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>>137537 Good lenses don't have to cost alot. Used M42 Pentax primes are some of the best lenses ever made, the Soviet Union churned out thousands of <$50 Zeiss copies, etc. etc. Good glass is important, not because of resolution or whatever, but just to give images a stand-out look. The old Canon kit lens, for intstance- it resolved more than enough detail for what anyone would really need to do with it. The problem was it added nothing to the image. It wasn't bad, it was just so middling and utilitarian an imager no-one liked it. The new IS kit lens, OTOH, has some pretty awesome bokeh and a little pop in the foreground. That's probably more responsible for people liking it than a bunch of MTF charts showing how it's so much better than the old one.
>>137485 Try it out and see. Canon does have a return policy, doesn't it?
And as far as the 35/1.4, everyone pretty much needs a normal prime, but Canon screwed this up for crop-sensor users with its larger crop. The 35/1.4 would work great, but it's a very long normal. Still usable, though, and I think you should probably get it or the 28/1.8, depending. The 28/1.8 would work and is good, but it's not as good of a lens.
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