Post your best pics made with a cheap lens!!!

These are my favorites from my first telephoto (Canon 90-300mm f4.5-5.6), I have since upgraded but I used this lens for about 2 years, I think it did a good enough job for a lens that was £20

Le Mans 2012

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RBorowik wrote in post #16556623
These are my favorites from my first telephoto (Canon 90-300mm f4.5-5.6), I have since upgraded but I used this lens for about 2 years, I think it did a good enough job for a lens that was £20

I've never even heard of this lens! Nice!

Great thread. It just goes to show you dont have to spend a lot of money to get fantastic shots.

This was taken with my Pancake lens. No used much but its never really disappointed other than in AI Servo mode.

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Rush hour in Orange ...

T1i + 18-55 f3.5-5.6 IS @ 30 sec exposure <----

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These kit zooms really aren't bad.

18-55mm IS, came in the box with a 550D

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EF-S 18-55 kit lens Rebel T3..Dove into photography a few months ago. Already itching to upgrade lenses and perhaps up to T5i very soon.

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All taken with EF-S 18-55 kit lens.

schugeorge wrote in post #16654871
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All taken with EF-S 18-55 kit lens.

This is not how it works. Please post one or two shots here. No links.

markdb wrote in post #16654730
These kit zooms really aren't bad.

18-55mm IS, came in the box with a 550D

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Capri by Mark Bowerman, on Flickr

The Mk1 I presume by the wheels. A mate of mine had a 3.0 litre one with an awesome body kit on back in the early eighties. Some kind of replica of a model Ford produced. Many of my friends had them in various guises throughout the eighties, I had the Mk1 Opel Manta instead

18-55 kit

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35mm F2

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Interesting thread.

Most pictures on the thread seem to be taken with one of 4 lenses: the EFS 18-55; EFS 55-250; EF 50 "nifty fifty"; or the EF 40 "pancake".
Total cost (new) of ALL FOUR lenses is less than £500.
Even then you won't "need" all four.

Given the quality of some of the pictures on this thread you have to wonder why are so many forumites are so eager to "upgrade" from them?

PH68 wrote in post #16657251
Interesting thread.

Most pictures on the thread seem to be taken with one of 4 lenses: the EFS 18-55; EFS 55-250; EF 50 "nifty fifty"; or the EF 40 "pancake".
Total cost (new) of ALL FOUR lenses is less than £500.
Even then you won't "need" all four.

Given the quality of some of the pictures on this thread you have to wonder why are so many forumites are so eager to "upgrade" from them?

And we have a winner!!!

PH68 wrote in post #16657251
Interesting thread.

Most pictures on the thread seem to be taken with one of 4 lenses: the EFS 18-55; EFS 55-250; EF 50 "nifty fifty"; or the EF 40 "pancake".
Total cost (new) of ALL FOUR lenses is less than £500.
Even then you won't "need" all four.

Given the quality of some of the pictures on this thread you have to wonder why are so many forumites are so eager to "upgrade" from them?

For the zooms the easy answer is constant and wider apertures. And the 55-250 just can't compare to the 70-200 II in terms of sharpness, bokeh, and additional IS quality and features.

For the fixed focal lengths the only real reason is wider aperture and the hope of sharper images wide open.

But that's just my opinion

AF is usually faster, quieter and more accurate - Also better build and better weather resistance in most cases.

One thing I didn't like about the old lot lens are the rotating from elements. Made it difficult to use some filters.