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Originally Posted by Jill H
Are kit lenses rubbish?
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As with about 99% of things photography related: it depends.
Kit lenses are generally not great. They're not TERRIBLE, but they're not great. Most have a range (focal length and aperture) in which they do pretty well, actually, but generally there's something better that will cover the same range.
Now for the downside: most of those options are more expensive.
Most camera companies sell their lower-end gear with kit lenses so that the camera is essentially good to go as soon as the customer buys it. That's instant-gratification commer******m for you.
If you do your research right, you can get the body separate and another lens instead that might be of greater quality.
You mentionned that the problem may be the operator and, not to be insulting, that's likely at least a good part of the problem. dSLRs are a new breed and have a rather steep learning curve. It took me over 2 years to learn my camera font-to-back, and there are still the littlest of things that come up every so often. Take the time to practice, experiment and learn.