TimGoodall
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Reged: 19/09/2008
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Hi,
I've just bought myself an A200 with the standard kit lens from amazon for the very nice price of £248..bargain.
Anyway, I've got a couple of items on ebay finishing in the next few days which should give me about £75-£100, the idea being to use this to maybe ditch the kit lens in favour of another.
Are there any lenses I should be on the lookout for? or perhaps use the kit lens as a general purpose lens and then be on the lookout for some specialist lenses?
Obviously new ones are out of the question bearing in mind my budget, so I don't mind the whole ebay route.
Sorry for the very noobish post  I'm taking my first steps into the dSLR world and there's alot to learn - though the one thing I've been told is replace the kit lens asap.
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fabs
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Don't be in too much of a hurry to ditch the kit lens. As kit lenses go, it's none too shabby. I used mine for a fair while after buying my A100 2 years ago and I've still got it.
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TimGoodall
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Don't be in too much of a hurry to ditch the kit lens. As kit lenses go, it's none too shabby. I used mine for a fair while after buying my A100 2 years ago and I've still got it.
ok thanks alot for the advice..I've just read that it can be a bit soft. So kit lens for general purpose? and then maybe spend the £75-£100 on a different type of lens?
My main subjects will be, well, primarily my son (he's only 2 so very active so a few 'running' shots will need to be done  plus some nice portrait shots), plus some landscapes and I really like closeups of plants and wildlife
edit: should I be looking for a 'beer can'?
Edited by TimGoodall (19/09/2008 22:18)
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RonM
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The 70 - 210 f/4 lens is one of the good ones from Minoltas line up, last made some 20+ years ago and originally designed over 30 years ago. The only down side, is the weight, it is heavy. but have only praise for the lens here is a recent example from the MRW file, rotated resized and nothing else other than saving as a jpeg and uploaded
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fabs
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I don't have any experience of the Beercan, but I've heard nothing but praise about it. Also the Minolta 50mm f1.7 is held in high regard and can be had for around the £50 mark.
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TimGoodall
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ok thanks guys,
seems I'll have to wait till I get the pennies then do some serious searching because a quick google reveals the beercan for £100 (ebay) to £150 quid.
The 50mm f1.7 is around the £80 mark from what I can see
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fabs
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The 50mm f1.7 is around the £80 mark from what I can see
Word must be getting out.
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TimGoodall
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yea tell me about it  so the 50mm f1.7 is good for what type of pictures?
sorry, like I said..ubernoob over here
Edited by TimGoodall (19/09/2008 23:26)
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Gordon_McGeachie
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I have one of these, which is a reasonable lens for general use.
www.warehouseexpress.com/product/default.aspx?sku=1012468
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fabs
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yea tell me about it so the 50mm f1.7 is good for what type of pictures?
sorry, like I said..ubernoob over here
No need to apologise. The 50mm is generally good for portraits and low light photography due to the wide aperture.
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RonM
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Indeed Gordon, I have a previous version of that lens and it does do a decent job, for what it is, just not great at the extremes, if I were going for a modern equivalent I'd get the Tamron 28 -300 although at the price difference I'd probably think twice about the Sigma
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TimGoodall
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ok cheers, 
was just reading this review:
http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2008/06/06/tamron-70-300mm-f4-56-tele-macro-ld-di/
and not a bad price new either:
http://www.photoclubalpha.com/2008/06/06/tamron-70-300mm-f4-56-tele-macro-ld-di/
although for the price this seems to get nice reviews:
http://www.jessops.com/Store/s36279/0/Le...amp;ManIds=1538
Edited by daft_biker (24/09/2008 20:30)
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Steve52
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The first lens I used with my Sony A100 was a 28-80 and a 70-300 (both Sigmas). I am now concentrating on band work, not using flash, using f2.8 Sigma and/or Minolta lens and the Minolta 50mm F1.7, which I got off of ebay.
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TimGoodall
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The first lens I used with my Sony A100 was a 28-80 and a 70-300 (both Sigmas). I am now concentrating on band work, not using flash, using f2.8 Sigma and/or Minolta lens and the Minolta 50mm F1.7, which I got off of ebay.
http://www.jessops.com/Store/s26770/0/Le...amp;ManIds=1518
and
http://www.microglobe.co.uk/catalog/prod...or-sony-minolta
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liking the price for the 28-80mm
Edited by daft_biker (24/09/2008 20:30)
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TimGoodall
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I've just bought a Minolta 35-70mm f/3.5 for £24.95 delivered.
It seems to get pretty positive reviews on Dyxum (4.2 overall from 17 reviews IIRC) and I found a brilliant flickr album using this lens and an A100. Build quality isn't meant to be fantastic and its in a similar range to the kit lens but meh I paid £25 for it and its supposed to give a nice sharp image so I'm happy
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