iv got £240 to spend on calumetphoto.co.uk?

[adam172]

hey people

iv got £240 to spend on www.calumetphoto.co.uk but dont know what to buy, atm all i have is a canon 450D with the normal lense and a tripod, i dont know whats best to spend the money on or what lens would be best to get if i get a lens?

to to let you know i enjoy taking photos of cars at shows ect but im an architect student so am ofter taking images of builds and also smaller scale models ect ?

hope some people with a better idea could help me decied what to get

thanks
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[Andy.]

I'd get a 430EXII or something similar, then some cheap radio triggers from ebay (<£15). It would help you take decent shots of your scale models.

Any lens for £240 will not be much better for your purposes than the kit lens.

 

[Revels]

50mm and a flash.

 

[Ben..]

50mm and a flash.

this.

 

[Maxdicapua]

this.

+1

 

[vibrio]

430 + 50mm will cost too much from calumet. they want 214 just for the flash

 

[adam172]

yea i know there expensive but i get i grant from my uni but they only deal with calumet soooo ..

i waas thinking of getting a flash any way and you think the 430 will b the best?

and whats the 50mm do whats the advatage of this and body have any pics they could post of what it can do ??

 

[Andy.]

I have the 430 mkI and it makes a huge difference over the built in flash. I'd definitely recomend the MkII.

The 50mm will let you play with narrow DOF, at a focal length that is suited to portraits but can be used for everything. Have a search on flickr for 50/50 or 50mm groups and you'll see what it can do. I'm not sure it would be a great addition for architecture or scale models unles you want the narrow DOF for them.