Ok Neoquip i will have a look at those! Although i wasnt looking to spend that much! Hmmm think i need to look at this lightroom! Im fairly handy with ps but cant achieve pictures anywhere near this quality :/

pick up a 2nd hand
tamron f:2.8 17-50mm
about £200

a bit more if you want image stabilisation.

great lens for the money.


and you know those are well edited photos of the corsa... your std lens can take those shots.. you think nneed to be good with LightRoom and PhotoShop.

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:wave: Thanks for the help lads! Will keep an eye on some! :thumbs:

Yes, those are correct, though the first one doesn't have the original lens cover, if you care about that sort of thing...

i believe so Christopher, i'm a Nikon man myself so i wouldn't want to say 100% but i certainly think that's right. I don't think Canon lenses have the same compatibility concerns as Nikons :)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Canon-EF-50mm-f-1-8-MkII-Lens-/331017138768?pt=UK_Lenses_Filters_Lenses&hash=item4d1228b250

So these are the ones im looking for?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Canon-EF-50mm-f-1-8-II-Lens-/271273621574?pt=UK_Lenses_Filters_Lenses&hash=item3f292af846

Ahhhhh i seeee! Thank you very much for your help andy :thumbs:

the £10-20 are likely to be FD fitment lenses, its the EF fitment that you'll want for your Canon EOS. Show us afew links to make sure :)

FD is the old fitment that Canon used for their film cameras back in the day before they changed their fitment and introduced autofocus :thumbs:



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Having a quick scope about on ebay and some are like £10 and some are like 60-100? Are these £10-20 ones just add ons or somthing i cant see the difference :facepalm:

Faster, better in low light, better dof effects if you're into that. Bit more restricted than a standard kit zoom but better quality.

What difference would the 50mm f1.8 lens have over the standard one that came with my Canon 1000D?

Ok will have a look into those! Thank you buddy! I love the way they are edited! :cool:

Oh, and like you said, photos don't come off the camera like the ones you've shown. You'll need to develop them, to achieve that style.

You want a 50mm f1.8, hands down.

Easily the best budget lens out there.

New lense for canon eos! Mrs has had her dlsr for a little while now and she's only really used the standard lense but I'm thinking of getting her a better one! However I'm not paying 300 for a lense yet so what's cheapish but good! I'd like to use it mainly for car photography general pictures.

Would like to achieve something similar to these (although I know they are likely to be quite well edited)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinwoods/9498122220/lightbox/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinwoods/9495073503/lightbox/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinwoods/9491102280/lightbox/