I’m interested in getting a new camera lens. I have a Canon Rebel XS. Pictures I’m looking to take are more for portaits, and landscapes and action. I currently only have one, and its a 18-55. Any suggestions or advice would be incredibly helpful. Thanks!
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For portraits, the EF 50mm f/1.8 is an excellent choice for only $100. If your budget allows a bit more you can get the f/1.4 version (around $350).
For landscapes, the EF-S 10-22mm is a very good lens but a bit pricey. It costs around $700-$800.
For action, it depends. Indoors or outdoors? If you shoot indoors, you’ll probably want f/2.8 at the least, although the faster the lens is, the better. For outdoors, f/4 will do the job. The 70-200mm series has great quality – all you need to do is decide what aperture you need and whether you need IS or not.
More than one lenses.
If you want to keep the budget low, a Canon 50 mm f 1.8 lens (under $100) is very good for portrait. At wide open, you can have blurry background, which is consider good for, say, a headshot.
Here are sample photos taken with that lens (on a full frame though). Focused on the subject, at f 1.8, the background is soft and creamy. http://www.flickr.com/photos/little_pooky/2265471299/
One for sport would be 55-250 mm Canon. It’s a fairly new lens. Popular Photography gave it a great review. http://www.popphoto.com/Reviews/Lenses/Lens-Test-Canon-55-250mm-f-4-5.6-EF-S-IS
For landscape, what you have is already good. But if you want to go wider, 10-22 mm Canon EF-S gets really wide.
I also have a Rebel XS and find one lens very helpful for all the things you mention – the Canon 28-200.
It’s very versatile because it’s wide with a pretty good reach. It’s built tough with quick, sharp, accurate focus. It’s too heavy for some but I love the weight, makes me know I’m actually carrying a camera.
Here’s an early shot I took with my setup (a portrait). Look closely at his eyes and you’ll see what I mean by sharp, accurate focus.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimsphotostuff/4615829643/sizes/l/
Hey,
For portraits the 50mm f/1.8 and 1.4 are great, but we don’t know your budget.
Landscape – 10-22 or anything below 20mm.
Here’s a post called ‘Buying a Lens for Canon, what’s important and which one to get. There are also Amazon links, here’s the post – http://the-digital-photographer.blogspot.com/2009/11/buying-lens.html
Good luck.