Just received my xmas present

[Macca]

Wife just gave me a canon 1000 twin lens kit

Any good?
Should i throw the lenses away and get new 1s

Give me thoughts and hints and tips

[[FFOUR]]

Depends.

What do you plan to take photos of? How much experience do you have?

[Macca]

kids, family, snakes, birds

have limited experience with slr, have used them years ago but not for the last 2 yrs.

[DRKWRX]

The lenses will be good enough for you to learn with, they will still take decent photos.

[[Jacek]]

Yeah, although the 1000D is as "entry-level" as Canon DSLRs get, i'm sure you will still be able to shoot some great pics.

[Macca]

ok im officially bored with the lenses. Any suggestions for upgrades. Main use is landscape pics (ie stairway to the moon, sunsets and beach shots)

[devilfish]

dude people take fantastic shots on poloroids.. its not the equipment its how you use it.. master the kit lenses...

[Macca]

dude people take fantastic shots on poloroids.. its not the equipment its how you use it.. master the kit lenses...

i didnt say it didnt take good pics. was asking for recommendations on lens upgrades :)

[ELUSIV]

If you want to do more landscapes then a wide angle would probably suit your needs the best, something like the Canon 10-22mm.
Probably set you back around $900 ish.

[DRKWRX]

yeah for landscapes on crop 10-22mm probaly best Idea or a 17-40mm L

[Biante12]

These were from the kit lens I got with the camera 18-55, F5.6

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/3105704649_c3bfedb623_o.jpg

http://biante12.com/wallpaper/sunset2.jpg

Not sure if you are using Auto, Prog, Ap, S or M settings, but if you are not using manual settings, delve into it, it will change your photography for life.

Which lens a big question. I have got a 50mm f1.8 fixed focal length which is awesome and the 20mm will be here soon, but they do restrict when and where you use them. Everyone needs a zoom of some sort, but a good quality wide angle/zoom is a must for scenic. You will be surprised how far you can push the boundaries of the kit lens though. And good glass is expensive. A good quality 70-200 can cost as much as 2.5k or higher. Fisheye - $800+ etc etc, so you need to be sure the lens you want is the one you need. Shame to fork out a couple of k on a lens to find out you can only get full benefit from it once in a while.

Being a nikon user, can't really give advice to the best Canon lenses, but can say, shooting in high quality large size or raw, will make all the difference and enable computer enlarging to get that image that was just out of reach without destroying quality.

Remember, the lens only transmits what is already there (the better the glass quality, the clearer the details are transferred), its the cameras settings and the users eye that determines the outcome