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Originally Posted by Macky
lol i know. i was just in the zone 
but i agree, its best to start with a good midrange lens, especially for a beginner. personally, Id like to push learning through a mirange prime - the beginner is forced to do all his zooming manually (foot zoom) and aperture/DoF gets more pronounced with a midrange prime than a zoom.
once they get an understanding of the subjects and range they want, then they can start investing upwards the focal range or downwards |
that's true, but you also don't want them to get frustrated with it
besides it's not like the 50mm 1.8 is so cost prohibitive you couldn't get both
