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[jkingofthechicken]

If you're a brand new photographer the best camera and lens are the ones you already have.

[Stop-All-War]

● Best beginner lens is 28mm F2.8..
Wide enough for indoors & Landscapes. 40mm is great for Portraits because 50mm can be too close. 40mm has practically zero distortion & is very sharp. Walking forward is easier than retreating.

[bigboysdream]

Just got my R6 II and the first thing for me is to buy any 24-70 2.8 on the market

[akingakk]

A little bit more expensive is an understatement camera gear is the most criminally expensive equipment in any hobby period

[chocolatemilk_is_tasty]

Just google your camera to know the sensor type.

[Barman_Dri]

I'm not very familiar with these numbers; Does going down just one or two digits make that much difference?

[Wistbacka]

Instead of just focusing on the low light aspect (I've had f3.5-5.6 lenses my while life and you can still work with that), the most significant upgrade anyone will notice is the image quality and sharpness when moving away from the kit lens. Both on Canon and Sony (the systems I've had), kit lenses are not terrible, but kinda bad. They also feel flimsy and non-inspiring.

But yes, after that the aperture size is the most significant thing (for beginners). But there is also a "risk". Many 2.8 lenses so not perform very well at 2.8, and having to stop down to f4 or f5.6 to be really good, and that defeats it's purpose. Lenses that are good at f2.8 are usually very expensive.

So it's all a big compromise and a big labyrinth. Just thought ppl should be aware of that too.

[patrickbridge]

Not all cameras are full frame or APS-C. Olympus sells a lot of micro 4/3rds sensor cameras. And of course there's also medium format sensor cameras, but beginners aren't using those.

[MoonsOverMayhem]

You forgot the option of micro four thirds. I LOVE my Panasonic LUMIX GH5M2, and my G85. Intuitive to use while I’m learning, not exceptionally heavy or large. I do have a couple zooms, but I love my primes. Though I have a couple better zoom lenses on my wish list. A bit pricey though, I gotta save some $$.

[nickblyth]

A few things I’ll add is not all crop sensor cameras are APSC, some are MFT or APSH. Also not all rebels are cropped because there’s the rebel Ti (not T1i)

[khoado]

I chose Sigma 17-50 instead and it's still great.

[phattaiferraboli]

For a beginner apsc camera:
17-55 f2.8
35 mm f1.8
50mm f1.8
55-200mm or 55-300mm.
With about 400, it's possible buy all lenses.

[CINEMAVISIONCZ]

Imo, for someone who is interested in taking good pictures, a decent prime will teach them how to actually compose shots well with their legs and give a much better image quality.
If I were starting out again, I'd buy a 35 or a 50mm equivalent lens and shoot that until I feel like I need to move on.
Zooms usually make begginers stay in one spot and simply compose everything by zooming in.

[cooperdeniro]

In the beginning my biggest reason for switching to a 2.8 was the fact it didn’t automatically change my f-stop when zooming in/out. That drove me crazy the year I started shooting

[nathanbasset]

$480-800 USD it looks like.. yeah I’ll stick to the nifty fifty

[bamsemh]

Olympus m5 mark ii with 12-40 f2.8, second hand. Best value for the money, most freedom in any camera and you don't need to care about the weather. 😊

[popcornparam]

No question your first lens beyond your kit lens should be the 50mm 1.8 cheep lens makes bank ....

[CommentRodent]

Mft cameras: "I'm not even here, baby. I'm just a hallucination."

[FalloutUrMum]

I've had a Canon M50 and the kit 15-45 lens for 2 years, built a career in photography with it. I'm just now upgrading to a telephoto lens and a good low light prime in a focal length I use often.

I got all my stuff used or refurbished, many of my jobs that want a particular set of equipment have provided such equipment. Otherwise, I get good photos with what I have. I'm very very greatful for the way I started because it's kinda molded my own personal style, but I'll never tell anyone they should do it the way I did. My way worked for me because it's how I adapted with what I had, the most important things to learn when starting out are framing, what the exposure triangle means/how to use the tradeoffs to your advantage, and (if you do nature, wildlife, outdoors sports, etc. like I do) timing the weather and sunlight in your area to get the shots you want. Oh yeah, whitebalance too. Early on, I had very hard lessons learned about whitebalance. It's probably the least sexy part about photography, so nobody talks about it, but getting whitebalance correct is very helpful.

[CinePenguin]

micro four thirds sobbing in the corner 🗿