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Originally Posted by Humdizzle
this thread has motivated me to finally buy a camera! I'm decent-ish in photoshop but would always just edit other peoples photos for fun. I was thinking about upgrading my phone but then thought... everything on my phone is fine, its just the camera thats holding it back (pixel 2)... so why not just get a real camera?
bought a canon eos rp mirrorless + 24-105mm f/4-7.1 Lens + polarizing filter to get me started. might get another lower aperture lens in the future for more bokeh, or just create the effect in photoshop.
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Nice congrats! You want a big aperture (low F-stop aka a "fast" lens) for some bokeh, I would avoid creating it in photoshop as they always look bad and fake unless you are very very very very good at it. Alternatively, you can use a long focal length lens to create separation ie bokeh. My go-to lens at the moment is a 16-35mm F/2.8. I can get nice and wide for landscape shots, go to 35mm and open the aperture up to get some portrait type shots. I also have that 24-105 f/4 and you can create some decent bokeh at close to 105mm. It's a very versatile lens.
If you want an easy fast lens to play with that doesn't cost that much, try the "nifty 50" 50mm f/1.8. If want something a little more interesting I recommend the 85mm f/1.8, which to me is a nice lens for automotive photography. I used it for this shot:
M3CS by
JMG, on Flickr