Just bought a Canon T7

[snapshots]

Hi all,

I just purchased a starter camera. (Canon T7)  It has two lenses that came with.  The 18mm-55mm which has IS, and a 70mm-300 that does not.  I like to take senic landscape photos, nature, and just about anything that catches my eye.  What would be the next logical lens for me to buy as an upgrade?  I was looking at two lenses.  One is the 18mm-135mm the other is the 70mm-300m with IS.  Do you think they are decent choices?  Is there another lens I should look at?  Keep in mind I am on a budget of about $500.  Thanks so much for reading.

Earl

[snapshots]

Well...I am so new at this that I don't really know the best way to invest in this hobby, but I already did get a tripod when I bought the camera. It's a manfrotto. About 80 bucks I think. Probably not a real good one

[snapshots]

Thank you so much for the advice. I really appreciate it.

[Waddizzle]

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@snapshots wrote:
Well...I am so new at this that I don't really know the best way to invest in this hobby, but I already did get a tripod when I bought the camera. It's a manfrotto. About 80 bucks I think. Probably not a real good one

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Manfrotto is a top notch brand.  Not all of their tripods are top shelf, though.  Hang on to it, just the same.

[snapshots]

I am not familiar with the model numbers for canon lenses but I will get familiar. Thanks for sharing the link to the videos. I will watch them.

[Waddizzle]

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@snapshots wrote:
I am not familiar with the model numbers for canon lenses but I will get familiar. Thanks for sharing the link to the videos. I will watch them.

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Check out the two video series at the ink i provided.

[snapshots]

Thank you for the advice. I was taking pictures last weekend of some birds and trying to zoom all the way in to 300mm and it seems hard to hold the camera steady enough to get a good shot. I finally got a decent shot but it took about 5 tries.

[Waddizzle]

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@snapshots wrote:
Thank you for the advice. I was taking pictures last weekend of some birds and trying to zoom all the way in to 300mm and it seems hard to hold the camera steady enough to get a good shot. I finally got a decent shot but it took about 5 tries.

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The best shooting mode to learn the camera is probably P mode.  The flash will not automatically pop-up.  But, the flash built into the camera is not all that good, anyway.  On paper it has a reach of up to 10 feet.  In practice, it looks like a flashlight.

[ebiggs1]

"I finally got a decent shot but it took about 5 tries."

Nobody gets every shot. One out of 5 is actually pretty good.

[ebiggs1]

"They contain links to two video series aimed at absolute beginners."

I never tell beginners to not watch videos and use Youtube but I find a lot of the time they cause a beginner to over think a simple situation. Like using X mode and fiddling with settings, changing this and that, when P mode would work just fine. I really do like having a beginner tag along with someone that knows photography or take a course where someone is explaining stuff.

[Waddizzle]

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@ebiggs1 wrote:

"They contain links to two video series aimed at absolute beginners."

I never tell beginners to not watch videos and use Youtube but I find a lot of the time they cause a beginner to over think a simple situation. Like using X mode and fiddling with settings, changing this and that, when P mode would work just fine. I really do like having a beginner tag along with someone that knows photography or take a course where someone is explaining stuff.

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Once again, you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.  More false assumtions, on your part.

Maybe you should take the time to watch the videos, just so that you can learn what it is that they contain.  The EOS 101 series does not teach you about camera settings.  The videos teach ou the basics of photography: i.e. Exposure Triangle, White Balance, RAW files, DoF, etc.  They go on to explain how the basic concepts apply to entry level camera settings.