I Have A Kit Lens - How Do I Know Which Lens To Buy To Progress My Photography?

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I Have A Kit Lens - How Do I Know Which Lens To Buy To Progress My Photography? Hi and welcome to Episode 120 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick, and in each episode I will try to explain one photographic thing to you in plain English in less than 10 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details. What I tell you is based on my lifetime of photographic experience. And not Google. No offense Google.

Before I go on I need your help. I need your questions to answer. More on this at the end.

Here is the answery bit.
If you have a kit lens and want to progress with your photography you need to answer the following questions

1. What do you want to use the new lens for?
2. What will this new lens enable you to do that you cannot do with your kit lens?
3. How much are you willing/ comfortable to pay for a new lens?
4. Do you want a zoom lens or a fixed focal length lens?
5. Are you planning on changing your camera/ camera system?
6.  Do you buy a lens made by your camera manufacturer, or do you buy a lens made by someone else?
7.  New or second hand?
8. Are you going to buy any other lenses in the future?

That is the answer, in this episode I go through each of these one by one.

Listen for more, or check out the transcript and even the blog post - so many ways to find out more!

What’s next?
Episode 121 - What Should I Upgrade First - My Camera Or My Lens? Please Help Me!

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Cheers from me Rick