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Advice for 50 mm lens? OR a new Camera?

Started Aug 31, 2018 | Discussions thread
Asla
Asla Senior Member • Posts: 1,101
Re: Advice for 50 mm lens? OR a new Camera?

Hi!

Sorry for not reading all the answers...

I'd say your camera is enough. Pro hasn't used every pixel of his/her camera anyway.

Use tripod. Sturdy enough can be found at 100€/$. Set camera to self timer.

Lens you may need to change. As said, focal lenght somewhere between 28 to 35mm. The less distortions lens has, the better. I'd say EF 28mm/2.8 or EF 35mm/2.8 (even older version) are fine. They should cost something like 100-200€/$ used. Sigma 30mm/1.4 used might be fine, too. As said, use f-number like 5,6-8.

Pros do post-process photos for tweaking white balance, colour saturation, sharpness etc. You too, if you need better result than straight out of camera. Get yourself something like Adobe Photoshop Elements or so (around 100€/$). Canons own program DPP that has come with your camera might or might not be enough...

You might or might not need more light. With tripod used, my guess is not.

A s l a

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