saaketham wrote: kakomu wrote:Unfortunately, many people suggest to buy expensive immediately, but to suggest that a beginner should immediately upgrade to an expensive lens is ludicrous as it will probably be an uniformed decision that can easily make the beginner unhappy, especially if they\'re still struggling with getting their kit lens to function.
I agree. I didn\'t follow that advice either. And none of my friends listen when I tell them the same thing either. It\'s always learned first-hand at the expense of a lot of $ buying and selling cheap gear and wondering why the IQ is so bad. You\'re right .. it\'s something everyone has to go through, I suppose.
I wouldn\'t go so far as to suggest that the IQ is bad on most kit and cheap lenses. They certainly suffer their share of flaws (spherical aberrations, chromatic aberrations, softness, etc), but most lenses still perform quite well in the right hands. The ease of getting good quality from cheap equipment may be quite low, but you can still get good pictures out of cheap equipment.
I\'m of the opinion that most bad pictures tend to come from a lack of experience. There are plenty of bad pictures that stem from using the wrong equipment (slow lenses in low light without a tripod or flash, for instance), but bad pictures in favorable light are probably not from the kit. There are plenty of examples of great photos using old Rebels and the EF 75-300 f/4-5.6. Moreover, expensive equipment isn\'t going make an inexperienced photographer better.
I just think that cheap equipment gets a bad rap most of the time because it\'s more difficult to get good results from it.
Dec 22, 2009 at 02:14 PM
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It\'s always learned first-hand at the expense of a lot of $ buying and selling cheap gear and wondering why the IQ is so bad.