Kelas Kamera #15: Oh my Glasses~!
MURID MURID~!!
CIKGU DAH BALIK~~~~~~
WOAHAHAHHAHA…….
So how are you all? Yes yes… I know I’ve been busy and I’ve been neglecting the blog and my kelas kameras because of UltraBen. Really paiseh… I think most of the murid-murid Kelas Kamera pun dah cabutzz… LOL
Anyways, today I am going to go back to basic a bit for those who are new to this photography thing. Today I’m going to talk about the different type of lenses that is available, and which one you should use.
THE “LOUSY” KIT LENS
Okay, if you just bought your first DSLR, it will surely come with a packaged lens which everybody called it as the ‘Kit Lens’. The kit lens is an all-purpose lens that usually comes in the focal length range of 18mm to 55mm or sometimes 70mm. The higher end models will come with a longer zoom range but that doesn’t really matter.
Some of these kit lenses has extra features like VR (Vibration Reduction) and some mumbo-jumbo marketing thingamagic which I don’t really bother much.
The range provided by this lens allows you to capture a lot of images in different scenarios. In fact, if I were to go on a holiday trip, this is the only lens I’ll bring.
Macro? NO PROBLEM~~~~ take this photo for example, it was taken using my old old old D50 + kit lens:
So, there is actually nothing wrong with your kit lens. The only problem is you yourself for no having no skills to fully utilize it. WOahhaha…
Telephoto Lenses
Well… usually, the 2nd lens that a hobby photographer would buy will be a telephoto zoom lens.
The telephoto zoom lens is pretty much the same as the wide angle kit lens, with the difference is that the telephoto zoom lens allow you to shoot something very far away (e.g. Your opposite neighbour changing his sarong).
Can you use it to shoot portrait? SURE!!!
Can you use it to shoot macro? SURE!!!
Can you use it to shoot fisheye effect photo? SIAO AH!!!
DAN SEBAGAINYA…
Okay.. there are many other lenses… from super zoom like 18-200mm… to super telephoto like 600mm F/4.. and of course.. my favourite the prime lenses like my precious 20mm F/2.8D
One day when I senang, I will talk more about prime lenses.
The Take Away Message…
You see, many people thought that certain photos can only be taken using certain lenses. So, without proper knowledge and some lousy will power, they go and buy and spend their hard earned money to go and get more and more lenses hoping to achieve something. Well that’s wrong. We are Kiammsiap™ people…. we don’t simply spend money in today’s economy.
After buying the camera, just use the kit lens and practice. Use it to your advantage. Find out its strength and weakness. Without any skills you go and spend tens of thousands of ringgit on lenses also no point one.
Itu saja la…. till next time Cikgu is free again… I talk about prime lenses
March 25th, 20103:13 am at
sensible advice LM sir.
March 25th, 20103:27 am at
very informative.. keep it coming
March 25th, 20104:46 pm at
looking forward for your prime lenses lesson..
thanks.
March 28th, 201011:12 am at
Love the kit lens for their super short focusing distance !!! Love to be a minimalist !
March 28th, 20103:52 pm at
well… what about the body? hehehe…
March 29th, 20101:48 am at
Saya sangat sukak kelas kamera ini! Mengapa tidak ajak Cik Ungu datang bersama mengajar kami ? : )
March 30th, 20101:25 am at
Thanks to your kiamsiap and practical advice , i’ve decided to keep my kit lens for travel purposes… what’s RM300! LOL
March 31st, 20105:16 pm at
ciku ciku,
saya sudah ” Find out its strength and weakness” of my 18-105mm…
sekalang saya manyak pening. tiap tiap kali shoot event, low light, pakai flash, tak lawa, off flash,
mau pergi dekat pakai 50mm 1.8D, itu committee event cakap jgn halang la, jgn block video la…
sekalang saya mau 55-200mm…
macam tak betul, juga macam betul…
macam mana ni…
*garu kepala*
April 13th, 20105:56 pm at
After using my kit lens for a few months, do some justification and research on my own preferences and requirements. Till now I’ve no regrets on selling off my kit lens and holding onto my 20mm f/2.8…. 1yr3mths and I’m still learning on this prime lens to see what i’m getting.
April 21st, 20103:29 pm at
Very imformative la cekgu, one quick question for u. i was thinking, i’m currently holding on to a 18-55mm and 35mm f/1.8G lenses and thinking about getting a longer focal length, between a 55-200mm VR and an 18-200mm VRII, which one would you recommend? Thank you!
April 21st, 201010:07 pm at
tienzyee,
Firstly, you must figure out why ‘pakai flash tak lawa’. Then, only answer the rest of your questions yourself.
rock,
You are like me :).. difference is… my camera didn’t come with any kit lens at that time. LOL
Neo,
Firstly, why do you think you need a longer focal length? What you plan to shoot? Or just nice to have?
April 22nd, 201010:12 am at
Thank you for answering my question Loctor, well I have interest with street photography and sometimes i do find i need to zoom more while shooting far objects. But then, after I think again real hard and go through my photo collections, seems like only 5-10% of my shots would require a longer length than 55mm, hurmm. I sure do need to rethink about this very well.
April 28th, 201011:02 am at
This one veli informative larh loctor… Now i’m convinced not to buy new lens but to stick to my old faithful kit. Currently got 15-55 and 55-200 also, just thinking of upgrading body since i find D3000 too basic for me and wanted something like D70 (last time used this for 3 months)… do you think its a good move arh?
…and loctor so long no new post liao… miss it so much. haha!
May 5th, 20105:16 pm at
I’ve been thinking for long “why pakai flash tak lawa”,
what happened is it makes the picture too bright, which could be fixed by reducing flash power
so i tried:
1) firing 90degree up and using bounce card to get the light to subject, failed, not strong enuff
2) firing direct, too hard, background too dark, kills off pic
3) firing direct with diffuser, also making the pic a little bring, background dark.
i do managed to make flash works, only if the whole place is well lit, but still don’t really understand it. care to explain?