I'll have to chime in with "get a 50mm f/1.8" as well.
Besides the fact that it's fast (i.e. lets in a lot of light, so you can use faster exposures), cheap (<$100), and sharp, it also teaches you how to zoom using your feet, because different focal lengths do a more than "make the subject bigger or smaller."
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Date: 2007-05-07 12:02 pm (UTC)Besides the fact that it's fast (i.e. lets in a lot of light, so you can use faster exposures), cheap (<$100), and sharp, it also teaches you how to zoom using your feet, because different focal lengths do a more than "make the subject bigger or smaller."