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I’m thinking of buying the Canon EOS 30D but don’t know what lenses I should buy with it. My interest is in nature photography (mountains, beach, wildlife) but have never invested in a good camera. I don’t know a whole lot about specifications for different lenses and need some good recommendations for starting photography as a hobby.

Depends on your budget, but here are some not-totally-expensive lenses for different purposes.
The best bet for landscapes on your camera is the….

If motion digital photography is your niche, the Rebel XT gives you a successive shooting setting that records as many as 14 photos as fast as 3 frames each second (with shutter speeds of 1/250 second or faster.) The Canon Digital Rebel XT gives you a shutter speed range from 1/4,000 to 30 seconds, and a bulb x-sync at 1/200 seconds. Best of all, it includes an ultra-fast 0.2 seconds startup time, a shutter release lag of 100 milliseconds, and viewfinder blackout time of 175 milliseconds — all of which means that you will always be on top of the action.

Find out more at canonrebelxt.org

If you really love photography, you’ve probably already noticed what a difference it makes to have a good lens on your camera. Having an amazing telephoto can take you in to areas you’ve never ventured in person – especially when you’re doing wildlife photography or catching people in candid poses from a distance.

Unfortunately, if you’re like me, I invested in great lenses… for my old film camera, and have been stuck carrying around a small and convenient (but not high powered) digital camera for all my recent family functions.

One way to save money buying camera lenses is to buy used camera lenses. They can sometime transition from a film camera to a digital (depending on what kind you buy), but even if you have to get new lenses for your digital camera, well-cared for used lenses can still be a bargain.

If you’re looking for a brand name to consider, don’t be afraid to look the Olympus lens. They are well regarded and very popular.