First Post/Discussing Lenses

     Hello, my name is Denalyn, and I love photography. I first started playing around with a digital camera when I was about ten or eleven (maybe younger, maybe older, I can't remember). Our first digital camera was large, clunky, and had an incredibly tiny screen, but it was a great camera to begin with. Unfortunately, I don't remember what it was called.
     I didn't get my Canon T3i until sometime last year. Before then, I used a Panasonic Lumix, DMC-LZ20, which I recommend for beginners (if you'd like to see some sample pictures I took with the Panasonic Lumix, you can take a look at my photography blog, www.denslens.blogspot.com, and go to the first post).
     One of the things I've heard many times, online and from a professional photographer friend, is that it's the lenses that makes or breaks a camera. You can have a high quality camera and your pictures won't come out as sharp as you'd like because the lenses are not up to par. When I first got my Canon, I used the kit lens (the lens that came with the camera), and thought it was incredible. And it is a great lens for when you're getting to know your camera, but now that I've upgraded to a 50mm 1.8 lens (which I seriously recommend), I can see how poor my kit lens really is. I still use it, because it's not horrible, but on a scale of 1 to 10, the kit lens is a 3, and the 50mm 1.8 is a 10. At least when it comes to quality. The 50mm 1.8 doesn't zoom, which can be a little annoying. And it doesn't do macro, and I can't screw my macro lens onto it. Other than that, I absolutely love my 50mm 1.8.
     The zoom lens I have is a 75-300mm. I do recommend this one, but I probably will try to get another one in the future which zooms more. I'm very pleased with the 75-300mm, but I'm sure there are better one's out there. The quality is beautiful.

     I hope to keep posting tips and tricks for you guys, and I hope you enjoy reading this blog. Just know that I'm not yet professional (though I hope to get up there soon), and I'm still learning. But I believe I've come far enough to help answer any questions beginners may have. Thanks for taking time to look at my blog and read this post, =)