Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy

Can someone give me an idea of what lenses are used for what?

I want to be able to take real close up photo's aswell as regular every-day pics. I'm interested in sceneries too. Infact, I can think of lots of things I'd like to photograph, so I guess I will be buying other lenses.

Also, I am keen to be able to take pictures of people both indoors and out in a way that shows them in their natural colour. With my compact, the flash makes them either look washed out or its too dark. Do I need a remote flash for this? or what?