Lenses for DSLR
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the 'full frame' 5d is over rated. the camera itself is very nice and well worth the money spent, as is NEARLY any DSLR (-nikon d40 heh...) especially right now as the price has gone way down. But the full frame is entirely overrated and I would suggest that you do not base any purchase on solely that. 'Full frame' only means that the frame size is not cropped (A known trait of previous DSLRs) and is the same size as a 35mm frame. However the name 'full frame' is deceiving because there are other sized films, such as APS and medium format (120). So it is not necessarily full frame, it is full 35mm frame - and if you're not familiar with an old 35mm camera, or if your dad isn't coming from shooting film to digital, there is far less appreciation and from what I've seen notice-ability (for those users).
Sigma makes very nice lenses for the price. The sigma fixed 50mm f/1.8 as mentioned above is some very fast, very sharp glass. Any lens with a fixed aperture will always be very sharp.
And yes you are correct the canon kit lens (generally an 17/18-50/55 f/3.5-5.6/6/etc ) is basically a starter lens. If these cameras aren't going to be making money for the users, a large investment isn't quite necessary, this lens will suffice for purely recreational shooting and learning.
I personally appreciate wide angle more than zoom, a 12 - 24 would be a nice lens if you can find it cheap enough (f/3.5 will be the cheaper version of it).