 85-mm portrait lens, a 135-mm lens and a 300-mm telephoto lens. These should serve you well in a wide variety of situations.
The long-distance lenses can foreshorten your backgrounds, emphasizing your main subject. They are frequently useful in action photography. If you tilt the camera while shooting with a wide-angle lens, you’ll get some distortion which can add a little visual interest to some shots. Try it and see.
Remember when buying lenses that quality is better than cheap, and “fast” lenses (apertures open wider) can be used in a wider variety of settings.
I’ve always liked Sunpak flashes with tilt heads that allow bounce flashing. There are store-bought bounce flash cards that you can use or you can improvise.
Good luck. Hope this helps.
For your search of the right lenses, TAMRON has a good website that can help you. The contents are quite extensive and helpful, for me at least.http://www.tamron.com/lenses/learning_ce…
If your course would take the traditional track, you probably won’t be encouraged to use flash, at the beginning at least, until you learn to capture natural light and the extent you can use it in your photography. But for Canon, their flash selections aren’t that varied if you;re talking general use.http://www.northeastfoto.com/forums/show…
580ex II speedlight is awsome. Canon 50mm 1.8 lens is an amazing lens. It only cost like $88.
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I would suggest 50mm f1.4 USM as an additional lens (aside from your kit lens) which you can use it best (as for me) for portrait photography.
430EX Speedlight already enough.