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New Camera Ethan
Never used a DSLR before, and a friend of mine bought the Canon Rebel XTi and a really nice EFS 17-85MM lens the other day. Since he isn't a huge photo buff (mostly a point and click guy) I an testing this thing out. I would have to say that so far, for the cost (about 1k total (lens and body purchased separately) it is a very nice DSLR camera, and the lens just makes it that much better.

My questions:

Besides a nice set of FDL, polarization and UV filters, what other filters are a must have? I know that it really depends on the circumstances, but what would a good all around set consist of?

The lens he got is great, but we are looking into a better telephoto and getting a wide angle (around $300-400 apiece would be a good price range). What are some good lenses (in your experience) that would fit the budget and use?

I figure a few people on here have this camera, so it can't hurt to get opinions.

Thnx in advance. I hope to buy one myself as soon as I can afford it, otherwise, I'm gonna steal his for a bit.

(Attached is one of the pics i took with the XTi, only a bit of post processing of levels in photoshop, resized from the 10meg RAW and a conversion to png)
>> Anonymous
I have the 28-135mm, love it. I'd stay away from EF-S actually, if you ever go full-frame those bodies won't mount EF-S lenses.
>> Anonymous
Red filter is a must for doing cool black and whites.
>> eku !8cibvLQ11s
>>90133

Red filter is useless when we're talking in ones and zeros.
>> Anonymous
>>90164
looks like you wish people thought you knew something about photography
>> Atomic
I've been doing a bit of similar shopping. I can say that the Tokina 12-24 works out to be really cost-effective and pretty good (at least as far as photozone.de and slrgear.com reviewers go).
>> Anonymous
I wish people would stop slapping a red filter on their camera every time thinking it's going to make their b&w pictures come out great. There's more out there than red filters. A little more experimentation would be nice to see.
>> Anonymous
>>90358
i prefer a green filter myself, but of course, different circumstances call for different filters.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
Colour filters on DSLRs are pointless since you can do exactly the same thing in photoshop.

The best way to get good B&W photos is to ditch the DSLR and get a film SLR for your range and put real B&W film in it THEN get a red filter. And develop it at home.
>> Anonymous
>>90437

No. Please use more of the spectrum, thanks.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>90442
No, ive seen red filtered B&W film and non-filtered B&W film and the red filters give much more contrast which results in a better image.
If you are taking a photo of something blue, yes use a different filter (USE BRAIN) but otherwise for 95% of shots a red filter will improve contrast.

I cant belive we're arguing this again, /p/ needs to lurk moar.
>> Anonymous
>>90446

I wouldn't say the issue was as black and white as that.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>90448
now i love you too much to argue <3
>> Anonymous
>>90450

The feeling is more than mutual, I assure you.