Best Kit Lens Upgrade - This Lens is the Best to Upgrade To

If you have recently bought a new digital SLR camera you may be somewhat under whelmed by the results you are getting from the 18-55mm kit lens that came bundled with your camera.

Historically SLR cameras used to come bundled with what are know as prime lenses. These are basically lenses with a fixed focal length, or without a zoom. In recent years camera manufacturers had more success selling their entry level SLR cameras bundled with a zoom lens. For inexperienced photographer the appeal of a zoom is obvious as they appear to be much more flexible than a fixed prime lens. The result is that kit lenses these days tend to be very average in terms of optics.

One of the best things you can do when deciding to upgrade your kit lens is to buy a 50mm prime lens. Firstly if you are a Canon user you can pick one up for about $100, by far the cheapest of any of the other lenses in Canon’s range. Secondly these lenses tend to have very good optics meaning the images they produce are very sharp.

In my opinion if you are buying a new camera it would be best to buy a body only and not the 18-55mm kit lens and instead opt for a 50mm prime lens. Not only is the quality much better than the kit lens but because you cannot simply reach for the zoom to compose your images you are forced to think about the composition of your photographs much more. This will most definitely improve your photography skills in the long run.

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