Originally Posted by Karn
Points taken, and thanks for trying to help me in making the right decision.
I'll give the 16-45 some serious consideration.
Since I really like nature/landscapes, but supposed to be worse at portraits.
Any tips on a good portrait lens? Maybe the 50mm f1.4 would serve me quite well for a low price?
Hey again Karn. After following this thread and watching you struggle with the decision I say just go ahead and get the camera w/ the kit and pick up the FA50 1.4 too. And start taking pictures!
Give the kit and the 50 a few weeks or so for you to get yourself wrapped around the whole DSLR thing and go from there. As you said you don't yet have a real idea of the difference between 40mm and 70mm; so get a camera in your hands and start finding things out. While you're at it go ahead and get a modest yet quality tripod with some of that "extra" money. You will never regret having a tripod,
any tripod, but glass bought too soon with too little knowledge of yourself is a different story all together.
So for now, forget the 16-45 or the 16-50 or super zooms ad nauseum. Go get the dang camera and start shooting pictures.