A good medium range zoom is a good choice. Today the kit zooms (generally 18-55 for aps-c) are good enough for the majority of photographers. Primes used to offer the best optics but the gap to zooms is neglible today.
That said, it really depends on how you photograph and what you want to capture.
What lens doy ou guys typically use for your DSLR or Mirrorless cameras
fast Prime lens?
Zoom lens?
Portrait
Pancake
Macro?
Originally Posted by nothingface5384
Just paint correction stuff and or beading
You can accomplish these shots with a multitude of lenses. Key to a DSLR or any camera is high quality glass.
I shoot a lot of mine with a 70-200 f/2.8 but you don't have to spend that much. Get a good portrait lens that results in a focal length of 70-120mm and shoot it wide open to create some nice bokeh. Make the shot interesting with the background blurred so as to draw your focus on point of interest.
Some of the newer kit lenses have really good optics and will work too. In the end as a photog, I'm biased. Just get something versatile and good quality.
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Also a good thing to remember: If you're shooting an APS-C formatted camera like the Canon digital rebel or a nikon DX the focal length is something like 1.2x the actual. Nikon makes a great 35mm f1.8 prime lens for about $200 that is my go-to for portraits in low light or when I want fine detail. Despite being a 35mm it looks closer to 50mm which is close to what "zoom" your eye sees.
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