And I must say, better one can not invest the 100. Sure, plastic bayonet and missing Fokussierabstandsanzeige things that one will find fault with as a professional, but the (ambitious) amateur photographers extends this model of loosely.
Me as a beginner noticed especially the large aperture opposite said kit zoom. This makes it possible, even in darker environments still can take pictures without the flash switch added. Therefore, I use primarily this lens when shooting indoors, even if it is partly a bit difficult due to the focal length of 50 mm and the accompanying slight enlargement has to get in a room a whole person in the photograph.
On the other hand, by the slight increase in the minimum distance of 45 cm, a little perspective. This MMN succeed almost macro-like receptacles.
At full aperture, it is of course a bit difficult to focus on a subject correctly. So it can in close-ups of example. Faces already lead to the fact that the tip of the nose as sharp, but the rest is already unfoukussiert. Here you have so a good mediocrity from more necessary aperture and shutter speed possible find.
Does the way around the lens, however, soon succeed nice and sharp images.
Beginners I would in addition to this objective, if not available, the Canon EF-S 18-55mm 1: 3.5-5.6 IS II Universal Zoom Lens (58mm filter thread, image stabilized) and the affordable telephoto zoom Canon EF-S 55-250mm 4, 0 to 5.6 IS II Lens for EOS (image stabilized) suggest. Certainly, these two not to settle in the high-end, but at least for day-shots also succeed me as a beginner, beautiful and clear shots. These three lenses I for one am prepared for almost all subjects that seem to me the lens.
